Where GBPUSD’s Stochastic Oscillator sat on August 21, 2026
Educational reference. Measured from 1,020 recorded 1m bars of GBPUSD on Friday, August 21, 2026.
Stochastic Oscillator crossed above 80 37 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 4 minutes.
Across the whole session it sat above 80 for 20.7% of the time, between 20 and 80 for 58.8%, and below 20 for 20.5%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 80 | 20.7% | 211 | 37 | 4 min | 22 min |
| Between 20 and 80 | 58.8% | 600 | 78 | 5 min | 34 min |
| Below 20 | 20.5% | 209 | 42 | 3 min | 17 min |
Why the visit count matters more than the percentage
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 80 37 times and left it 37 times, with a median stay of 4 minutes and a longest stay of 22 minutes beginning at 04:28 ET. Below 20 there were 42 visits, a median of 3 minutes and a longest of 17 minutes.
Where in the session it happened
| Hour (ET) | Above 80 | Between | Below 20 | Bars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 8% | 55% | 37% | 60 |
| 01:00 | 37% | 60% | 3% | 60 |
| 02:00 | 12% | 55% | 33% | 60 |
| 03:00 | 27% | 48% | 25% | 60 |
| 04:00 | 47% | 53% | 0% | 60 |
| 05:00 | 25% | 47% | 28% | 60 |
| 06:00 | 25% | 43% | 32% | 60 |
| 07:00 | 28% | 48% | 23% | 60 |
| 08:00 | 7% | 63% | 30% | 60 |
| 09:00 | 17% | 60% | 23% | 60 |
| 10:00 | 5% | 57% | 38% | 60 |
| 11:00 | 37% | 63% | 0% | 60 |
| 12:00 | 15% | 78% | 7% | 60 |
| 13:00 | 32% | 68% | 0% | 60 |
| 14:00 | 22% | 63% | 15% | 60 |
| 15:00 | 7% | 70% | 23% | 60 |
| 16:00 | 3% | 67% | 30% | 60 |
Same reading, previous session: GBPUSD 1m Stochastic Oscillator, August 20, 2026
What this is and is not
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 80 tends to be followed by a larger move is a separate question, measured separately.
How this was measured
Every 1m bar recorded for GBPUSD on Friday, August 21, 2026 — 1,020 bars from 00:00 to 16:59 ET — was classified by its Stochastic Oscillator reading. A visit is an unbroken run of consecutive bars in the same band. The session was complete before this page was built.