Thursday January 22, 2026 Stocks Above The 200 SMA For Longest Consecutive Days Twenty Days Ago $AEM $AGI $CAH $DB $FOXA $GILD $HOOD $HWM $IAG $KGC $KTOS $NWG $PLTR $RKLB

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Rank Ticker Consecutive Days Above 200-Day SMA 200-Day SMA Latest Close Price Name
1 AEM 303 145.13 213.69 Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
2 AGI 303 30.93 42.18 Alamos Gold Inc.
3 CAH 303 167.48 206.89 Cardinal Health, Inc.
4 DB 303 32.90 39.14 Deutsche Bank AG
5 FOXA 303 59.73 72.33 Fox Corporation
6 GILD 303 114.67 131.14 Gilead Sciences, Inc.
7 HOOD ðŸ“ˆ 303 102.08 106.25 Robinhood Markets, Inc.
8 HWM 303 182.46 217.70 Howmet Aerospace Inc.
9 IAG ðŸ“ˆ 303 10.60 20.04 Iamgold Corporation
10 KGC 303 21.01 36.64 Kinross Gold Corporation
11 KTOS ðŸ“ˆ 303 65.06 113.85 Kratos Defense & Security Solut
12 NWG 303 14.67 17.65 NatWest Group plc
13 PLTR ðŸ“ˆ 303 156.71 165.90 Palantir Technologies Inc.
14 RKLB ðŸ“ˆ 303 46.14 87.98 Rocket Lab Corporation
15 TPR ðŸš€ 303 101.39 129.52 Tapestry, Inc.
16 WELL 303 168.75 181.96 Welltower Inc.
17 GH ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 302 66.74 117.28 Guardant Health, Inc.
18 RGTI ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 302 20.90 24.96 Rigetti Computing, Inc.
19 QBTS ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 301 20.67 27.43 D-Wave Quantum Inc.
20 SGI 301 77.85 94.70 Somnigroup International Inc.
21 BBVA 258 18.17 25.02 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
22 AU 257 62.20 103.05 AngloGold Ashanti PLC
23 LYG 254 4.49 5.53 Lloyds Banking Group Plc
24 GFI 253 33.36 52.21 Gold Fields Limited
25 WPM 253 99.22 143.70 Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
26 MNST 233 66.13 80.89 Monster Beverage Corporation
27 ITUB 219 6.64 8.21 Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA
28 GEV ðŸš€ 200 557.94 661.67 GE Vernova Inc.
29 BCS 198 20.08 26.13 Barclays PLC
30 ING 198 23.80 28.72 ING Group, N.V.
31 NEM 198 74.67 121.69 Newmont Corporation
32 SCHW 198 92.34 104.05 Charles Schwab Corporation (The
33 WMT 198 102.17 117.83 Walmart Inc.
34 EBAY 197 83.10 93.88 eBay Inc.
35 CLS ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 196 213.87 290.93 Celestica, Inc.
36 MUFG 196 14.66 17.90 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,
37 SBSW ðŸ“ˆ 196 9.43 18.15 D/B/A Sibanye-Stillwater Limite
38 MFG 192 6.26 8.37 Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Sp
39 APP ðŸ“ˆ 190 486.96 521.94 Applovin Corporation
40 GE 190 270.15 295.00 GE Aerospace
41 JPM 190 290.98 303.63 JP Morgan Chase & Co.
42 MMM 190 154.68 160.63 3M Company
43 AEG 189 7.32 7.70 Aegon Ltd. New York Registry Sh
44 APG 189 34.34 42.41 APi Group Corporation
45 APH 189 112.21 152.50 Amphenol Corporation
46 FUTU ðŸ“ˆ 189 150.17 162.00 Futu Holdings Limited
47 SOFI ðŸ“ˆ 189 22.26 26.09 SoFi Technologies, Inc.
48 WFC 189 81.18 88.04 Wells Fargo & Company
49 AVGO 188 300.64 325.49 Broadcom Inc.
50 C 188 92.95 115.66 Citigroup, Inc.
51 CSCO 188 68.66 74.33 Cisco Systems, Inc.
52 IBKR 188 60.49 77.21 Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
53 NXT ðŸ“ˆ 188 71.02 105.18 Nextpower Inc.
54 RTX 188 157.14 196.34 RTX Corporation
55 SMFG 188 16.28 20.65 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
56 ULTA 188 506.84 681.64 Ulta Beauty, Inc.
57 NDAQ 187 88.63 98.78 Nasdaq, Inc.
58 CX 186 8.76 12.99 Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored
59 CIEN ðŸ“ˆ 183 132.50 230.03 Ciena Corporation
60 FTI ðŸš€ 183 37.53 53.97 TechnipFMC plc
61 MS 183 148.42 183.05 Morgan Stanley
