What Does Awesome Oscillator Actually Read on USDCAD 5-minute Charts?
Educational reference. Measured from 12,008 recorded values on U.S. Dollar / Canadian Dollar 5-minute charts through September 4, 2026.
The middle half of all readings sat between -0.000337 and 0.000295, with a median of 0.000001.
Awesome Oscillator measures the gap between a short and a longer average of bar midpoints, a momentum reading. This page reports what it actually read on U.S. Dollar / Canadian Dollar 5-minute charts — not what it is supposed to do, but the distribution of 12,008 recorded values over the last 90 days.
| Series | Median | Middle half | 5th / 95th | Full range |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Awesome Oscillator | 0.000001 | -0.000337 – 0.000295 | -0.001036 / 0.000910 | -0.007860 – 0.004097 |
The median is the middle reading, so a single unusual session cannot drag it. The middle half is where Awesome Oscillator sat on half of all bars — the range you should expect to see most of the time on this chart.
How this was measured
Every 5-minute bar of U.S. Dollar / Canadian Dollar recorded in the last 90 days was read, and the values grouped without smoothing or filtering. Series with fewer than 400 readings are omitted rather than shown on thin evidence. These are recorded values, not forecasts.