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Is ITA above its 200-day moving average? Since when, and how often
iShares U.S. Aerospace & Defense ETF. The side, the date it changed and the crosses this year, for three rules, on unadjusted closes, read after every close.
ITA closed below its 200-day average on August 31, 2026, its seventh cross this year.
Close 202.23·50-day 218.62 (−7.5%)·100-day 228.91 (−11.7%)·200-day 229.57 (−11.9%)
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The three rules at the October 23, 2026 close
| Rule | Side | Since | Sessions | Crosses this year | A year, on average | Confirmed on 3 closes | Since |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50-day | ○below | Aug 20, 2026 | 46 | 9 | 17.8 | ○ below | Aug 24, 2026 |
| 100-day | ○below | Aug 28, 2026 | 40 | 17 | 10.3 | ○ below | Sep 1, 2026 |
| 200-day | ○below | Aug 31, 2026 | 39 | 7 | 8.2 | ○ below | Sep 2, 2026 |
Every cross, newest first
| Close of | Rule | Crossed | Days since the previous cross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Aug 31, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 117 |
| Aug 28, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 37 |
| Aug 20, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 28 |
| Jul 23, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 7 |
| Jul 22, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 2 |
| Jul 20, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 39 |
| Jul 16, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 35 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Jun 11, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 1 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 19 |
| Jun 10, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 1 |
| Jun 9, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 4 |
| Jun 5, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 1 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 3 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 5 |
| May 27, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 36 |
| May 22, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 36 |
| May 6, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 2 |
| May 4, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 4 |
| Apr 30, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 1 |
| Apr 29, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 29 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 13 |
| Apr 16, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 2 |
| Apr 14, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 33 |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 1 |
| Apr 7, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 1 |
| Apr 6, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 11 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 1 |
| Mar 30, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 341 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 1 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 5 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 100 |
| Mar 12, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 84 |
| Dec 18, 2025 | 50-day | ●above | 2 |
| Dec 16, 2025 | 50-day | ○below | 5 |
| Dec 11, 2025 | 50-day | ●above | 28 |
| Dec 10, 2025 | 100-day | ●above | 1 |
| Dec 9, 2025 | 100-day | ○below | 1 |
| Dec 8, 2025 | 100-day | ●above | 3 |
| Dec 5, 2025 | 100-day | ○below | 1 |
688 earlier crosses in the full ledger.
The record since 2007: each rule beside holding ITA
| Rule | A year | $1,000 became | Worst fall | Time in ITA |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50-day | 6.9% | $3,734 | −36% | 67% |
| 50-day, confirmed on 3 closes | 6.7% | $3,582 | −32% | 68% |
| 100-day | 8.2% | $4,678 | −27% | 71% |
| 100-day, confirmed on 3 closes | 8.4% | $4,920 | −29% | 72% |
| 200-day | 8.8% | $5,296 | −28% | 75% |
| 200-day, confirmed on 3 closes | 8.3% | $4,811 | −28% | 75% |
| Holding the fund | 11.6% | $8,644 | −60% | 100% |
Since 2007, the fund's listing. Rates compound yearly on dividend-adjusted closes; a change of side takes effect at the next close; days out of the fund earn nothing. Compare rates across funds, not dollars: spans differ. The method page has the conventions.
How often ITA crosses
ITA has crossed its 200-day average 8.2 times a year on average since Feb 21, 2007, and 74% of those crosses came within 14 days of the previous one. Waiting for three closes on the new side cuts that to 2.9 a year.
On a dividend-adjusted price series, 92 of ITA's 199 200-day cross dates (46%) would fall on a different day or not at all. This page uses unadjusted closes, the series a broker chart shows, so every date here can be checked against one.
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Questions
What does "above its 200-day moving average" mean?
The 200-day moving average is the mean of ITA's last 200 daily closes. ITA is above it when the day's close is higher than that mean, below when lower. A close exactly on the line keeps the side it had.
When does this ITA page update?
After every US market close, once the day's official close is final (about 6:30 pm New York time). The dateline at the top names the last close it reflects.
What is the "confirmed on 3 closes" column?
The confirmed variant changes side only after three consecutive closes on the new side, and its cross date is the third close. For ITA it has crossed the 200-day 2.9 times a year on average, against 8.2 for the raw rule.
Which prices are used?
Unadjusted daily closes: split-adjusted, not dividend-adjusted, the prices a broker chart shows. Dividend-adjusted series put many cross dates on different days; the method page explains the choice.
Source: Yahoo Finance daily closes, read through the October 23, 2026 close. Rules computed by movingaveragealerts.com; the method page has every definition. Market data, not advice.