Cisco (CSCO) technical indicators: RSI, moving averages, 52-week range
Cisco (CSCO) closed at 106.71 USD on 2026-10-20, up 0.20%, the 13th percentile of its daily moves by size since 1990. It is 18.15% below its 52-week high and 52.77% above its 52-week low, and is above its 200-day moving average and below its 20- and 50-day moving averages. Cisco (CSCO) had an RSI(14) of 40.27 at the 2026-10-20 close, in the 15th percentile of its history since 1990. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week high of Cisco (CSCO) was 130.37 USD, set on 2026-06-04, and the 52-week low 69.85 USD, set on 2025-10-22. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20-day moving average of Cisco (CSCO) was 110.92 USD. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 50-day moving average of Cisco (CSCO) was 111.01 USD. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 200-day moving average of Cisco (CSCO) was 99.85 USD.
Day’s range 105.3–107.06 USD · closed 80.1% of range · width 0.60× ATR52-week low 69.85 (2025-10-22) · high 130.37 (2026-06-04)60.9% of the way from low to high
Today (changed)
Medium-term trend factor: Negative → Positive (20/60/120-day returns: +0.25% · -6.86% · +19.14%); Relative performance factor: Underperforming → Outperforming (vs the S&P 500 over 20/60/252 days: +0.92% · -10.90% · +36.43%)
2 state changes · 0 notable moves
Shifts since 2026-10-19 — two standing rows, then the most unusual shifts against each metric’s own history
| Metric | Prior | Today | Change | Δ vs 2026-10-13 | Move percentile |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| RVOL 0.60× | 30th | 9th | -21 pctile pts | — | — |
| MACD histogram | -0.63 | -0.80 | -0.17 | — | — |
| 50-day MA dist | -4.33% | -3.87% | +0.46 pp | -6.35 pp | 24th |
| RSI | 39.74 | 40.27 | +0.53 pts | -16.21 pts | 12th |
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Opened down 0.37% from the prior close, below the prior session's low; closed in the upper quarter of the day's range, above the prior close.
- 2 sessions since a ≥2% move
- 95 sessions since 52-week high
- 375 sessions above 200-day MA
- FOMC in 8d
- Jobs report in 17d
- CPI in 21d
- Earnings in 23d
Unusualness #41/73 (1 = most unusual) (was #51). Today's relative volume is in the 9th percentile of its own history since 1990. That is the reading furthest from its historical median among its daily move (by magnitude), 20-day return, RSI, 20-day volatility and relative volume.
Standing distances: RSI 40.27 is 10.27 pts above 30 · price 18.15% (8.0× ATR) below the 52-week high · 52.77% (12.5× ATR) above the 52-week low · 3.79% (1.4× ATR) below the 20-day MA (110.92) · 3.87% (1.5× ATR) below the 50-day MA (111.01) · 6.87% (2.3× ATR) above the 200-day MA (99.85)
Technical assessment (changed)
A transparent, rules-based reading of the statistics on this page — informational and educational only, not investment advice or a recommendation to buy or sell. Each scored factor shows the metrics behind it; full numbers are in the sections below.
Factor tally: 2 positive, 1 negative, 1 mixed (was 3 negative, 1 mixed) · Medium-term trend: Negative → Positive; Relative performance: Underperforming → Outperforming
| Factor | Reading | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term momentum | 5/10-day returns: -7.27% · -9.52%; MACD -0.39 below signal +0.40; histogram -0.80 (down 0.17 on the previous session). | Fading |
| Medium-term trend | 20/60/120-day returns: +0.25% · -6.86% · +19.14%. | Positive |
| Moving averages | price vs 20/50/200-day MA: -3.79% · -3.87% · +6.87%; stack 50d > 20d > 200d. | Mixed |
| Relative performance | vs the S&P 500 over 20/60/252 days: +0.92% · -10.90% · +36.43%; vs the Nasdaq 100: +4.24% · -12.07% · +33.33%. | Outperforming |
Figures reflect the official regular-session close for 2026-10-20.
