Educational reference. Measured from 1291 recorded 1m bars of SI (Silver) on Monday, October 12, 2026.
RSI crossed above 70 8 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 1 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 70 for 0.9% of the time, between 30 and 70 for 95.1%, and below 30 for 4.0%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 70 | 0.9% | 11 | 8 | 1 min | 3 min | |
| Between 30 and 70 | 95.1% | 1228 | 24 | 33 min | 165 min | |
| Below 30 | 4.0% | 52 | 16 | 2 min | 13 min |
RSI compares the size of recent gains with recent losses, so a reading above 70 says buying has dominated the last 14 bars — not that price is high. A long stay above 70 is a market trending up, which is the opposite of the reversal the word 'overbought' suggests.
Here the reading entered overbought territory 8 times, with a median stay of 1 minutes and a longest of 3. A brief excursion above 70 that resolves in minutes is noise on this timeframe. A sustained one is the signature of a trend that is still running, and selling into it is how traders get run over.