Last updated: 8 October 2026. Every screenshot below was recorded on 8 October 2026 on an IQ Option Practice account registered in Brazil, on EUR/USD 5-minute candles; the Chart analysis picture in Step 1 was recorded on 5 October 2026. We placed no real-money trade. The settings come from the platform’s dialog. The tested box shows what the three signals did on EUR/USD candles recorded between 29 September and 5 October 2026. The signals name no period, candle size or expiry, so those are ours; the result says nothing about what will happen next.
The Commodity Channel Index (CCI) shows how far the typical price of the latest candle, the average of its high, low and close, lies from its own average over the last candles, measured in units of the average deviation. On IQ Option it opens in its own panel with a period of 14 and a level line at +100 (and -100). The line is not limited to these levels. There are three ways to trade it: sell when the line falls back under +100 and buy when it rises back over -100; sell when the line turns down above +100 and buy when it turns up under -100; and buy on a bullish divergence. On 5-minute EUR/USD candles recorded between 29 September and 5 October 2026 the zone exit gave 145 signals and the 15-minute trades won 47.6% of the decided trades, the turn 196 signals and 43.6%, and the divergence 33 signals and 51.5%. None reached the 54.1% needed at an 85% payout.
Quick answer
- What it plots: one line in a panel under the price chart, with level lines at +100 and -100; the line can go far beyond them (-305 to +452 in our recording).
- Formula: (typical price − its average of n candles) ÷ (0.015 × the average deviation); the typical price is (high + low + close) ÷ 3.
- Settings on the platform: Period 14; the levels stay at +100 and -100.
- Zone exit: the line falls back under +100, a sell; it rises back over -100, a buy.
- Turn and divergence: a turn of the line inside a zone, and a divergence between the price and the line at two lows (bullish) or two highs (bearish).
- Tested: zone exit 145 signals, 47.6%; turn 196 signals, 43.6%; divergence 33 signals, 51.5% of the decided trades (15-minute trades). Break-even is 54.1% at an 85% payout, and a few days of one pair prove nothing.
How do you add the CCI on IQ Option?
Set the chart
Choose the asset, the chart type and the candle size first: the indicator is calculated from the candles on the chart. The examples in this guide use 5-minute candles on EUR/USD. These steps use the web traderoom on a Practice balance, and the numbers in each screenshot match the numbers in the text. If you do not have an account yet, see how to register.
Step 1: Open Chart analysis
Click the indicators button (1), the wave icon in the chart toolbar at the bottom left of the chart. The Chart analysis panel opens with the tabs Indicators, Templates, Widgets and Scripts. Stay on Indicators.
Step 2: Find the Commodity Channel Index
Type “Commodity” in the Search for indicators box (1) and click Commodity Channel Index (2). It is listed under Popular and under Trend.
Step 3: Check the settings
The dialog opens with the Period 14 (1) and a single level field, the Overbought 100 (2). The three signals do not change them: click Apply (3).
Step 4: Use 5-minute candles
Click the candle time period button (1) in the toolbar at the left of the chart; it shows the current period, 5m in the picture. In the menu that opens, choose 5 minutes (2). The signals name no candle size; the examples and the replay use 5-minute candles.
Step 5: Read the panel
The CCI panel sits under the price chart, with the title CCI (14). It draws the CCI line (1), in cyan, and two level lines: +100 (2), in green, and -100 (3), in red. The scale at the right edge shows 200, 100, 0 and -100.
What does the CCI measure?
Donald Lambert developed the CCI more than 40 years ago for the cycles of commodity markets, and today it is used on all markets and time frames. On the platform the line is calculated from the typical price of each candle, the high plus the low plus the close divided by three. The CCI is that price minus its simple average over the period, divided by 0.015 times the average distance of the typical prices from that average. The factor 0.015 scales the line so that +100 and -100 are the usual levels. We read the line off the platform’s chart at 30 candles of one window and compared it with this formula: the median difference was 0.9 points, and the platform draws the point of a candle at its close.
The line is often said to oscillate between +100 and -100. It does not have to: on the 1,308 five-minute candles of our recording for which a CCI of 14 exists, it ranged from -305 to +452. It was at or above +100 on 229 candles (17.5%) and at or below -100 on 352 (26.9%).
What are the three signals?
