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S&P 500 against its 50-day and 200-day averages
Where the price of the S&P 500 stands against its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, how long it has been above or below the 200-day, and every time the two averages crossed.
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Daily prices since Jan 2019. Source: Baroq data.
Today against its averages
| Last close | 7,685.0 26 Oct 2026 |
|---|---|
| 50-day average | 7,698.8 |
| From the 50-day average | -0.2% |
| 200-day average | 7,304.7 |
| From the 200-day average | +5.2% |
| The 50-day average is | Above the 200-day average |
| Closes in a row above the 200-day average | 144 |
| Days above the 200-day average since the prices begin | 80% |
The last 12 months
The dark line is the price, the gold line the 50-day average and the grey line the 200-day average.
The last crosses
| Day | What happened | Close |
|---|---|---|
| 30 Jun 2025 | The 50-day crossed above the 200-day | 6,195.6 |
| 11 Apr 2025 | The 50-day crossed below the 200-day | 5,369.2 |
| 27 Jan 2023 | The 50-day crossed above the 200-day | 4,068.9 |
| 10 Mar 2022 | The 50-day crossed below the 200-day | 4,258.7 |
| 09 Jul 2020 | The 50-day crossed above the 200-day | 3,151.6 |
| 27 Mar 2020 | The 50-day crossed below the 200-day | 2,530.8 |
Year by year
The share of each year's closes that were above the 200-day average. * this year so far.
| Year | Days above the 200-day average |
|---|---|
| 2026* | 93% |
| 2025 | 83% |
| 2024 | 100% |
| 2023 | 91% |
| 2022 | 15% |
| 2021 | 100% |
| 2020 | 76% |
The full numbers
Descriptive, not a forecast: where a price stood against its averages in the past says nothing certain about the next day.
How to read it
- A moving average is the average of the last 50 or 200 daily closes. It moves a little each day and smooths out the daily swings: the 50-day follows the price closely, the 200-day slowly.
- From the average is how far the last close is above (+) or below (−) it, as a share of the average.
- Days in a row counts the closes in a row on the same side of the 200-day average, ending with the last one.
- A cross is a day when the 50-day average moves from one side of the 200-day to the other. The price at the cross is that day's close.
- Days above the 200-day is the share of each year's closes that were above the 200-day average. The first 200 days of the prices have no average, so they are left out.
- Where a price stands against its averages describes the past and forecasts nothing: prices cross their averages often and move on in either direction.
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