Educational reference. Measured from 70 recorded 5m bars of YM (E-mini Dow) on Sunday, September 6, 2026.
CCI crossed above 100 2 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 7 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 100 for 4.3% of the time, between -100 and 100 for 72.9%, and below -100 for 22.9%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 100 | 4.3% | 3 | 2 | 7 min | 10 min | |
| Between -100 and 100 | 72.9% | 51 | 8 | 27 min | 85 min | |
| Below -100 | 22.9% | 16 | 5 | 15 min | 30 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 2 times, with a median stay of 7 minutes and a longest of 10. 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.