Monday January 26, 2026 Stocks with highest % above the 50 SMA Stocks

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Rank Ticker % Above 50-Day SMA 50-Day SMA Latest Close Price Name
1 SNDK πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 66.52% 282.73 470.80 Sandisk Corporation
2 AG πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 54.48% 16.65 25.72 First Majestic Silver Corp.
3 HL πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 52.15% 19.70 29.97 Hecla Mining Company
4 RCAT πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 51.33% 9.42 14.25 Red Cat Holdings, Inc.
5 CDE πŸ“ˆ 40.48% 18.12 25.45 Coeur Mining, Inc.
6 FIGR πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 39.28% 45.80 63.79 Figure Technology Solutions, In
7 MU πŸ“ˆ 38.60% 280.72 389.09 Micron Technology, Inc.
8 UMC πŸš€ 38.01% 8.21 11.33 United Microelectronics Corpora
9 SBSW πŸ“ˆ 36.28% 14.21 19.37 D/B/A Sibanye-Stillwater Limite
10 ASTS πŸ“ˆ 35.38% 77.40 104.78 AST SpaceMobile, Inc.
11 ALB πŸ“ˆ 33.00% 142.67 189.75 Albemarle Corporation
12 GOLD πŸ“ˆ 32.20% 33.36 44.10 Gold.com, Inc.
13 WDC πŸ“ˆ 32.08% 182.34 240.85 Western Digital Corporation
14 LUNR πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 31.67% 13.99 18.42 Intuitive Machines, Inc.
15 PAAS 31.47% 49.30 64.82 Pan American Silver Corp.
16 KGC 29.91% 29.15 37.87 Kinross Gold Corporation
17 IAG πŸ“ˆ 29.50% 16.22 21.00 Iamgold Corporation
18 KTOS πŸ“ˆ 29.12% 86.22 111.32 Kratos Defense & Security Solut
19 VG πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 28.80% 7.28 9.38 Venture Global, Inc.
20 UAA 28.14% 4.93 6.32 Under Armour, Inc.
21 ENTG 27.70% 90.55 115.63 Entegris, Inc.
22 BE πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 27.64% 109.38 139.62 Bloom Energy Corporation
23 CCJ 26.06% 96.19 121.26 Cameco Corporation
24 APLD πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 26.06% 28.70 36.18 Applied Digital Corporation
25 LRCX 25.71% 177.29 222.87 Lam Research Corporation
26 NEM 25.51% 100.33 125.92 Newmont Corporation
27 WPM 25.43% 117.88 147.86 Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
28 RKLB πŸ“ˆ 24.96% 64.41 80.48 Rocket Lab Corporation
29 ASML 24.58% 1134.50 1413.35 ASML Holding N.V. - New York Re
30 STX πŸ“ˆ 23.88% 289.23 358.29 Seagate Technology Holdings PLC
31 FCX 23.86% 49.39 61.17 Freeport-McMoRan, Inc.
32 BILI πŸ“ˆ 23.79% 27.09 33.53 Bilibili Inc.
33 ASX 22.61% 16.17 19.83 ASE Technology Holding Co., Ltd
34 AU 22.32% 88.37 108.09 AngloGold Ashanti PLC
35 ENPH πŸš€ 22.30% 32.23 39.42 Enphase Energy, Inc.
36 GFI 22.29% 44.71 54.68 Gold Fields Limited
37 EC 22.01% 10.39 12.68 Ecopetrol S.A.
38 CRWV πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 21.70% 80.78 98.31 CoreWeave, Inc.
39 AEM 20.90% 178.18 215.41 Agnico Eagle Mines Limited
40 BIDU 19.19% 130.95 156.08 Baidu, Inc.
41 AMKR 19.05% 42.33 50.39 Amkor Technology, Inc.
42 TECK 18.96% 46.02 54.75 Teck Resources Ltd
43 AMAT 18.84% 268.81 319.46 Applied Materials, Inc.
