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

As of 2026-09-24 — re-computed nightly across the coverage universe. Closelooknet diary readings, not advice.

Uptrend stack intact

Trades +4.5% vs the 50-day and +17.2% vs the 200-day average, 20% below the 52-week high and +87.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes.

The moving-average stack

vs 20-day+6.1%
vs 50-day+4.5%
vs 200-day+17.2%
52-week band20% off the high · +87.8% off the low
Streak2 consecutive down sessions
50-day crossprice crossed up through the 50-day 4 sessions ago
Stochastic%K 85.3 · %D 94.3 · bear cross

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FAQ · from the current data · as of 2026-09-24

Quick answers

What is the current Closelooknet signal on XSD?

Uptrend stack intact — Trades +4.5% vs the 50-day and +17.2% vs the 200-day average, 20% below the 52-week high and +87.8% off the 52-week low. Computed from daily closes. As of 2026-09-24; 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 2026-09-24, SPDR® S&P Semiconductor ETF trades +4.5% above its 50-day and +17.2% above its 200-day average, with the 20-day +6.1% away.

How far is XSD from its 52-week high?

20% below the 52-week high and 87.8% above the 52-week low, as of 2026-09-24.

Mentioned on Closelooknet

Where XSD appears in the diary — 43 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

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.
Chips jump 3% while software falls 2% — the hot jobs report has split the tech trade in twoMidday 10 · 4 Sept 2026The semiconductor ETFs are up hard: SOXX about 3%, SMH and the equal-weight XSD around 2.5%, and the fabless fund SMHX about 2%.
Snowflake jumps 20%, Broadcom stalls, Dell soars 16% — the market is paying for faster growth, not for beatsMorning 10 · 3 Sept 2026Nvidia rose 3.2% to 224.41, the biggest lift on the board, and the chip ETFs followed: SMH +0.96%, XSD +0.88%, SOXX +0.23%.
Chips up, software down: Nvidia leads a split rebound while the bond market catches its breathMidday 10 · 2 Sept 2026Tech is flat because it is split: semiconductors (SMH) +1.4%, fabless chips (SMHX) +1.3% and the equal-weight chip fund XSD +0.9%, against software (IGV) −3.0% and cloud (CLOU) −1.9%.
Great numbers, falling stocks — the market has stopped rewarding even record earningsMorning 10 · 2 Sept 2026Software ETFs fell harder than chip ETFs on Tuesday — IGV −3.46% and CLOU −3.12%, against SMH −2.05%, SOXX −2.10% and XSD −2.52% — reversing last week's wide software-over-chips gap (+7.35% vs +1.80%).
Software and semis sell off together at midday — the green sits outside techMidday 10 · 1 Sept 2026Software (IGV) at -3.06% and Cloud (CLOU) at -2.71% are the worst-performing pockets of the board, with small-cap semis (XSD) at -2.21% and fabless semis (SMHX) at -1.94% close behind — the semis-vs-software split the morning flagged has…
Verdict day two: six earnings windows close as MongoDB and GitLab printMorning 10 · 1 Sept 2026Software (IGV +7.35%) outpaced the semiconductor complex by a wide margin over five days — SMH +1.80%, SOXX +0.96%, XSD +0.74% — even as all four ETFs closed Monday in the green.
Verdict day: five earnings windows close as chip stocks wobbleMorning 10 · 31 Aug 2026Semis dropped sharply on the day across SMH, SOXX, XSD, and fabless SMHX — broad-based, not name-specific.