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Is QUAL above its 200-day moving average? Since when, and how often
iShares MSCI USA Quality Factor ETF. The side, the date it changed and the crosses this year, for three rules, on unadjusted closes, read after every close.
QUAL closed above its 200-day average on April 8, 2026, its sixth cross this year.
Close 222.82·50-day 223.35 (−0.2%)·100-day 220.85 (+0.9%)·200-day 212.08 (+5.1%)
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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 | Oct 23, 2026 | 1 | 13 | 17.7 | ● above | Sep 23, 2026 |
| 100-day | ●above | Apr 9, 2026 | 138 | 4 | 10.6 | ● above | Apr 13, 2026 |
| 200-day | ●above | Apr 8, 2026 | 139 | 6 | 5.6 | ● above | Apr 10, 2026 |
Every cross, newest first
| Close of | Rule | Crossed | Days since the previous cross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 23, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 32 |
| Sep 21, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 13 |
| Sep 8, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 40 |
| Jul 30, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Jul 29, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 111 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 35 |
| Apr 9, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 29 |
| Apr 8, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 13 |
| Mar 26, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 1 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 1 |
| Mar 24, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 1 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 3 |
| Mar 20, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 270 |
| Mar 11, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 2 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 3 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 105 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 1 |
| Mar 4, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Mar 3, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 18 |
| Feb 13, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Feb 12, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 6 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 72 |
| Nov 25, 2025 | 50-day | ●above | 8 |
| Nov 21, 2025 | 100-day | ●above | 1 |
| Nov 20, 2025 | 100-day | ○below | 177 |
| Nov 17, 2025 | 50-day | ○below | 7 |
| Nov 10, 2025 | 50-day | ●above | 4 |
| Nov 6, 2025 | 50-day | ○below | 188 |
| Jun 23, 2025 | 200-day | ●above | 5 |
| Jun 18, 2025 | 200-day | ○below | 16 |
| Jun 2, 2025 | 200-day | ●above | 5 |
| May 28, 2025 | 200-day | ○below | 1 |
| May 27, 2025 | 100-day | ●above | 4 |
| May 27, 2025 | 200-day | ●above | 6 |
| May 23, 2025 | 100-day | ○below | 11 |
| May 21, 2025 | 200-day | ○below | 6 |
| May 15, 2025 | 200-day | ●above | 70 |
| May 12, 2025 | 100-day | ●above | 76 |
| May 2, 2025 | 50-day | ●above | 67 |
397 earlier crosses in the full ledger.
The record since 2014: each rule beside holding QUAL
| Rule | A year | $1,000 became | Worst fall | Time in QUAL |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50-day | 6.2% | $2,122 | −25% | 72% |
| 50-day, confirmed on 3 closes | 7.0% | $2,313 | −19% | 73% |
| 100-day | 8.0% | $2,610 | −19% | 78% |
| 100-day, confirmed on 3 closes | 8.1% | $2,641 | −16% | 79% |
| 200-day | 9.6% | $3,150 | −19% | 83% |
| 200-day, confirmed on 3 closes | 9.2% | $2,993 | −20% | 83% |
| Holding the fund | 13.2% | $4,700 | −34% | 100% |
Since 2014, 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 QUAL crosses
QUAL has crossed its 200-day average 5.6 times a year on average since May 2, 2014, and 65% of those crosses came within 14 days of the previous one. Waiting for three closes on the new side cuts that to 2.1 a year.
On a dividend-adjusted price series, 74 of QUAL's 104 200-day cross dates (71%) 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 QUAL's last 200 daily closes. QUAL 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 QUAL 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 QUAL it has crossed the 200-day 2.1 times a year on average, against 5.6 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.