62 CRDO ðŸ“ˆ 182 115.93 135.10 Credo Technology Group Holding
63 FLEX 182 52.67 64.72 Flex Ltd.
64 VIK 182 57.40 69.69 Viking Holdings Ltd
65 CCJ 180 77.04 121.87 Cameco Corporation
66 AXP 179 323.46 368.02 American Express Company
67 GS 179 733.60 954.65 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
68 CDE ðŸ“ˆ 178 13.10 25.77 Coeur Mining, Inc.
69 JOBY ðŸ“ˆ 178 12.96 14.54 Joby Aviation, Inc.
70 BAC 176 48.60 52.45 Bank of America Corporation
71 ELAN 176 17.42 24.91 Elanco Animal Health Incorporat
72 GLW 176 68.44 94.28 Corning Incorporated
73 LITE ðŸ“ˆ 176 167.95 354.49 Lumentum Holdings Inc.
74 LRCX 176 121.71 220.70 Lam Research Corporation
75 QQQ 176 568.10 620.76 Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
76 SHOP ðŸš€ 176 135.07 137.64 Shopify Inc.
77 SPY 176 636.04 688.98 State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF T
78 STX ðŸ“ˆ 176 190.32 346.53 Seagate Technology Holdings PLC
79 SYM ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 176 49.77 63.51 Symbotic Inc.
80 TSM 176 249.28 327.37 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactur
81 VRT ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 176 139.10 181.12 Vertiv Holdings, LLC
82 NVDA 175 165.25 184.84 NVIDIA Corporation
83 WDC ðŸ“ˆ 175 103.57 243.29 Western Digital Corporation
84 VOD 173 11.24 13.94 Vodafone Group Plc
85 PAAS 171 35.10 61.72 Pan American Silver Corp.
86 B 170 29.17 49.24 Barrick Mining Corporation
87 GOLD ðŸ“ˆ 170 25.05 43.85 Gold.com, Inc.
88 LMND ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 168 52.55 96.57 Lemonade, Inc.
89 AG ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 166 10.75 24.22 First Majestic Silver Corp.
90 U ðŸš€ 166 34.43 42.13 Unity Software Inc.
91 WBD ðŸ“ˆ 166 16.54 28.36 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. -
92 MP ðŸ“ˆ 163 52.32 68.37 MP Materials Corp.
93 APLD ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 162 18.51 34.74 Applied Digital Corporation
94 MU ðŸ“ˆ 162 166.00 397.58 Micron Technology, Inc.
95 BE ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 161 63.18 145.63 Bloom Energy Corporation
96 FERG 161 219.48 251.77 Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
97 NVT 161 86.43 111.57 nVent Electric plc
98 W ðŸ“ˆ 161 73.06 110.15 Wayfair Inc.
99 ASTS ðŸ“ˆ 160 53.71 116.37 AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
100 ROKU 159 89.95 107.23 Roku, Inc.
101 ALLY 158 39.04 41.99 Ally Financial Inc.
102 IREN ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 158 30.16 52.26 IREN LIMITED
103 SYF 158 69.71 78.10 Synchrony Financial
104 BILI ðŸ“ˆ 157 23.73 33.43 Bilibili Inc.
105 CAT 157 454.13 648.41 Caterpillar, Inc.
106 F 157 11.74 13.71 Ford Motor Company
107 VLO 156 150.94 186.89 Valero Energy Corporation
108 ADM 153 56.41 67.12 Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
109 AMD 152 170.96 253.73 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
110 EL 152 86.15 119.49 Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T
111 EOSE ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 152 9.34 18.22 Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc.
112 RDDT ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 152 182.53 214.54 Reddit, Inc.
113 WYNN 149 109.47 115.06 Wynn Resorts, Limited
114 CFG 148 48.37 64.25 Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
115 CORZ ðŸ“ˆ 147 14.44 18.08 Core Scientific, Inc.
116 SEDG ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 147 27.82 34.54 SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.
