Educational reference. Measured from 1020 recorded 1m bars of NQ (E-mini Nasdaq 100) on Friday, September 18, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 69 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 4 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 25.0% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 56.4%, and below -100 for 18.6%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 25.0% | 255 | 69 | 4 min | 10 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 56.4% | 575 | 119 | 4 min | 17 min | |
| Below -100 | 18.6% | 190 | 51 | 4 min | 9 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 69 times, with a median stay of 4 minutes and a longest of 10. 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.