44 CELH 18.71% 45.94 54.54 Celsius Holdings, Inc.
45 JHX πŸš€ 18.40% 20.58 24.36 James Hardie Industries plc.
46 BG 18.07% 96.46 113.89 Bunge Limited
47 GLXY 17.97% 26.52 31.28 Galaxy Digital Inc.
48 VALE 17.90% 13.32 15.70 VALE S.A.
49 HAL 17.79% 29.00 34.16 Halliburton Company
50 B 17.51% 43.65 51.29 Barrick Mining Corporation
51 HMY 17.32% 20.09 23.57 Harmony Gold Mining Company Lim
52 GFS 17.29% 37.70 44.22 GlobalFoundries Inc.
53 NXT πŸ“ˆ 17.03% 91.67 107.28 Nextpower Inc.
54 PTEN 16.78% 6.29 7.35 Patterson-UTI Energy, Inc.
55 DG 16.70% 128.82 150.33 Dollar General Corporation
56 TER πŸš€ 16.66% 198.65 231.75 Teradyne, Inc.
57 FTI πŸš€ 16.55% 46.87 54.63 TechnipFMC plc
58 AA 16.52% 50.25 58.55 Alcoa Corporation
59 BA 16.44% 213.36 248.43 Boeing Company (The)
60 CORZ πŸ“ˆ 16.36% 16.37 19.05 Core Scientific, Inc.
61 RIG 16.24% 4.22 4.91 Transocean Ltd (Switzerland)
62 EQX πŸ“ˆ 16.21% 14.05 16.33 Equinox Gold Corp.
63 BTDR πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 16.02% 11.98 13.90 Bitdeer Technologies Group
64 MCHP πŸ“ˆ 15.94% 64.51 74.79 Microchip Technology Incorporat
65 BKR 15.80% 48.61 56.29 Baker Hughes Company
66 LMND πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 15.49% 77.82 89.88 Lemonade, Inc.
67 PBR 15.38% 12.43 14.34 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrob
68 IREN πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 14.46% 45.74 52.36 IREN LIMITED
69 NTR 14.38% 61.40 70.23 Nutrien Ltd.
70 ITUB 14.13% 7.35 8.39 Itau Unibanco Banco Holding SA
71 MFG 14.10% 7.46 8.51 Mizuho Financial Group, Inc. Sp
72 Q 14.10% 84.79 96.74 Qnity Electronics, Inc.
73 CVNA πŸ“ˆ 14.03% 415.41 473.71 Carvana Co.
74 ZIM πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 14.02% 20.14 22.96 ZIM Integrated Shipping Service
75 PBR-A 13.86% 11.78 13.41 Petroleo Brasileiro S.A. Petrob
76 SW 13.77% 38.13 43.38 Smurfit WestRock plc
77 QXO πŸ“ˆ 13.68% 21.06 23.94 QXO, Inc.
78 AMD 13.58% 221.26 251.31 Advanced Micro Devices, Inc.
79 CF πŸš€ 13.45% 80.78 91.65 CF Industries Holdings, Inc.
80 BHP 13.30% 59.81 67.77 BHP Group Limited
81 EOSE πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 13.09% 14.32 16.19 Eos Energy Enterprises, Inc.
82 SU 13.01% 45.28 51.17 Suncor Energy Inc.
83 MOS 12.86% 25.10 28.33 Mosaic Company (The)
84 SN 12.53% 109.50 123.22 SharkNinja, Inc.
85 ODFL 12.15% 155.14 173.99 Old Dominion Freight Line, Inc.
86 XP 12.14% 17.77 19.93 XP Inc.
87 IBKR 12.12% 67.20 75.35 Interactive Brokers Group, Inc.
88 KMX 11.99% 40.31 45.14 CarMax Inc
89 COHR 11.98% 176.60 197.76 Coherent Corp.
90 AGI 11.98% 38.08 42.64 Alamos Gold Inc.
91 EL 11.97% 103.95 116.39 Estee Lauder Companies, Inc. (T
92 VTRS 11.88% 11.77 13.17 Viatris Inc.
93 CX 11.81% 11.41 12.76 Cemex, S.A.B. de C.V. Sponsored
94 DJT πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 11.80% 12.56 14.04 Trump Media & Technology Group
95 BBVA 11.74% 22.75 25.42 Banco Bilbao Vizcaya Argentaria