117 COHR 146 114.21 202.72 Coherent Corp.
118 QS ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 146 9.52 10.80 QuantumScape Corporation
119 ANET 145 119.67 138.41 Arista Networks, Inc.
120 GOOG 145 229.94 330.84 Alphabet Inc.
121 GOOGL 145 229.00 330.54 Alphabet Inc.
122 CMA 143 69.43 94.97 Comerica Incorporated
123 LVS 142 52.02 59.94 Las Vegas Sands Corp.
124 NUE 142 139.31 180.27 Nucor Corporation
125 EXPE 141 209.57 279.66 Expedia Group, Inc.
126 BP 138 32.85 35.43 BP p.l.c.
127 AES 137 12.68 14.61 The AES Corporation
128 HL ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 137 10.75 31.29 Hecla Mining Company
129 VTR 136 69.46 76.58 Ventas, Inc.
130 BABA 133 139.52 177.18 Alibaba Group Holding Limited
131 BHP 132 53.67 64.97 BHP Group Limited
132 FSLR 131 202.63 239.68 First Solar, Inc.
133 NLY 131 20.74 23.86 Annaly Capital Management Inc.
134 RKT 131 16.59 21.50 Rocket Companies, Inc.
135 TJX 131 137.07 153.42 TJX Companies, Inc. (The)
136 INCY 128 82.03 105.06 Incyte Corporation
137 PHM 128 117.08 127.77 PulteGroup, Inc.
138 BKR 127 43.68 54.46 Baker Hughes Company
139 GM ðŸš€ 127 59.89 81.14 General Motors Company
140 SRE 126 82.88 85.75 DBA Sempra
141 CVE 125 15.53 18.43 Cenovus Energy Inc
142 TER ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 122 128.76 229.14 Teradyne, Inc.
143 VALE 120 10.89 15.74 VALE S.A.
144 AMKR 119 27.93 52.45 Amkor Technology, Inc.
145 CRH 119 107.23 124.49 CRH PLC
146 EQX ðŸ“ˆ 119 9.49 15.93 Equinox Gold Corp.
147 IWM 119 228.86 269.79 iShares Russell 2000 ETF
148 ROST 119 152.79 187.01 Ross Stores, Inc.
149 UAL ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 119 92.64 110.40 United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
150 WULF ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 119 8.67 12.89 TeraWulf Inc.
151 RUN ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 116 14.00 18.76 Sunrun Inc.
152 AAPL 115 234.69 248.35 Apple Inc.
153 ASML 115 884.58 1395.00 ASML Holding N.V. - New York Re
154 NBIS ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 115 72.59 96.85 Nebius Group N.V.
155 CLF ðŸš€ 114 10.50 14.34 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
156 APA 113 21.27 25.55 APA Corporation
157 DAL 113 56.60 68.95 Delta Air Lines, Inc.
158 INTC ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 113 29.03 54.32 Intel Corporation
159 SPG 113 172.10 185.10 Simon Property Group, Inc.
160 AGNC 112 9.78 11.79 AGNC Investment Corp.
161 NU 110 14.32 18.00 Nu Holdings Ltd.
162 HST 109 16.27 18.81 Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
163 DD ðŸš€ 108 32.97 43.79 DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
164 HTHT 107 38.19 50.06 H World Group Limited
165 ASX 105 11.90 19.06 ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd
166 BIDU 105 106.90 162.52 Baidu, Inc.
167 PLD 105 114.55 126.67 Prologis, Inc.
168 MDB ðŸš€ 102 281.09 404.64 MongoDB, Inc.
169 HMY 100 16.71 23.04 Harmony Gold Mining Company Lim
170 AEO ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 99 15.65 25.14 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
