iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF (HYG) — Technical state
As of 2026-10-12 — re-computed nightly across the coverage universe. Closelooknet diary readings, not advice.
Trades -1.7% vs the 50-day and -2.5% vs the 200-day average, 3.8% below the 52-week high and +1.2% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 21 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes.
The moving-average stack
- vs 20-day-0.4%
- vs 50-day-1.7%
- vs 200-day-2.5%
- 52-week band3.8% off the high · +1.2% off the low
- Streak2 consecutive up sessions
- CrossoverDeath cross 21 sessions ago
- 50-day crossprice crossed down through the 50-day 34 sessions ago
- Stochastic%K 48.6 · %D 35.7 · bull cross
Continue: the HYG chart & overview · the signal board
FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-12
Quick answers
What is the current Closelooknet signal on HYG?
Downtrend stack — Trades -1.7% vs the 50-day and -2.5% vs the 200-day average, 3.8% below the 52-week high and +1.2% off the 52-week low; a death cross printed 21 sessions ago. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-10-12; the signal board re-computes across the coverage universe nightly. A research diary reading, not advice.
Is HYG above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages?
As of 2026-10-12, iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF trades -1.7% below its 50-day and -2.5% below its 200-day average, with the 20-day -0.4% away.
How far is HYG from its 52-week high?
3.8% below the 52-week high and 1.2% above the 52-week low, as of 2026-10-12.
Mentioned on Closelooknet
Where HYG appears in the diary — 17 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.
Long reads
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101 and glossary
- XAU (Gold and Silver Index)
Why It Matters for Investors Closelooknet’s Money Temperature composite includes XAU as one of eight macro instruments alongside DXY, the Yield Curve, VIX, HYG (high-yield credit), copper, Bitcoin and the S&P 500.
Dailies
- Memory — Samsung and SK Hynix drop 4% as Seoul reopens, storage follows; Nasdaq futures slip
The investment-grade corporate bond fund LQD lost 1.42% and the high-yield fund HYG 0.85%.
- Megacaps — Microsoft jumps 3.6%, Meta gives back 3.7%; oil sinks 4% on Iran-deal talk, the 30-year at 5.49%
Dollar 157.10 yen (-1.06%), the yen's best day in weeks; VIX 15.03 (-4.1%); bitcoin $84,000 (-0.45%); gold fund GLD $393.42 (+0.44%); high-yield fund HYG flat; Nikkei 66,364 (+1.30%), Hang Seng 24,510 (-1.30%), DAX 25,409 (+0.56%), FTSE…
- AI Credit — Oracle invokes force majeure on a New Mexico data center; the 30-year hits 5.45%
Dollar 158.96 yen (+0.42%), bitcoin $84,317 (flat), gold fund GLD $389.46 (-0.87%), silver fund SLV (-1.87%); high-yield bond fund HYG (-0.24%), investment-grade fund LQD (-0.48%)
- Expiry Friday — the equipment names join at last: Applied +4.4%, Lam +5.2%, memory ETF over $58, 10-year back at 5%
- Yen — the Bank of Japan hikes and the dollar holds 157: the carry trade pays, the lines held, chips +3.4% over $505
- Rates — the Fed hikes and the 10-year closes above 5%: the belly sold, the relief unwound, chips back under $505
- Fed day — relief before the decision: 10-year 4.96%, Brent under $107.63, chips reclaim $505, Nasdaq-100 above $708.69
- Rates — Fed day at a 5% 10-year: the hike is priced, the cycle is not; Yardeni cuts the S&P target to 7,900