Educational reference. Measured from 1285 recorded 1m bars of ZN (10-Year T-Note) on Monday, September 14, 2026.
RSI crossed above 70 10 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 1 minutes. Across the whole session it sat above 70 for 2.1% of the time, between 30 and 70 for 95.3%, and below 30 for 2.6%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 70 | 2.1% | 27 | 10 | 1 min | 6 min | |
| Between 30 and 70 | 95.3% | 1224 | 23 | 27 min | 183 min | |
| Below 30 | 2.6% | 34 | 12 | 2 min | 8 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 10 times, with a median stay of 1 minutes and a longest of 6. 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.