Educational reference. Measured from 1380 recorded 1m bars of NQ (E-mini Nasdaq 100) on Wednesday, September 16, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 93 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 3 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 23.8% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 59.9%, and below -100 for 16.3%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 23.8% | 329 | 93 | 3 min | 9 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 59.9% | 826 | 151 | 5 min | 17 min | |
| Below -100 | 16.3% | 225 | 61 | 3 min | 10 min |
CCI measures how far price sits from its own average, scaled by typical deviation, and it is unbounded — it can reach +300 as easily as +100. The ±100 lines are a convention, not a ceiling.
Here the reading entered above +100 93 times, with a median stay of 3 minutes and a longest of 9. Because CCI has no upper bound, the count of separate excursions matters more here than for a 0-100 oscillator: repeated short pushes past +100 and one sustained drive to +300 can produce a similar share of the session.