> ## Documentation Index
> Fetch the complete documentation index at: https://auramarkets.mintlify.site/llms.txt
> Use this file to discover all available pages before exploring further.

# On / near moving averages

> Which single names are testing, crossing, or stretched from a key moving average across an index universe.

Right below the [New Highs / New Lows](/indices/highs-lows) section on the [Indices](/indices/overview) page sits the **Above MA / Below MA** card — the same fast, universe-wide scan, but built around the moving averages traders actually watch instead of 52-week extremes.

Two panels, side by side:

* **Above MA** — green, left: price is sitting above the moving average (the MA acting as support)
* **Below MA** — red, right: price is below it (the MA acting as overhead resistance)

Each header carries a running count (`▲ / ▼`), and each row shows the ticker, company, a bar scaled to the headline number, the **distance to the MA** (e.g. `+1.8%`), a **z-score** of the day's move, and a badge naming the level (`near 200D MA · $312.40`).

## The controls

Four controls in the **Above MA** header drive both panels together:

| Control      | Options                                                                                            | What it does                                                    |
| ------------ | -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | --------------------------------------------------------------- |
| **Universe** | Nasdaq 100 (default), S\&P 500, S\&P 100, Dow Jones, Russell 1000, Russell 2000, ETFs, All Markets | Which set of stocks to scan                                     |
| **MA**       | 50D · 150D · **200D** (default) · 30W · 200W                                                       | Which moving average to measure against                         |
| **Basis**    | **Close** (default) · Intraday                                                                     | Whether distance is measured on the close or the day's high/low |
| **Mode**     | **Near** (default) · Cross · Extended                                                              | What relationship to the MA you're hunting for                  |

### The moving averages

The five MAs are the levels desks actually trade around:

* **50D** — the intermediate-trend line; the fast leg of golden/death crosses.
* **150D** — the Minervini trend-template line (50 > 150 > 200 = healthy uptrend).
* **200D** — *the* bull/bear divider, the most-watched level on the board.
* **30W** — Stan Weinstein's stage-analysis line (≈ 150 days, on weekly closes).
* **200W** — the long-term secular floor (≈ 4 years), computed on weekly closes.

## The three modes

This is where the MA card differs from highs/lows — proximity and distance are two ends of one ruler, so the mode picks which end you care about:

* **Near** — names trading **within 3% of the MA**, sorted closest-to-the-line first. The "testing the level" view: who's coiling on support, who's pressing into resistance.
* **Cross** — names that **crossed the MA today**. In the **Above** panel that's a *reclaim* (closed back above); in **Below**, a *loss* (closed under). The discrete-event view — fresh signals, not standing conditions.
* **Extended** — names **most stretched from the MA**, no cap, ranked by distance. Above = most overbought versus trend; Below = most oversold. The mean-reversion watch.

## Close vs intraday

**Basis** changes what price is compared to the line:

* **Close** — today's close versus the MA. Clean and confirmed.
* **Intraday** — uses the day's high/low. In **Near** it catches names that *tagged* the MA intraday (a wick to the line counts), in **Cross** it catches an intraday poke through even if the close didn't confirm, and in **Extended** it measures the *furthest* the day reached from the line.

## The numbers in each row

* **Distance** (headline) — the percent the price sits above or below the MA. Green above, red below.
* **z-score** (the `σ` next to it) — how unusual today's move is versus that name's own past year of daily moves, exactly as on the [highs/lows](/indices/highs-lows) card.
* **Badge** — names the relationship and the live level, e.g. `near 50D MA · $48.10`, `reclaimed 200D · $312.40`, `above 200W MA · $19.80`.
* **Chart icon** — opens the [stock pop-out](/indices/stock-chart) with the panel's selected MA **already drawn**: scanning against the 200D and the chart opens with an SMA 200 overlay on, ready to eyeball the test. Works for any MA option, and it's one-shot — it doesn't overwrite the moving averages you've saved on the chart. The exception is **200W**, which exceeds the chart's MA cap, so it opens plain.

## How most people use it

* **Support test** — MA = 200D, Mode = Near: which leaders are pulling back into their 200-day, the classic buy-the-dip zone?
* **Fresh reclaim** — Mode = Cross, watch the **Above** panel: who just won back their 200D today?
* **Stretched tape** — Mode = Extended: names far above their MA (take-profit / fade candidates) or far below (oversold bounce candidates).

<Note>
  In **Extended** mode the header counts show *every* name above / below the line (since each one is some distance from it) — read that as a breadth gauge. **Near** and **Cross** counts are just the names that qualify.
</Note>