Metric guide

SMA 200

200-day moving average

Explanatory metricFoxScore methodology

Plain-language summary

What this metric tells you

SMA 200 is the average closing price over roughly the last 200 trading days. It smooths noise so you can see the underlying trend level more clearly than with the raw price alone.

Key takeaway

A moving average is a reference line, not a signal by itself. It becomes useful when you compare current price or shorter averages against it.

FoxScore context

How FoxScore uses it

FoxScore uses SMA 200 as a structural long-term trend reference.
It is central to long-horizon trend location and crossover signals.
Because the raw level is only a reference, the ranking focus stays on metrics derived from the relationship to it rather than the value itself.

What it measures

A smoothed average price over about 200 trading days.
Where the recent trend baseline currently sits.
A cleaner trend reference than the latest close by itself.

How to read it

The level itself matters less than how price behaves around it.
Shorter averages react faster and are more sensitive to recent moves.
Longer averages react slower and are more useful as structural trend references.

What can mislead

Whether momentum is accelerating right now.
You treat the average itself as a buy signal without looking at price distance or trend quality.
You forget that moving averages lag and therefore react late to reversals.

Most useful when

You want a trend reference instead of staring at raw daily price noise.
You compare price-vs-average metrics or cross signals.
You want to understand whether a move sits above or below an important baseline.

Important limits

Whether momentum is accelerating right now.
Whether the asset is attractive or cheap in any fundamental sense.
Short sharp changes quickly, because longer averages always react with delay.

Methodology and sources

Technical definition, calculation notes and sources stay available here without dominating the explanation.

Description

The SMA200 (Simple Moving Average) is the average closing price over roughly the last 200 trading days.

Moving averages smooth short-term noise and show the longer-term direction more clearly.

In practice, SMA200 is often used as a rough trend line: above it is considered more “bullish”, below it more “bearish” - but that’s only a heuristic.