Percentage of Stocks Above Their 200-Day Moving Average
Market breadth for the S&P 500, Nasdaq 100 and major US ETFs — one reading per trading day.
As of 2026-09-08, 59% of the 230 stocks and ETFs tracked here closed above their own 200-day moving average.
Higher than 36% of the last 262 sessions on record.
- Snapshot
- 2026-09-08
- Median stretch
- +3.0%
Breadth over time
2025-08-22 → 2026-09-08 · 262 sessionsThe share of the universe above its own 200-day average, one point per trading day. Readings near the top mean almost everything has been rising; readings near the bottom mean almost nothing has.
Today's distribution
How far each name sits from its own 200-day average on 2026-09-08. The two tails are what the deviation rankings list by symbol.
- 10th percentile
- -13.2%
- 90th percentile
- +19.1%
- Stretched >+20%
- 20
- Lagging <-20%
- 11
How this is measured
The universe is the S&P 500, the Nasdaq 100 and major US ETFs — roughly 500 to 800 symbols on a given day, not the whole US market. A symbol only counts once it has 200 trading days of history behind it, so this figure is not directly comparable to a breadth measure built on a different universe.
For each symbol we take the simple 200-day moving average of daily closes and compare it with the latest close. Deviation is (close − MA200) / MA200. The headline figure is the share of symbols whose deviation is above zero.
Symbols showing a single-day move larger than 25% anywhere inside the 200-day window are dropped: in practice that is an unadjusted stock split rather than a real move, and it would otherwise poison the average. Readings beyond ±200% are dropped too, as a backstop.
This measures participation, not direction. A high reading says many names are above their own average; it does not say the market is about to turn. It also sees nothing fundamental — see the disclaimer below.
Common questions
- What does "percentage of stocks above the 200-day moving average" mean?
- It is the share of a defined group of stocks whose latest closing price sits above the average of its own last 200 daily closes. It is a breadth measure: it counts how many names are participating in a move rather than how far an index has travelled.
- What counts as a high or a low reading?
- Above roughly 70% is broad participation and historically an extended market; below roughly 30% means most names are already under their own long-term average. Rather than fix thresholds, this page shows where today sits against every session it has on record, which adapts as the market's own range shifts.
- How often is it updated?
- Once per trading day, after the close, from the same nightly scan that produces the deviation rankings. The snapshot date shown is the data's date, not the date the page was rendered.
- Is this the same as the S&P 500 being above its own 200-day average?
- No, and the two often disagree. A cap-weighted index can sit above its average while most of its members sit below theirs, because a handful of large names can carry it. That gap is exactly what a breadth measure exists to show.
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