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Is XLV above its 200-day moving average? Since when, and how often
State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF. The side, the date it changed and the crosses this year, for three rules, on unadjusted closes, read after every close.
XLV closed above its 200-day average on June 4, 2026, its eighth cross this year.
Close 179.28·50-day 171.12 (+4.8%)·100-day 165.27 (+8.5%)·200-day 158.07 (+13.4%)
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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 | ●above | Oct 9, 2026 | 11 | 18 | 18.9 | ● above | Oct 13, 2026 |
| 100-day | ●above | Jun 23, 2026 | 87 | 6 | 13.3 | ● above | Jun 8, 2026 |
| 200-day | ●above | Jun 4, 2026 | 99 | 8 | 11.6 | ● above | Jun 8, 2026 |
Every cross, newest first
| Close of | Rule | Crossed | Days since the previous cross |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oct 9, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Oct 8, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 1 |
| Oct 7, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 6 |
| Oct 1, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 17 |
| Sep 14, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 4 |
| Sep 10, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 99 |
| Jun 23, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 5 |
| Jun 18, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 14 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 86 |
| Jun 4, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 3 |
| Jun 3, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Jun 2, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 14 |
| Jun 1, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 11 |
| May 21, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 30 |
| May 19, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 75 |
| Apr 21, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 21 |
| Mar 31, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 4 |
| Mar 27, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 2 |
| Mar 25, 2026 | 200-day | ●above | 2 |
| Mar 23, 2026 | 200-day | ○below | 174 |
| Mar 10, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 1 |
| Mar 9, 2026 | 100-day | ●above | 3 |
| Mar 6, 2026 | 100-day | ○below | 161 |
| Mar 5, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 22 |
| Feb 11, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Feb 10, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 4 |
| Feb 6, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Feb 5, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 1 |
| Feb 4, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Feb 3, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 1 |
| Feb 2, 2026 | 50-day | ●above | 5 |
| Jan 28, 2026 | 50-day | ○below | 124 |
| Sep 30, 2025 | 200-day | ●above | 18 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 50-day | ●above | 1 |
| Sep 26, 2025 | 100-day | ●above | 1 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 50-day | ○below | 42 |
| Sep 25, 2025 | 100-day | ○below | 41 |
| Sep 12, 2025 | 200-day | ○below | 1 |
| Sep 11, 2025 | 200-day | ●above | 184 |
| Aug 15, 2025 | 100-day | ●above | 136 |
1161 earlier crosses in the full ledger.
The record since 1999: each rule beside holding XLV
| Rule | A year | $1,000 became | Worst fall | Time in XLV |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 50-day | 2.9% | $2,161 | −41% | 63% |
| 50-day, confirmed on 3 closes | 3.2% | $2,334 | −43% | 64% |
| 100-day | 3.3% | $2,432 | −40% | 67% |
| 100-day, confirmed on 3 closes | 2.7% | $2,051 | −51% | 67% |
| 200-day | 1.9% | $1,681 | −52% | 69% |
| 200-day, confirmed on 3 closes | 2.9% | $2,193 | −53% | 69% |
| Holding the fund | 8.9% | $9,912 | −39% | 100% |
Since 1999, 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 XLV crosses
XLV has crossed its 200-day average 11.6 times a year on average since Oct 7, 1999, and 71% of those crosses came within 14 days of the previous one. Waiting for three closes on the new side cuts that to 4.4 a year.
On a dividend-adjusted price series, 280 of XLV's 451 200-day cross dates (62%) 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 XLV's last 200 daily closes. XLV 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 XLV 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 XLV it has crossed the 200-day 4.4 times a year on average, against 11.6 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.