96 ZM 11.70% 85.46 95.46 Zoom Communications, Inc.
97 ADM 11.58% 60.38 67.37 Archer-Daniels-Midland Company
98 APH 11.57% 139.43 155.56 Amphenol Corporation
99 XOM 11.54% 120.89 134.84 Exxon Mobil Corporation
100 ON 11.42% 54.87 61.13 ON Semiconductor Corporation
101 ANET 11.41% 129.01 143.72 Arista Networks, Inc.
102 ERIC πŸš€ 11.17% 9.61 10.68 Ericsson
103 GME πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 11.13% 21.61 24.01 GameStop Corporation
104 LYB πŸš€ 11.02% 45.81 50.86 LyondellBasell Industries NV
105 ULTA 10.99% 595.87 661.34 Ulta Beauty, Inc.
106 GILD 10.95% 124.18 137.78 Gilead Sciences, Inc.
107 ADI 10.89% 274.16 304.01 Analog Devices, Inc.
108 CHYM 10.88% 24.25 26.89 Chime Financial, Inc.
109 BALL 10.80% 51.63 57.21 Ball Corporation
110 HON 10.72% 199.75 221.16 Honeywell International Inc.
111 STM 10.69% 25.84 28.60 STMicroelectronics N.V.
112 SBUX 10.55% 87.14 96.33 Starbucks Corporation
113 PM 10.55% 158.99 175.76 Philip Morris International Inc
114 UWMC 10.47% 5.23 5.78 UWM Holdings Corporation
115 PCAR 10.32% 110.68 122.11 PACCAR Inc.
116 SMFG 10.32% 19.08 21.05 Sumitomo Mitsui Financial Group
117 VOD 10.27% 12.90 14.23 Vodafone Group Plc
118 CMG 10.04% 36.10 39.72 Chipotle Mexican Grill, Inc.
119 LYG 9.79% 5.18 5.69 Lloyds Banking Group Plc
120 TSM 9.79% 303.04 332.71 Taiwan Semiconductor Manufactur
121 MUFG 9.55% 16.29 17.85 Mitsubishi UFJ Financial Group,
122 GH πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 9.51% 104.77 114.74 Guardant Health, Inc.
123 AGNC 9.51% 10.78 11.80 AGNC Investment Corp.
124 KNX 9.50% 51.39 56.27 Knight-Swift Transportation Hol
125 IFF 9.48% 67.62 74.03 International Flavors & Fragran
126 EBAY 9.38% 86.33 94.42 eBay Inc.
127 CMA 9.08% 86.37 94.21 Comerica Incorporated
128 NUE 9.03% 162.95 177.66 Nucor Corporation
129 CAVA 9.00% 57.39 62.55 CAVA Group, Inc.
130 CLF πŸš€ 8.99% 12.86 14.02 Cleveland-Cliffs Inc.
131 BCS 8.94% 24.22 26.38 Barclays PLC
132 BABA 8.88% 157.39 171.37 Alibaba Group Holding Limited
133 ELAN 8.80% 22.68 24.68 Elanco Animal Health Incorporat
134 CNM 8.75% 52.54 57.14 Core & Main, Inc.
135 CFG 8.66% 57.54 62.52 Citizens Financial Group, Inc.
136 EQNR 8.62% 23.60 25.63 Equinor ASA
137 RIOT πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 8.60% 14.94 16.23 Riot Platforms, Inc.
138 SNPS 8.58% 463.27 503.01 Synopsys, Inc.
139 GLW 8.51% 87.50 94.95 Corning Incorporated
140 BLDR 8.44% 109.92 119.19 Builders FirstSource, Inc.
141 IP 8.42% 39.66 43.00 International Paper Company
142 NU 8.36% 16.78 18.18 Nu Holdings Ltd.
143 JBS 8.30% 14.34 15.53 JBS N.V.
144 COST 8.28% 902.93 977.67 Costco Wholesale Corporation
145 HD 8.20% 357.22 386.53 Home Depot, Inc. (The)
146 GPC 8.02% 128.84 139.18 Genuine Parts Company
147 CNQ 8.01% 33.38 36.05 Canadian Natural Resources Limi
148 NOK πŸš€ 7.87% 6.41 6.91 Nokia Corporation Sponsored
149 RUN πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 7.82% 18.56 20.01 Sunrun Inc.
