SPDR® S&P Semiconductor ETF (XSD) — Technical state

As of 2026-10-12 — re-computed nightly across the coverage universe. Closelooknet diary readings, not advice.

Pullback inside an uptrend stack

Trades -0.8% vs the 50-day and +10.2% vs the 200-day average, 22.6% below the 52-week high and +81.5% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes.

The moving-average stack

vs 20-day-3.2%
vs 50-day-0.8%
vs 200-day+10.2%
52-week band22.6% off the high · +81.5% off the low
Streak4 consecutive down sessions
50-day crossprice crossed down through the 50-day today
Stochastic%K 1.7 · %D 44.9

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-10-12

Quick answers

What is the current Closelooknet signal on XSD?

Pullback inside an uptrend stack — Trades -0.8% vs the 50-day and +10.2% vs the 200-day average, 22.6% below the 52-week high and +81.5% off the 52-week low. 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 XSD above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages?

As of 2026-10-12, SPDR® S&P Semiconductor ETF trades -0.8% below its 50-day and +10.2% above its 200-day average, with the 20-day -3.2% away.

How far is XSD from its 52-week high?

22.6% below the 52-week high and 81.5% above the 52-week low, as of 2026-10-12.

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where XSD appears in the diary — 50 pieces, newest first. Every link is our own writing.

Long reads

Two and a half months of lower highs, then a second low that held above the first — and on Friday the oscillator turned.Chart Pick · 4 Sept 2026Across the funds, SOXX is up about 3%, SMH and the equal-weight XSD about 2.5%, this fund about 2%.
Korea, Taiwan, Japan — Three Markets Are Carrying the WorldWeekly Signal · 16 Aug 2026Both still sit far ahead for the year, XSD +69.2% against SMH +63.2%, but the ordering that marked healthy risk appetite inverted in exactly the week the tape went up.
Software vs Semis — The Tape Split in TwoWeekly Signal · 5 Jul 2026Inside tech: software week, semi wreck The tech ETF shelf split down the middle: ETF Week Software (IGV) +6.1% Cloud (CLOU) +4.9% Fabless (SMHX) −1.9% Small-cap semis (XSD) −2.8% Semis (SMH) −3.2% Semis (SOXX) −4.0% A ten-point weekly gap…
When You Think the Rally Pauses, Sell Calls — Not Your ETFStrategy · 10 Jun 2026A heat map like Closelook's KW21 tech-thematics screen is invaluable for seeing where the run is — semis blistering (XSD +87.8%, SOXX +78.4%, SMH +60.0% YTD), data-center, AI, and quantum hot (DTCR +44.4%, WTAI +42.8%, QTUM +39.9%), while…
Much More Than Semis — The Broadening Tech BullWeekly Signal · 4 May 2026Last week delivered a rare breadth signal: eight ETFs in the table below printed new 52-week highs , some of them all-time highs (SMH, XSD, AIQ, DTCR, WTAI, QTUM, GRID — plus LIT at a fresh 52W high but still ~9% below its November 2021…
Market Structure — Structural Awareness in an Asynchronous MarketReport · 17 Mar 2026XSD Equal-Weight Statistically submerged by noisy small-caps.

101 and glossary

Where a Fab Dollar Goes101Closelooknet View The complex at the decision zone, July 16, 2026 — SMH, SMHX, XSD and TSMC each sitting on the line that grades the correction.

Dailies

AI Build-Out — Spotting the 2027 SlowdownDaily Pulse · 7 Oct 2026Nvidia and AMD closed at records on Tuesday, but our Rubin Build-Out index , where 126 hardware companies count equally, is still 11.3% below its 22 June high, and the equal-weight chip fund XSD is 14.1% below its June high.
Stocks — broadly lower after the records: Russell 2000 −1.4%, power and cooling names sold, Penguin +15.3%Midday 10 · 7 Oct 2026Chips lower: SMH −1.6%, SOXX −1.7%, equal-weight XSD −2.0%; Nvidia steadier at −0.9% ($237.12)
Storage — Seagate −9.2%, Western Digital −6.9% on a record day for the S&P 500 and the NasdaqMorning 10 · 7 Oct 2026The equal-weight chip fund XSD gained 1.1%, while SMH (−0.2%) and SOXX (flat) did not move.
AI Hardware — Not One TradeDaily Pulse · 6 Oct 2026The equal-weight XSD, where every chip maker counts the same, is 15.0% below its June high and pressing on its 546 line.
Nasdaq — record close at 27,477 while the chip funds sit 5–15% below their June peaksMorning 10 · 6 Oct 2026The chip makers as a group have not followed: the semiconductor index SOX is still 10.0% below its 22 June record, the equal-weight chip fund XSD 15.0% below its June high, Micron 12.3% and Broadcom 24.7% below theirs.
S&P 500 — record high as Marvell jumps 7.6% on its investor day; chip-machine makers slideMidday 10 · 6 Oct 2026The equal-weight chip fund XSD (+1.5%) does better than the big-name funds, a sign the chip gains are spreading beyond the leaders.
Brazil — stocks jump 13% after Bolsonaro leads round one; US 10-year hits 5.35%, stocks rise anywayMidday 10 · 5 Oct 2026This morning's Pulse in New York: TSMC's US shares +2.7% to $485.44, but chip funds flat to lower (SOXX −0.16%, XSD −0.53%), KLA −1.08%, Applied −0.57%, ASML −0.31%
Chips up again, software down again — Friday's split is turning into a trendMidday 10 · 8 Sept 2026On Friday it was the strongest share in the Dow; today the gains sit in Intel, AMD, Arm, the equipment makers and the optical names, and the equal-weight chip fund XSD is up 2.5% against 1.9% for the cap-weighted SMH.