171 UMC ðŸš€ 99 7.38 10.90 United Microelectronics Corpora
172 M ðŸš€ 98 15.98 20.54 Macy's Inc
173 TSLA ðŸ“ˆ 98 371.68 449.36 Tesla, Inc.
174 IBM 95 275.63 294.67 International Business Machines
175 LUMN ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 95 5.87 8.92 Lumen Technologies, Inc.
176 XOM 95 112.42 133.64 Exxon Mobil Corporation
177 RIG 93 3.25 4.70 Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)
178 AMAT 92 201.77 318.79 Applied Materials, Inc.
179 ALB ðŸ“ˆ 91 89.64 188.32 Albemarle Corporation
180 ERIC ðŸš€ 88 8.51 9.58 Ericsson
181 NEE 85 75.74 85.07 NextEra Energy, Inc.
182 BG 84 85.17 112.66 Bunge Limited
183 MRVL 82 75.62 83.10 Marvell Technology, Inc.
184 AA 81 35.24 63.14 Alcoa Corporation
185 TMO 79 493.37 639.45 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
186 VTRS 79 9.92 13.24 Viatris Inc.
187 NOK ðŸš€ 77 5.38 6.50 Nokia Corporation Sponsored
188 DHR 70 206.50 240.08 Danaher Corporation
189 DLTR 70 103.23 126.79 Dollar Tree, Inc.
190 USB 70 46.94 56.18 U.S. Bancorp
191 FDX 67 242.64 309.81 FedEx Corporation
192 AMZN 65 219.98 234.34 Amazon.com, Inc.
193 RF 65 24.61 28.29 Regions Financial Corporation
194 HAL 64 23.81 33.72 Halliburton Company
195 ISRG ðŸš€ 63 515.36 525.81 Intuitive Surgical, Inc.
196 SU 63 40.16 49.87 Suncor Energy Inc.
197 AAL 62 12.46 15.02 American Airlines Group, Inc.
198 EC 62 9.27 12.20 Ecopetrol S.A.
199 GAP 62 22.79 27.21 Gap, Inc. (The)
200 YPF ðŸ“ˆ 60 32.54 35.69 YPF Sociedad Anonima
201 TWLO 57 115.85 126.42 Twilio Inc.
202 EXEL 53 40.87 44.50 Exelixis, Inc.
203 RIVN ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 53 14.61 16.32 Rivian Automotive, Inc.
204 CVNA ðŸ“ˆ 51 345.96 478.45 Carvana Co.
205 DG 51 109.93 144.60 Dollar General Corporation
206 DVN ðŸš€ 51 33.80 37.98 Devon Energy Corporation
207 YUMC 49 45.39 49.37 Yum China Holdings, Inc.
208 ZIM ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 47 16.37 22.06 ZIM Integrated Shipping Service
209 PR 46 13.41 14.61 Permian Resources Corporation
210 AS 44 34.69 36.49 Amer Sports, Inc.
211 COF 43 212.68 235.07 Capital One Financial Corporati
212 ZTO 43 19.23 22.32 ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.
213 PCAR 42 99.39 123.56 PACCAR Inc.
214 ADI 41 238.84 308.52 Analog Devices, Inc.
215 APTV 41 73.65 77.53 Aptiv PLC
216 GEHC 41 74.78 81.89 GE HealthCare Technologies Inc.
217 LUV ðŸš€ 41 33.39 42.44 Southwest Airlines Company
218 TECK 41 39.53 51.24 Teck Resources Ltd
219 ZM 41 80.29 84.65 Zoom Communications, Inc.
220 AFRM ðŸ“ˆ 40 67.97 72.83 Affirm Holdings, Inc.
221 COO 40 74.56 82.80 The Cooper Companies, Inc.
222 FCX 40 42.85 58.85 Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
223 IONQ ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 40 46.37 49.33 IonQ, Inc.
224 KNX 40 45.15 59.44 Knight-Swift Transportation Hol
225 JEF 39 56.41 63.35 Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
226 NTR 39 58.46 68.10 Nutrien Ltd.
227 ON 39 50.22 63.07 ON Semiconductor Corporation
228 QXO ðŸ“ˆ 39 19.24 24.12 QXO, Inc.
229 INFY 38 17.28 18.29 Infosys Limited
230 SNDK ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 37 120.87 503.44 Sandisk Corporation
231 SN 36 101.82 123.97 SharkNinja, Inc.
232 NXPI 35 214.07 236.75 NXP Semiconductors N.V.
233 ENTG 34 84.41 118.52 Entegris, Inc.
234 MCHP ðŸ“ˆ 34 62.72 75.47 Microchip Technology Incorporat
235 APO 33 136.17 139.73 Apollo Global Management, Inc.
236 LUNR ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 33 11.19 20.61 Intuitive Machines, Inc.
237 UPS 31 93.74 109.30 United Parcel Service, Inc.
238 ABNB 29 127.67 133.80 Airbnb, Inc.
239 CCL 29 26.99 28.49 Carnival Corporation
240 ODFL 29 152.90 178.25 Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
241 OMC ðŸš€ 29 75.52 79.24 Omnicom Group Inc.
242 YUM 28 147.47 153.53 Yum! Brands, Inc.
243 BA 27 210.14 251.41 Boeing Company (The)
244 BALL 25 51.94 56.29 Ball Corporation
245 COP 24 90.84 96.88 ConocoPhillips
246 BCE 19 22.93 24.71 BCE, Inc.
247 TGT 19 96.23 106.50 Target Corporation
248 PTEN 16 5.96 7.39 Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
249 SUZ 16 9.27 9.86 Suzano S.A.