150 CVE 7.79% 17.55 18.92 Cenovus Energy Inc
151 LIN 7.77% 422.22 455.03 Linde plc
152 RKT 7.63% 19.71 21.21 Rocket Companies, Inc.
153 DD πŸš€ 7.63% 41.07 44.20 DuPont de Nemours, Inc.
154 LUV πŸš€ 7.51% 39.09 42.03 Southwest Airlines Company
155 MO 7.32% 58.68 62.98 Altria Group, Inc.
156 BEKE 7.32% 16.92 18.16 KE Holdings Inc
157 MNST 7.23% 75.69 81.16 Monster Beverage Corporation
158 CAT 7.18% 593.33 635.92 Caterpillar, Inc.
159 BCE 7.14% 23.47 25.15 BCE, Inc.
160 ET 7.06% 16.78 17.96 Energy Transfer LP
161 FERG 7.02% 237.81 254.50 Ferguson Enterprises Inc.
162 MP πŸ“ˆ 6.98% 59.30 63.44 MP Materials Corp.
163 APG 6.91% 39.62 42.36 APi Group Corporation
164 TGT 6.88% 97.27 103.96 Target Corporation
165 USB 6.76% 52.30 55.83 U.S. Bancorp
166 RTX 6.67% 181.99 194.13 RTX Corporation
167 UPS 6.63% 100.32 106.97 United Parcel Service, Inc.
168 FI 6.61% 65.52 69.85 Fiserv, Inc.
169 BAH 6.49% 88.20 93.93 Booz Allen Hamilton Holding Cor
170 ING 6.37% 27.30 29.04 ING Group, N.V.
171 GOOGL 6.26% 313.62 333.26 Alphabet Inc.
172 RCL 6.22% 275.99 293.15 Royal Caribbean Cruises Ltd.
173 GOOG 6.15% 314.28 333.59 Alphabet Inc.
174 SEDG πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 6.09% 32.44 34.41 SolarEdge Technologies, Inc.
175 GS 6.08% 878.41 931.86 Goldman Sachs Group, Inc. (The)
176 NWG 6.07% 16.88 17.90 NatWest Group plc
177 TMO 6.04% 590.93 626.62 Thermo Fisher Scientific Inc
178 VRT πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 6.03% 170.93 181.23 Vertiv Holdings, LLC
179 LUMN πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 5.96% 8.14 8.63 Lumen Technologies, Inc.
180 FDX 5.93% 287.43 304.47 FedEx Corporation
181 INTC πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 5.87% 40.13 42.49 Intel Corporation
182 LYV 5.83% 139.65 147.80 Live Nation Entertainment, Inc.
183 CIEN πŸ“ˆ 5.80% 219.51 232.23 Ciena Corporation
184 BBWI 5.76% 20.28 21.45 Bath & Body Works, Inc.
185 TSCO 5.70% 52.56 55.56 Tractor Supply Company
186 DVN πŸš€ 5.68% 36.55 38.63 Devon Energy Corporation
187 COP 5.52% 93.30 98.45 ConocoPhillips
188 SUZ 5.48% 9.28 9.79 Suzano S.A.
189 SCHW 5.37% 97.69 102.94 Charles Schwab Corporation (The
190 ACN 5.26% 266.68 280.71 Accenture plc
191 W πŸ“ˆ 5.23% 104.66 110.13 Wayfair Inc.
192 OXY 5.17% 41.76 43.92 Occidental Petroleum Corporatio
193 NDAQ 5.13% 94.07 98.89 Nasdaq, Inc.
194 HLN 5.13% 9.86 10.37 Haleon plc
195 IWM 5.13% 251.11 263.98 iShares Russell 2000 ETF
196 HTHT 5.10% 47.73 50.16 H World Group Limited
197 DB 4.99% 37.53 39.40 Deutsche Bank AG
198 META 4.96% 640.57 672.36 Meta Platforms, Inc.
199 WBD πŸ“ˆ 4.93% 26.91 28.24 Warner Bros. Discovery, Inc. -
200 NLY 4.88% 22.76 23.87 Annaly Capital Management Inc.
201 GEV πŸš€ 4.88% 635.02 665.99 GE Vernova Inc.
202 CTRA 4.83% 26.13 27.39 Coterra Energy Inc.
203 NXPI 4.79% 220.49 231.05 NXP Semiconductors N.V.
204 ORLY 4.70% 95.74 100.24 O'Reilly Automotive, Inc.
205 OKTA πŸš€ 4.69% 87.20 91.29 Okta, Inc.
206 NVT 4.65% 105.67 110.58 nVent Electric plc
