Educational reference. Measured from 287 recorded 5m bars of EURUSD on Tuesday, August 18, 2026.
ADX crossed above 25 11 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 5 minutes.
Across the whole session it sat above 25 for 5.6% of the time, between 20 and 25 for 4.2%, and below 20 for 90.2%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 25 | 5.6% | 16 | 11 | 5 min | 10 min |
| Between 20 and 25 | 4.2% | 12 | 9 | 5 min | 10 min |
| Below 20 | 90.2% | 259 | 17 | 5 min | 555 min |
A share of the session says how much time a reading spent in a band. It does not say whether that time came as one sustained stretch or as repeated brief excursions. Here the reading entered the zone above 25 11 times and left it 11 times, with a median stay of 5 minutes and a longest stay of 10 minutes beginning at 00:15 ET. Below 20 there were 17 visits, a median of 5 minutes and a longest of 555 minutes.
| Hour (ET) | Above 25 | Between | Below 20 | Bars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 64% | 0% | 36% | 11 |
| 01:00 | 8% | 25% | 67% | 12 |
| 02:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 03:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 04:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 05:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 06:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 07:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 08:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 09:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 10:00 | 17% | 25% | 58% | 12 |
| 11:00 | 0% | 8% | 92% | 12 |
| 12:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 13:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 14:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 15:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 16:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 17:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 18:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 19:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 20:00 | 0% | 8% | 92% | 12 |
| 21:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 22:00 | 17% | 17% | 67% | 12 |
| 23:00 | 33% | 17% | 50% | 12 |
This is a record of where one indicator sat during one completed session. It is not a forecast, and it makes no claim that any reading preceded a move. Whether crossing 25 tends to be followed by a larger move is a separate question, measured separately.
Every 5m bar recorded for EURUSD on Tuesday, August 18, 2026 — 287 bars from 00:05 to 23:55 ET — was classified by its ADX reading. A visit is an unbroken run of consecutive bars in the same band. The session was complete before this page was built.