Price chart
Price and momentum
- Close
- 106.71 USD
- Daily change
- up 0.20% — 13th percentile by magnitude since 1990 (9049 obs)
- vs market (same day)
- S&P 500 +0.28% · Nasdaq 100 -0.10%
- MACD (12, 26, 9)
- -0.39 (below signal) · signal +0.40 · histogram -0.80 · -0.17 vs 2026-10-19
- 20-day return
- +0.25% — 43rd percentile since 1990 (9030 obs) · +21 pctile pts vs 2026-10-19
RSI(14)
- RSI(14)
- 40.27 — 15th percentile since 1990 (9036 obs) · +0.53 (12th percentile move · +1 pctile pts) vs 2026-10-19 · -16.21 vs 2026-10-13
- RSI last overbought
- 165 days ago (2026-05-08)
- RSI last oversold
- 564 days ago (2025-04-04)
Session
- Listing
- Exchange: NASDAQ, Currency: USD
- Open
- 106.11 USD
- High
- 107.06 USD
- Low
- 105.3 USD
- Prior close
- 106.5 USD
- Prior O/H/L
- O 109.24 USD · H 109.47 USD · L 106.41 USD
- Gap (overnight)
- -0.37% — 43rd percentile by magnitude since 1990 (9049 obs)
- Intraday (session)
- +0.57%
- Intraday range
- 1.65% of price — 30th percentile since 1990 (9050 obs)
- Close position
- 80.1% of range
- Up days (history)
- 52.5% of 8675 directional sessions (flat days excluded)
- Daily-move distribution
- -3.76% / -0.98% / +0.03% / +1.19% / +4.01% (p5–p95; -4.02 to +4.28 USD at today’s close; 9049 obs)
- ≥4% daily moves
- 1 of last 20 sessions (5%) — 1 up, 0 down
Moving averages
| Period | Value | Price vs MA |
|---|---|---|
| 20-day MA | 110.92 USD | -3.79% · +0.18 pp (10th percentile move since 1990) vs 2026-10-19 · -7.48 pp vs 2026-10-13 · 1.4× its typical daily range (ATR) |
| 50-day MA | 111.01 USD | -3.87% · +0.46 pp (24th percentile move since 1990) vs 2026-10-19 · -6.35 pp vs 2026-10-13 · 1.5× its typical daily range (ATR) |
| 200-day MA | 99.85 USD | +6.87% · +0.05 pp (2nd percentile move since 1990) vs 2026-10-19 · -9.29 pp vs 2026-10-13 · 2.3× its typical daily range (ATR) |
| VWAP (20-day) | 110.7 USD | -3.60% |
| VWAP (60-day) | 112.52 USD | -5.16% |
Moving-average trend & crossovers
- 200-day slope (20-session)
- +3.41% · rising
- Price vs 20-day MA
- closed below it for 4 sessions, since 2026-10-15
- Price vs 50-day MA
- closed below it for 4 sessions, since 2026-10-15
- Price vs 200-day MA
- closed above it for 375 sessions, since 2025-04-24
- 20-day / 50-day
- 20-day crossed below 50-day · 2026-08-28 (53 days ago)
- 20-day / 200-day
- 20-day crossed above 200-day · 2024-09-04 (776 days ago)
- 50-day / 200-day
- 50-day crossed above 200-day · 2024-09-25 (755 days ago)
52-week range
- Position
- 60.9% of range
- Drawdown from all-time intraday high
- -18.15% · 138 days ago (2026-06-04)
- Maximum drawdown (10-year, close-basis)
- -42.81% · 2019-07-15 58.05 USD → 2020-03-12 33.2 USD · recovered 2021-08-20
- 52-week high
- 130.37 USD · price -18.15% · 2026-06-04 (138 days ago)
- 52-week low
- 69.85 USD · price +52.77% · 2025-10-22 (363 days ago)
Volatility
- 5-day realised volatility
- 1.352% daily · 21.5% annualised — 41st percentile since 1990 (9045 obs)
- 20-day realised volatility
- 1.945% daily · 30.9% annualised — 53rd percentile since 1990 (9030 obs) · -8 pctile pts vs 2026-10-19 · -0.18 pp vs 2026-10-13
- 60-day realised volatility
