Apple Inc. (AAPL) — Technical state
As of 2026-09-16 — re-computed nightly across the coverage universe. Closelook diary readings, not advice.
Its stochastic crossed down from overbought (%K 85.6 under %D 85.6) today — momentum is cooling.
The moving-average stack
- vs 20-day+3.8%
- vs 50-day+4.1%
- vs 200-day+16.3%
- 52-week band3.5% off the high · +48.8% off the low
- Streak1 consecutive up session
- 50-day crossprice crossed up through the 50-day 5 sessions ago
- Stochastic%K 85.6 · %D 85.6 · down cross
Analyst consensus (context)
Target 339 (+2.1% vs the baked price) · Buy · 71 buy / 32 hold / 9 sell. Third-party consensus, shown for context — not a Closelook view.
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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-16
Quick answers
What is the current Closelook signal on AAPL?
Stochastic turned down — Its stochastic crossed down from overbought (%K 85.6 under %D 85.6) today — momentum is cooling. As of 2026-09-16; the signal board re-computes across the coverage universe nightly. A research diary reading, not advice.
Is AAPL above its 50-day and 200-day moving averages?
As of 2026-09-16, Apple Inc. trades +4.1% above its 50-day and +16.3% above its 200-day average, with the 20-day +3.8% away.
How far is AAPL from its 52-week high?
3.5% below the 52-week high and 48.8% above the 52-week low, as of 2026-09-16.
What is the analyst consensus on Apple Inc.?
Consensus target 339 (+2.1% vs the baked price), rating Buy, with 71 buy / 32 hold / 9 sell recommendations — third-party consensus data, shown for context, not a Closelook view.
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Long reads
- The Agentic Winners 25
Apple controls the on-device inference environment — the hardware runtime on which personal agents will execute.
- NVIDIA 2030
The historical analogy chain — Microsoft (Windows monopoly) → Apple (consumer computing platform) → AWS (global cloud utility) → NVIDIA (global intelligence utility) — frames the scale of what is happening.
- Magnificent Seven — The Seven at the Shelf
2 · The four long trends — and the one most behind The four long trends, three years each: MSFT +59%, AMZN +97%, GOOG +152%, AAPL +72%.
Dailies
- Fed day — relief before the decision: 10-year 4.96%, Brent under $107.63, chips reclaim $505, Nasdaq-100 above $708.69
Software sits the relief out: the software ETF flat at $105.41, Microsoft −0.5% to $494.39, ServiceNow −0.8%, Amazon flat, Alphabet +0.3%, Apple +0.4%; the security names hold — Palo Alto +1.2%, Cloudflare +0.8%, CrowdStrike +0.5%…
- Rates — the 10-year hits 5.01%: Dow −0.9%, Russell −1.2%, the AI sort pauses, Oracle and Adobe hold their lines
The security group keeps its bid — CrowdStrike +2.9%, SentinelOne +2.3%, Zscaler +1.8% — and the buyers of compute give some back: Alphabet −1.6%, Amazon −1.5%, Apple −1.0%, Microsoft −0.8%.
- AI trade — the labs ask for a slowdown: Kospi −3.3%, SoftBank −11%, Nasdaq futures −1.2%, oil back above $106
Apple rose 1.8% to $332.27, a second day up after its event, Alphabet 1.8%, Amazon 1.9%.
- Oil settles at $107.63, the 10-year hits 4.95% and the 30-year 5.36%, its highest since 2007: chips lead a fourth down day, Oracle beats and jumps 4% after hours, Adobe beats and slips — and Asia sells its chipmakers 3% to 7%
Apple +3.6% after its iPhone event was the exception among the large names, Freeport-McMoRan −7.3% as copper fell from its record was the other extreme.
- Stocks snap a four-day losing streak as oil slips under $100 and chips bounce 2% — despite core inflation hotter than hoped and Fed hike odds at 82%; Oracle gives back its entire after-hours jump
The large names and the average stock both participate: Apple +2.4% at $334 a day before iPhone 18 Pro pre-orders, Meta +1.3%, Broadcom +1.3%, CoreWeave +1.9%, equal-weight S&P +0.8% — Cloudflare −1.2% the software exception
- Brent closes above $100 for the first time since July and the 10-year hits 4.86%: Wall Street falls a third day while Cloudflare +10%, Datadog +7% and Meta +7% catch the money the chip leaders gave back
Among the largest names, Alphabet −2.3%, Amazon −1.8%, Microsoft −0.5%, Tesla flat; Apple −0.3% to $315.34 after unveiling the iPhone 18 Pro, the foldable iPhone Duo and the 2-nanometre A20 Pro chip.
- Chips lead the market down as oil tops $105 and the 10-year hits 4.92%: Micron −4%, Intel −4%, Nvidia −2.5% — while software posts its first up day in six and Apple gains 3%
The exception is the group that has been sold all week: the software ETF is up 0.5%, its first gain in six sessions, with ServiceNow +2.1% and Apple +2.7% the day after its event.
- The trade flips at midday: chips fade, software bounces — Meta +6%, Cloudflare +9%, Datadog +6% while oil holds $101 and the 10-year hits 4.85%
Oracle −0.8% into Thursday's report, Apple −1.2% into its 1 pm product event
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