200-Day SMA Touch
How close a symbol is currently trading to its 200-day simple moving average — a widely watched long-term trend line.
What it means
The 200-day simple moving average (SMA) is the average closing price over the last 200 trading days — roughly the last year of trading. It's one of the most widely referenced long-term trend indicators: price trading above it is broadly read as a longer-term uptrend, and below it as a longer-term downtrend. A "200 SMA touch" is the moment price trades close to that line, which many market participants watch as a potential point where the longer-term trend gets tested — held, or broken.
How MarketWall calculates it
MarketWall computes the 200-day SMA from daily closes and scores every symbol by how close its current price is sitting to that average — the closer the touch, the higher the score. A symbol needs at least 200 days of price history before this signal can fire at all. See the Data Sources & Methodology page for the full signal list.
How it's typically used
A symbol approaching its 200 SMA from above, in an existing uptrend, is often watched as a potential support test — a pullback to "the trend line" that either holds (trend continues) or fails (trend may be turning). Approaching from below works the same way in reverse, as a potential resistance test. The 200 SMA touch on its own doesn't say which way the test will resolve — it flags where a widely-watched level is currently being tested, not the outcome.
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FAQ
Why 200 days specifically?
It's the most widely used long-term moving average across technical analysis — roughly one trading year — which is exactly why so many market participants watch the same line.
What if a symbol has less than 200 days of history?
This signal can't fire yet — MarketWall requires a full 200 days of price history before computing the average.
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