Educational reference. Measured from 1017 recorded 1m bars of SIL (Micro Silver) on Friday, October 16, 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 1.7% of the time, between 30 and 70 for 95.2%, and below 30 for 3.1%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 70 | 1.7% | 17 | 8 | 1 min | 9 min | |
| Between 30 and 70 | 95.2% | 968 | 22 | 24 min | 206 min | |
| Below 30 | 3.1% | 32 | 13 | 1 min | 10 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 9. 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.