Educational reference. Measured from 359 recorded 1m bars of NQ (E-mini Nasdaq 100) on Sunday, September 20, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 18 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 5 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 25.1% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 60.4%, and below -100 for 14.5%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 25.1% | 90 | 18 | 5 min | 12 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 60.4% | 217 | 39 | 5 min | 14 min | |
| Below -100 | 14.5% | 52 | 22 | 2 min | 6 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 18 times, with a median stay of 5 minutes and a longest of 12. 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.