207 HWM 4.57% 205.98 215.39 Howmet Aerospace Inc.
208 OVV 4.56% 39.55 41.36 Ovintiv Inc. (DE)
209 WMT 4.53% 112.55 117.64 Walmart Inc.
210 WULF πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 4.50% 13.20 13.79 TeraWulf Inc.
211 VLO πŸš€ 4.46% 175.45 183.28 Valero Energy Corporation
212 CMCSA 4.40% 28.19 29.43 Comcast Corporation
213 TU 4.33% 13.28 13.86 Telus Corporation
214 OMC πŸš€ 4.32% 77.03 80.36 Omnicom Group Inc.
215 ZI πŸš€ 4.29% 9.78 10.20 ZoomInfo Technologies Inc.
216 TPR πŸš€ 4.28% 121.00 126.18 Tapestry, Inc.
217 MDB πŸš€ 4.27% 394.41 411.25 MongoDB, Inc.
218 JEF 4.23% 60.42 62.97 Jefferies Financial Group Inc.
219 AES 4.23% 14.03 14.62 The AES Corporation
220 ROST 4.11% 180.17 187.57 Ross Stores, Inc.
221 DECK πŸš€ 4.09% 97.32 101.30 Deckers Outdoor Corporation
222 HST 4.00% 18.01 18.73 Host Hotels & Resorts, Inc.
223 PR 3.93% 14.20 14.76 Permian Resources Corporation
224 ABNB 3.85% 128.44 133.39 Airbnb, Inc.
225 BP 3.74% 35.44 36.76 BP p.l.c.
226 AUR πŸ“ˆ 3.71% 4.26 4.42 Aurora Innovation, Inc.
227 NEE 3.68% 82.44 85.47 NextEra Energy, Inc.
228 FTNT 3.36% 80.37 83.07 Fortinet, Inc.
229 FOXA 3.28% 70.41 72.72 Fox Corporation
230 AR 3.27% 34.31 35.43 Antero Resources Corporation
231 C 3.24% 111.22 114.82 Citigroup, Inc.
232 INFY 3.24% 17.97 18.55 Infosys Limited
233 DLTR 3.22% 121.49 125.40 Dollar Tree, Inc.
234 MS 3.22% 176.21 181.88 Morgan Stanley
235 NWSA 3.18% 26.07 26.90 News Corporation
236 GLPI 3.17% 43.93 45.32 Gaming and Leisure Properties,
237 SERV πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 3.16% 11.56 11.93 Serve Robotics Inc.
238 RF 3.15% 26.89 27.74 Regions Financial Corporation
239 DHR 3.04% 229.72 236.71 Danaher Corporation
240 AS 2.90% 36.80 37.87 Amer Sports, Inc.
241 ZTO 2.90% 20.99 21.60 ZTO Express (Cayman) Inc.
242 WMG 2.87% 29.52 30.37 Warner Music Group Corp.
243 AMZN 2.70% 232.15 238.42 Amazon.com, Inc.
244 BAX 2.67% 19.14 19.65 Baxter International Inc.
245 CAH 2.60% 205.58 210.93 Cardinal Health, Inc.
246 ROKU 2.53% 104.36 107.00 Roku, Inc.
247 TWLO 2.29% 130.98 133.97 Twilio Inc.
248 KIM 2.27% 20.39 20.85 Kimco Realty Corporation (HC)
249 SGI 2.18% 90.73 92.71 Somnigroup International Inc.
250 SJM 2.17% 101.50 103.70 The J.M. Smucker Company
251 XYZ 2.15% 64.51 65.90 Block, Inc.
252 FLEX 2.14% 62.41 63.75 Flex Ltd.
253 YPF πŸ“ˆ 1.97% 35.82 36.53 YPF Sociedad Anonima
254 YUMC 1.87% 47.75 48.64 Yum China Holdings, Inc.
255 GAP 1.83% 26.19 26.67 Gap, Inc. (The)
256 FANG 1.81% 150.79 153.52 Diamondback Energy, Inc.
257 UPST πŸ“ˆ 1.78% 45.11 45.92 Upstart Holdings, Inc.
258 VIK 1.71% 68.52 69.69 Viking Holdings Ltd
259 GM πŸš€ 1.69% 78.11 79.43 General Motors Company
260 SPY 1.55% 682.13 692.73 State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF T
261 NVDA 1.51% 183.69 186.47 NVIDIA Corporation
262 COO 1.51% 79.70 80.90 The Cooper Companies, Inc.
263 NKE πŸš€ 1.49% 64.03 64.99 Nike, Inc.
264 QQQ 1.48% 616.33 625.46 Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1
