Educational reference. Measured from 288 recorded 5m bars of GBPUSD on Wednesday, August 5, 2026.
ADX crossed above 25 4 separate times during the session, and the typical visit lasted 22 minutes.
Across the whole session it sat above 25 for 17.7% of the time, between 20 and 25 for 37.5%, and below 20 for 44.8%.
| Band | Share of session | Bars | Separate visits | Median visit | Longest visit |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Above 25 | 17.7% | 51 | 4 | 22 min | 200 min |
| Between 20 and 25 | 37.5% | 108 | 12 | 48 min | 105 min |
| Below 20 | 44.8% | 129 | 8 | 60 min | 210 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 4 times and left it 4 times, with a median stay of 22 minutes and a longest stay of 200 minutes beginning at 07:15 ET. Below 20 there were 8 visits, a median of 60 minutes and a longest of 210 minutes.
| Hour (ET) | Above 25 | Between | Below 20 | Bars |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 00:00 | 0% | 83% | 17% | 12 |
| 01:00 | 0% | 42% | 58% | 12 |
| 02:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 03:00 | 0% | 25% | 75% | 12 |
| 04:00 | 0% | 92% | 8% | 12 |
| 05:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 06:00 | 0% | 75% | 25% | 12 |
| 07:00 | 75% | 25% | 0% | 12 |
| 08:00 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 12 |
| 09:00 | 100% | 0% | 0% | 12 |
| 10:00 | 58% | 25% | 17% | 12 |
| 11:00 | 0% | 25% | 75% | 12 |
| 12:00 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 12 |
| 13:00 | 25% | 75% | 0% | 12 |
| 14:00 | 0% | 100% | 0% | 12 |
| 15:00 | 0% | 25% | 75% | 12 |
| 16:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 17:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 18:00 | 0% | 25% | 75% | 12 |
| 19:00 | 33% | 67% | 0% | 12 |
| 20:00 | 17% | 83% | 0% | 12 |
| 21:00 | 0% | 8% | 92% | 12 |
| 22:00 | 0% | 0% | 100% | 12 |
| 23:00 | 17% | 25% | 58% | 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 GBPUSD on Wednesday, August 5, 2026 — 288 bars from 00:00 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.