Where GBPUSD’s Fast Stochastic sat on August 20, 2026
Educational reference. Measured from 1,438 recorded 1m bars of GBPUSD on Thursday, August 20, 2026.
Fast Stochastic crossed above 80 100 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 2 minutes.
Across the whole session it sat above 80 for 24.3% of the time, between 20 and 80 for 54.9%, and below 20 for 20.8%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 80 | 24.3% | 350 | 100 | 2 min | 20 min |
| Between 20 and 80 | 54.9% | 789 | 193 | 3 min | 22 min |
| Below 20 | 20.8% | 299 | 95 | 2 min | 16 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 80 100 times and left it 100 times, with a median stay of 2 minutes and a longest stay of 20 minutes beginning at 16:31 ET. Below 20 there were 95 visits, a median of 2 minutes and a longest of 16 minutes.
Where in the session it happened
| Hour (ET) | Above 80 | Between | Below 20 | Bars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 10% | 52% | 38% | 60 |
| 01:00 | 7% | 65% | 28% | 60 |
| 02:00 | 33% | 55% | 12% | 60 |
| 03:00 | 30% | 52% | 18% | 60 |
| 04:00 | 40% | 55% | 5% | 60 |
| 05:00 | 32% | 58% | 10% | 60 |
| 06:00 | 22% | 47% | 32% | 60 |
| 07:00 | 13% | 50% | 37% | 60 |
| 08:00 | 40% | 45% | 15% | 60 |
| 09:00 | 13% | 58% | 28% | 60 |
| 10:00 | 15% | 58% | 27% | 60 |
| 11:00 | 18% | 65% | 17% | 60 |
| 12:00 | 17% | 62% | 22% | 60 |
| 13:00 | 15% | 52% | 33% | 60 |
| 14:00 | 25% | 50% | 25% | 60 |
| 15:00 | 30% | 62% | 8% | 60 |
| 16:00 | 33% | 50% | 17% | 60 |
| 17:00 | 22% | 71% | 7% | 58 |
| 18:00 | 38% | 57% | 5% | 60 |
| 19:00 | 35% | 55% | 10% | 60 |
| 20:00 | 17% | 45% | 38% | 60 |
| 21:00 | 38% | 42% | 20% | 60 |
| 22:00 | 30% | 60% | 10% | 60 |
| 23:00 | 10% | 53% | 37% | 60 |
Same reading, previous session: GBPUSD 1m Fast Stochastic, August 19, 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 Thursday, August 20, 2026 — 1,438 bars from 00:00 to 23:59 ET — was classified by its Fast Stochastic reading. A visit is an unbroken run of consecutive bars in the same band. The session was complete before this page was built.