The CCI can be traded in three ways. Written so that every condition is checked on closed candles:
| Signal | Usual rule | Our rule for the replay |
|---|---|---|
| Zone exit, sell | The line crosses +100 and then crosses it again on its way down | The CCI falls back under +100 after being at or above it |
| Zone exit, buy | The line crosses -100 and then crosses it again on its way up | The CCI rises back over -100 after being at or below it |
| Turn, sell | The CCI hits the overbought zone above 100 and changes direction from up to down | The first candle whose CCI is lower than the previous one, when the previous was over +100 and had risen |
| Turn, buy | The CCI enters the oversold zone and changes direction from down to up | The first candle whose CCI is higher than the previous one, when the previous was under -100 and had fallen |
| Bullish divergence | The price makes a lower low while the CCI makes a higher low in the zone below -100; buy when the line breaks up through -100 | Two pivot lows of the CCI under -100 with the CCI back over -100 between them, a lower price low and a higher CCI at the second; Higher when the CCI rises back over -100 |
| Bearish divergence | Not described; the mirror | The mirror: Lower |
False signals appear in a consolidating market, and the signals need practice and other tools as a check. No period, candle size or expiry is given; we use the platform’s 14, 5-minute candles and trades of 15 minutes and of 5 minutes.
Three signals of the recording, step by step
The first Higher and the first Lower signal of the zone exit, and the first bullish divergence of the recording. All times are the platform clock, which is UTC minus three hours; the date is 29 September 2026.
Zone exit, Higher signal, 00:15
The CCI had closed the two candles before at -156.0 and -140.3, under the -100 line. On the signal candle (2), which opened at 00:15 and closed at 00:20 at 1.136735, it rose to -85.8: back over -100 (1). The rule says Higher, and the 15-minute trade opens at that close. It ends at 00:35, when the candle (3) that opened at 00:30 closes at 1.136415, 3.2 pips lower: it lost.
Zone exit, Lower signal, 03:15
The CCI had closed the two candles before at 162.3 and 175.6, over the +100 line. On the signal candle (2), which opened at 03:15 and closed at 03:20 at 1.136235, it fell to 93.4: back under +100 (1). The rule says Lower, and the 15-minute trade opens at that close. It ends at 03:35, when the candle (3) that opened at 03:30 closes at 1.13633, 0.95 pip higher: it lost.
Bullish divergence, 11:00
On the candle that opened at 10:35 the price made a low of 1.133955 (1) and the CCI a low of -164.1. Between the two lows the CCI climbed back over -100, to +10.5. On the candle that opened at 10:55 the price made a lower low, 1.13392 (2), but the CCI only fell to -110.4: a higher low (3). On the signal candle (4), which opened at 11:00 and closed at 11:05 at 1.13444, the CCI rose from -110.4 to -56.9, back over -100. The rule says Higher, and the 15-minute trade opens at that close. It ends at 11:20, when the candle that opened at 11:15 closes at 1.134035, 4.05 pips lower: it lost.
The three CCI signals, tested
We scored every reading on the 1,334 five-minute candles of our recording, entering at the close of the signal candle. The box also shows the zone exit on 1-minute candles with a 5-minute trade.
Tested on IQ Option: the three CCI signals, EUR/USD candles of 29 September to 5 October 2026
| Asset and candles | EUR/USD binary (regular, not OTC): 1,334 five-minute candles (2026-09-29 01:55 to 2026-10-02 20:55 UTC and 2026-10-04 21:00 to 2026-10-05 17:00 UTC); 1,505 one-minute candles (2026-10-02 18:23 to 2026-10-02 20:59 UTC and 2026-10-04 21:01 to 2026-10-05 19:28 UTC). The candles were recorded from IQ Option’s Practice traderoom. The replay places no orders; it only scores the rule on those closed candles, at an 85% payout. |
|---|---|
| Rule tested | The three signals on closed candles, the option opening at the close of the signal candle: zone exit, Lower when the CCI (14) falls back under +100 after being at or above it, Higher when it rises back over -100 after being at or below it; turn, the first candle that turns down after the CCI was over +100 and rising (Lower) or up after it was under -100 and falling (Higher); divergence, two pivot lows of the CCI under -100 with a lower price low and a higher CCI at the second, Higher when the CCI rises back over -100 (the mirror for Lower). CCI as the platform draws it. The box lists the zone exit on 5-minute candles with a 15-minute trade first, then the other signals and variants. |
| Signals | CCI(14) leaves the +100/-100 zones, 5-minute candles, 15-minute trade: 145 signals (84 Higher, 61 Lower) CCI(14) leaves the zones, 5-minute trade: 145 signals (84 Higher, 61 Lower) CCI(14) turns inside the zones, 5-minute candles, 15-minute trade: 196 signals (113 Higher, 83 Lower) CCI(14) turns inside the zones, 5-minute trade: 197 signals (114 Higher, 83 Lower) CCI(14) divergence, 5-minute candles, 15-minute trade: 33 signals (22 Higher, 11 Lower) CCI(14) divergence, 5-minute trade: 33 signals (22 Higher, 11 Lower) CCI(14) leaves the zones, 1-minute candles, 5-minute trade: 177 signals (95 Higher, 82 Lower) |
