Educational reference. Measured from 276 recorded 5m bars of NQ (E-mini Nasdaq 100) on Monday, September 14, 2026.
Fast Stochastics %K crossed above 80 12 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 30 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 80 for 22.1% of the time, between 20 and 80 for 53.6%, and below 20 for 24.3%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 80 | 22.1% | 61 | 12 | 30 min | 40 min | |
| Between 20 and 80 | 53.6% | 148 | 39 | 10 min | 80 min | |
| Below 20 | 24.3% | 67 | 28 | 10 min | 90 min |
The fast line is the unsmoothed version of the same range calculation, so it reaches the extremes far more often than the smoothed %K and leaves them sooner.
Here the reading entered overbought territory 12 times, with a median stay of 30 minutes and a longest of 40. The gap between this page's visit count and the smoothed Stochastics page for the same session is a direct measure of how much the smoothing removes.