250 BBAI ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 14 5.62 5.93 BigBear.ai, Inc.
251 CELH ðŸš€ 14 47.75 55.24 Celsius Holdings, Inc.
252 GFS 14 36.20 45.01 GlobalFoundries Inc.
253 OKLO ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 14 78.85 90.93 Oklo Inc.
254 RCAT ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 14 8.84 17.36 Red Cat Holdings, Inc.
255 RIOT ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 14 13.53 17.08 Riot Platforms, Inc.
256 SERV ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 14 10.94 13.25 Serve Robotics Inc.
257 STM 14 26.42 29.03 STMicroelectronics N.V.
258 SNPS 13 494.88 509.47 Synopsys, Inc.
259 ACN 12 272.55 285.09 Accenture plc
260 UAA 12 5.56 6.34 Under Armour, Inc.
261 CNM 10 55.35 59.09 Core & Main, Inc.
262 CNQ 10 31.52 35.49 Canadian Natural Resources Limi
263 DHI 10 145.41 155.74 D.R. Horton, Inc.
264 FANG 10 143.20 151.85 Diamondback Energy, Inc.
265 SBUX 10 87.00 95.83 Starbucks Corporation
266 WTRG 10 38.35 39.60 Essential Utilities, Inc.
267 BLDR 9 120.04 125.25 Builders FirstSource, Inc.
268 GPC 9 128.38 136.84 Genuine Parts Company
269 HD 9 373.75 381.03 Home Depot, Inc. (The)
270 JHX ðŸš€ 9 22.70 24.54 James Hardie Industries plc.
271 PSTG ðŸš€ 9 67.52 71.42 Everpure, Inc.
272 UWMC 9 5.02 5.80 UWM Holdings Corporation
273 XEL 9 73.72 75.86 Xcel Energy Inc.
274 CLSK ðŸ“ˆ 8 11.89 13.19 CleanSpark, Inc.
275 CTRA 8 24.76 27.28 Coterra Energy Inc.
276 D 8 58.33 59.93 Dominion Energy, Inc.
277 GLPI 8 44.79 44.91 Gaming and Leisure Properties,
278 OVV 8 38.79 40.72 Ovintiv Inc. (DE)
279 PM 8 165.05 170.05 Philip Morris International Inc
280 EQNR 7 24.26 24.68 Equinor ASA
281 ET 7 17.19 18.11 Energy Transfer LP
282 IFF 7 69.07 72.16 International Flavors & Fragran
283 PBR 7 12.22 13.77 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrob
284 PBR-A 7 11.41 12.70 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrob
285 BTDR ðŸš€ ðŸ“ˆ 6 13.98 14.04 Bitdeer Technologies Group
286 COST 6 950.92 976.17 Costco Wholesale Corporation
287 HON 6 211.91 222.54 Honeywell International Inc.
288 MO 6 60.77 61.03 Altria Group, Inc.
289 CF ðŸš€ 5 85.54 89.23 CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
290 HLN 3 9.86 10.33 Haleon plc
291 XP 3 17.68 19.83 XP Inc.
292 ZI ðŸš€ 3 10.15 10.20 ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.
293 BX 2 154.36 154.91 Blackstone Inc.
294 DIS 2 111.22 113.21 Walt Disney Company (The)
295 EXE 2 107.33 109.49 Expand Energy Corporation
296 ORLY 2 96.37 98.88 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.
297 OXY 2 42.84 43.15 Occidental Petroleum Corporatio
298 ENPH ðŸš€ 1 37.86 40.48 Enphase Energy, Inc.
299 HPE 1 21.08 21.36 Hewlett Packard Enterprise Comp
300 MGM 1 34.29 34.42 MGM Resorts International
301 TAL 1 10.81 11.13 TAL Education Group
302 TRU 1 85.55 85.80 TransUnion
What Is 200 Day Simple Moving Average?

The 200-day Simple Moving Average (SMA) is a widely used technical analysis indicator that represents the average closing price of a stock over the past 200 trading days. It is considered a key benchmark for identifying a stock's long-term trend, smoothing out short-term price fluctuations to give a clearer picture of its overall direction. Traders and investors use the 200 SMA in several ways. The most common interpretation is that if a stock's price is trading above its 200 SMA, it's generally considered to be in a long-term uptrend, indicating bullish sentiment. Conversely, if the price is below the 200 SMA, it's typically seen as being in a long-term downtrend, signaling a bearish outlook. The 200 SMA can also act as dynamic support or resistance levels. In an uptrend, the price may pull back to the 200 SMA and bounce off it, suggesting a buying opportunity. In a downtrend, the price might rise to meet the 200 SMA and then be rejected, indicating a selling opportunity. Furthermore, the 200 SMA is a crucial component in "golden cross" and "death cross" signals, which are widely followed by traders. A golden cross occurs when a shorter-term moving average (like the 50-day SMA) crosses above the 200 SMA, which is a bullish signal. A death cross, the opposite, is a bearish signal.