| Outcomes | CCI(14) leaves the +100/-100 zones, 5-minute candles, 15-minute trade: 69 won, 76 lost, 0 tied; 47.6% of the 145 decided trades won; net −$0.12 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.09 at 91%) CCI(14) leaves the zones, 5-minute trade: 70 won, 74 lost, 1 tied; 48.6% of the 144 decided trades won; net −$0.10 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.07 at 91%) CCI(14) turns inside the zones, 5-minute candles, 15-minute trade: 85 won, 110 lost, 1 tied; 43.6% of the 195 decided trades won; net −$0.19 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.17 at 91%) CCI(14) turns inside the zones, 5-minute trade: 94 won, 102 lost, 1 tied; 48.0% of the 196 decided trades won; net −$0.11 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.08 at 91%) CCI(14) divergence, 5-minute candles, 15-minute trade: 17 won, 16 lost, 0 tied; 51.5% of the 33 decided trades won; net −$0.05 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.02 at 91%) CCI(14) divergence, 5-minute trade: 15 won, 18 lost, 0 tied; 45.5% of the 33 decided trades won; net −$0.16 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.13 at 91%) CCI(14) leaves the zones, 1-minute candles, 5-minute trade: 76 won, 97 lost, 4 tied; 43.9% of the 173 decided trades won; net −$0.18 per $1 staked at 85% (−$0.16 at 91%) |
| Break-even | At an 85% payout a trade needs to win more than 54.1% of its decided trades to break even (1 ÷ 1.85); at 91%, more than 52.4% (1 ÷ 1.91). |
A replay is only a look back at candles recorded on the dates above: it placed no real orders, covers about four and a half days of one pair, and counts overlapping trades as if they were independent. A short test proves nothing about the future, and no profit and no win rate is promised here. IQ Option’s own blog on backtesting says that most strategies need dozens, and often hundreds, of trades before a result means anything.
- Zone exit: 145 signals; 15-minute trades won 69 and lost 76 (47.6%), 5-minute trades 70 and 74 (48.6%).
- Turn inside the zone: 196 signals; 15-minute trades won 85 and lost 110 (43.6%), 5-minute trades 94 and 102 (48.0%).
- Divergence: 33 signals; 15-minute trades won 17 and lost 16 (51.5%), 5-minute trades 15 and 18 (45.5%).
The two rules that wait for the line to leave or turn lost more than they won. The divergence came closest to even, with 33 signals and an interval that runs from 35% to 67%, so the description of a divergence as an excellent buy signal is not what the sample shows.
Pros and Cons of the CCI
| Pros | Cons |
|---|---|
| One line with clear levels, widely available on all platforms. | The CCI is not limited to +100 and -100: it was beyond a level on 44% of the candles in our recording. |
| Three different ways to read it, from simple to advanced. | In our recording none of the three beat the break-even rate of 54.1%. |
| Works on any asset and candle size. | It may give false signals during consolidation. |
Common mistakes
- Believing the line stays between +100 and -100. It can go far beyond; the levels mark where the move is stretched.
- Trading the first touch of a level. The rules wait for the line to come back, or to turn.
- Calling any two lows a divergence. The price must make a lower low while the CCI makes a higher low, both inside the zone.
- Using it alone. The CCI is meant to be checked with other tools.
- Taking one example as proof. Our examples are the first signals in time order; all three lost.
Related guides
- EMA and CCI and Woodies CCI
- Three popular oscillators and RSI on IQ Option
- Overbought and oversold markets
- All indicator guides and all strategy guides
Frequently Asked Questions
Q: What is the CCI?
A: The Commodity Channel Index, an oscillator that measures how far the typical price of a candle is from its average over the last candles. Donald Lambert developed it for commodities more than 40 years ago.
Q: What are the CCI settings on IQ Option?
A: A period of 14 and a level of 100, shown as +100 and -100.
Q: What does a CCI above +100 mean?
A: The typical price is far above its average, which is read as overbought. The line can stay there for a long time in a strong move.
Q: How do I trade a CCI divergence?
A: Look for two lows in the zone below -100 where the price makes a lower low and the CCI a higher low, and enter when the line breaks up through -100. The bearish case is the mirror.
Q: Does the CCI strategy win?
A: Not in our replay. The zone exit won 47.6%, the turn 43.6% and the divergence 51.5% of the decided trades with a 15-minute trade; the break-even rate is 54.1% at an 85% payout.
Q: Can I use the CCI on binary options?
A: The platform draws it on any chart. Test the rule and the expiry on a Practice balance first.
