Educational reference. Measured from 38 recorded 5 minute sessions of NQ (E mini Nasdaq 100), September 3 to October 23, 2026. Updated as each new session is recorded.
In a typical session the 5 minute Fast Stochastics %K on NQ spends 25.4% of its time above 80, 54.0% between 20 and 80 and 20.5% below 20. It enters the upper zone about 16 separate times per session and the lower zone about 16.5.
The most time above 80 was on October 18, 2026 (64.3% of the session). The most time below 20 was on September 27, 2026 (49.3%).
Over the last 5 sessions the Fast Stochastics %K spent 18.5% of its time above 80 and 24.8% below 20 — less time in the upper zone than its 38 session average of 25.4%.
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.
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.
| Session | Above 80 | Between 20 and 80 | Below 20 | Visits up | Visits down |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fri Oct 23, 2026 | 16.2% | 61.3% | 22.5% | 11 | 17 |
| Thu Oct 22, 2026 | 12.3% | 60.9% | 26.8% | 14 | 28 |
| Wed Oct 21, 2026 | 13.4% | 59.1% | 27.5% | 15 | 23 |
| Tue Oct 20, 2026 | 25.4% | 47.1% | 27.5% | 15 | 25 |
| Mon Oct 19, 2026 | 25.4% | 55.1% | 19.6% | 18 | 19 |
| Sun Oct 18, 2026 | 64.3% | 35.7% | 0.0% | 10 | 0 |
| Fri Oct 16, 2026 | 10.8% | 57.4% | 31.9% | 10 | 23 |
| Mon Oct 12, 2026 | 9.4% | 57.2% | 33.3% | 13 | 34 |
| Sun Oct 11, 2026 | 44.3% | 45.7% | 10.0% | 5 | 3 |
| Fri Oct 9, 2026 | 25.5% | 62.3% | 12.3% | 21 | 9 |
| Thu Oct 8, 2026 | 25.0% | 49.3% | 25.7% | 17 | 18 |
| Wed Oct 7, 2026 | 20.3% | 59.8% | 19.9% | 24 | 16 |
| Tue Oct 6, 2026 | 22.8% | 63.8% | 13.4% | 21 | 18 |
| Mon Oct 5, 2026 | 21.4% | 62.3% | 16.3% | 23 | 16 |
| Sun Oct 4, 2026 | 39.4% | 42.3% | 18.3% | 7 | 4 |
| Fri Oct 2, 2026 | 23.5% | 62.7% | 13.7% | 16 | 13 |
| Thu Oct 1, 2026 | 24.6% | 59.4% | 15.9% | 16 | 17 |
| Wed Sep 30, 2026 | 30.8% | 57.6% | 11.6% | 28 | 14 |
| Tue Sep 29, 2026 | 27.9% | 55.4% | 16.7% | 23 | 16 |
| Sun Sep 27, 2026 | 9.9% | 40.8% | 49.3% | 2 | 7 |
| Fri Sep 25, 2026 | 22.5% | 61.3% | 16.2% | 15 | 14 |
| Thu Sep 24, 2026 | 19.9% | 57.6% | 22.5% | 19 | 16 |
| Wed Sep 23, 2026 | 17.0% | 60.1% | 22.8% | 17 | 29 |
| Tue Sep 22, 2026 | 22.5% | 53.6% | 23.9% | 20 | 18 |
| Mon Sep 21, 2026 | 46.5% | 45.1% | 8.4% | 20 | 12 |
| Fri Sep 18, 2026 | 44.1% | 36.3% | 19.6% | 13 | 17 |
| Thu Sep 17, 2026 | 30.1% | 51.4% | 18.5% | 16 | 11 |
| Wed Sep 16, 2026 | 30.8% | 55.1% | 14.1% | 22 | 19 |
| Tue Sep 15, 2026 | 23.9% | 58.7% | 17.4% | 17 | 20 |
| Mon Sep 14, 2026 | 22.1% | 53.6% | 24.3% | 12 | 28 |
| Sun Sep 13, 2026 | 16.9% | 45.1% | 38.0% | 3 | 9 |
| Fri Sep 11, 2026 | 28.8% | 62.0% | 9.3% | 19 | 12 |
| Thu Sep 10, 2026 | 11.6% | 54.3% | 34.1% | 14 | 25 |
| Wed Sep 9, 2026 | 18.8% | 60.1% | 21.0% | 17 | 18 |
| Mon Sep 7, 2026 | 31.6% | 48.7% | 19.7% | 16 | 20 |
| Sun Sep 6, 2026 | 28.2% | 59.2% | 12.7% | 10 | 5 |
| Fri Sep 4, 2026 | 28.3% | 47.8% | 23.9% | 13 | 15 |
| Thu Sep 3, 2026 | 30.4% | 47.5% | 22.1% | 26 | 14 |
How often is NQ Fast Stochastics %K above 80 on the 5 minute chart? Across the 38 recorded sessions from September 3 to October 23, 2026, the 5 minute Fast Stochastics %K on NQ sat above 80 for 25.4% of the session on average, entering that zone about 16 separate times in a typical session.
How much of the session does NQ Fast Stochastics %K spend below 20? On average 20.5% of each 5 minute session, over a median of 16.5 separate visits. The most was 49.3% on September 27, 2026.
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