265 CDNS 1.43% 317.47 322.02 Cadence Design Systems, Inc.
266 APA 1.40% 25.05 25.40 APA Corporation
267 WTRG 1.34% 38.80 39.32 Essential Utilities, Inc.
268 MCD 1.34% 308.80 312.95 McDonald's Corporation
269 PHM 1.28% 123.48 125.07 PulteGroup, Inc.
270 AEG 1.25% 7.68 7.78 Aegon Ltd. New York Registry Sh
271 DIS 1.19% 110.00 111.31 Walt Disney Company (The)
272 JD 1.18% 29.43 29.78 JD.com, Inc.
273 CCL 1.04% 28.38 28.67 Carnival Corporation
274 TRU 0.87% 84.29 85.02 TransUnion
275 D 0.79% 59.77 60.24 Dominion Energy, Inc.
276 ONON 0.76% 46.12 46.47 On Holding AG
277 YUM 0.76% 151.67 152.82 Yum! Brands, Inc.
278 CRH 0.70% 121.90 122.75 CRH PLC
279 SPG 0.69% 184.05 185.33 Simon Property Group, Inc.
280 CLSK πŸ“ˆ 0.60% 12.37 12.44 CleanSpark, Inc.
281 DAL 0.56% 67.12 67.50 Delta Air Lines, Inc.
282 EOG 0.56% 107.00 107.60 EOG Resources, Inc.
283 CSCO 0.52% 76.61 77.01 Cisco Systems, Inc.
284 UAL πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 0.46% 107.26 107.76 United Airlines Holdings, Inc.
285 SO 0.43% 87.79 88.16 Southern Company (The)
286 F 0.39% 13.39 13.44 Ford Motor Company
287 INCY 0.39% 102.18 102.58 Incyte Corporation
288 EXE 0.35% 111.96 112.36 Expand Energy Corporation
289 LITE πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 0.33% 331.35 332.45 Lumentum Holdings Inc.
290 AEO πŸš€ πŸ“ˆ 0.19% 23.93 23.97 American Eagle Outfitters, Inc.
291 KR 0.11% 63.62 63.69 Kroger Company (The)
292 EXEL 0.10% 43.57 43.61 Exelixis, Inc.
What Is 50 Day Simple Moving Average?

The 50‑Day Simple Moving Average (often called the 50‑day SMA) is a widely used technical indicator in finance. It represents the arithmetic average of the closing prices of a stock (or index or other asset) over the most recent 50 trading days, plotted continuously to form a smooth trendline. To calculate it exactly, one adds the closing prices for the last 50 sessions, then divides the total by 50. Each new day, the earliest closing price falls off and the latest one is added, yielding a rolling average without any weighting scheme. Traders often use the 50‑day SMA as a medium‑term trend indicator. When the price is above the SMA, the trend is generally considered bullish; below it, bearish. Many regard it as the first major support line in an uptrend, or as the first resistance in a downtrend. A common strategy is monitoring the interaction between the 50‑day SMA and the 200‑day SMA. A β€œgolden cross” occurs when the 50‑day SMA crosses above the 200‑day SMA, signaling potential upward momentum. A reverse β€œdeath cross” may indicate a bearish phase. Because it tracks average price, the 50‑day SMA lags actual price movement and may produce delayed or false signals in volatile or sideways markets. Many traders therefore complement it with faster indicators like Relative Strength Index (RSI) or short‑term exponential moving averages for confirmation.

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