- 2.139% daily · 34.0% annualised — 58th percentile since 1990 (8990 obs)
- 120-day realised volatility
- 2.538% daily · 40.3% annualised — 70th percentile since 1990 (8930 obs)
- Term structure (20d vs 120d)
- 0.77× — 1.945% vs 2.538% (near-term below its longer-horizon baseline)
- ATR (14)
- 2.94 USD · 2.75% of price — 53rd percentile since 1990 (9036 obs)
Volume and participation
- Relative volume
- 0.60× prior 20-day average (excl. today) — 9th percentile since 1990 (9030 obs) · -21 pctile pts vs 2026-10-19 · -0.04× vs 2026-10-13
- Volume
- 10.7M shares
- 3-month avg volume (63 sessions)
- 18.6M shares/day
- Dollar volume
- $1.15B — 8th percentile (trailing 252 sessions) · bottom 1% (trailing 20 sessions) · scales with price level; see relative volume above for a price-neutral read
- 20-day avg $ volume
- $1.85B
Short interest and short volume
- Short volume
- 38.2% of reported volume (1.41M of 3.69M shares; FINRA off-exchange/TRF volume, not the consolidated tape, as of 2026-10-20) · prior 20-session average 30.9% · 30th percentile of the past 252 sessions
Returns
- 5-day
- -7.27% — 6th percentile since 1990 (9045 obs) · from 115.07 USD on 2026-10-13
- 10-day
- -9.52% — 6th percentile since 1990 (9040 obs) · from 117.94 USD on 2026-10-06
- 20-day
- +0.25% — 43rd percentile since 1990 (9030 obs) · from 106.44 USD on 2026-09-22
- 60-day
- -6.86% — 21st percentile since 1990 (8990 obs) · from 114.57 USD on 2026-07-27
- 120-day
- +19.14% — 65th percentile since 1990 (8930 obs) · from 89.57 USD on 2026-04-29
- 252-day
- +52.16% — 76th percentile since 1990 (8798 obs) · from 70.13 USD on 2025-10-17
- Year to date
- +38.53% · from 77.03 USD on 2025-12-31
- Overnight vs intraday (20d)
- overnight +0.56% · intraday -0.30% (compounds to +0.25% total)
- Overnight vs intraday (60d)
- overnight +5.45% · intraday -11.67% (compounds to -6.86% total)
- Overnight vs intraday (252d)
- overnight +14.39% · intraday +33.01% (compounds to +52.16% total)
Market factor
- S&P 500 (52-week)
- beta +0.93 · correlation +0.30
- S&P 500 (26-week)
- beta +1.40 · correlation +0.33
- Nasdaq 100 (52-week)
- beta +0.55 · correlation +0.29
- Nasdaq 100 (26-week)
- beta +0.70 · correlation +0.32
- Information Technology (XLK, 52-week)
- beta +0.49 · correlation +0.34
- Information Technology (XLK, 26-week)
- beta +0.59 · correlation +0.37
- Information Technology (XLK) — this stock's weight, as of 2026-06-30 (quarterly SEC filing)
- 2.6%
- 10Y TIPS real-yield change (52-week)
- correlation +0.37
- 10Y TIPS real-yield change (26-week)
- correlation +0.47
Key dates
- Next earnings
- 2026-11-12 (23 days)
- Next Fed decision (FOMC)
- 2026-10-28 (8 days)
- Next jobs report (BLS)
- 2026-11-06 (17 days)
- Next CPI (BLS)
- 2026-11-10 (21 days)
- Next quarterly index rebalance (S&P 500 & Nasdaq-100)
- 2026-12-18 (59 days) — effective the following trading day
- Next monthly options expiration
- 2026-11-20 (31 days)
- Earnings reaction (realised)
- ±4.73% median 1-day move · 1.56–13.41% range · last 12 reported
- Recent SEC filings
- 8-K 2026-10-09 (Item 5.02 — Departure of Directors or Certain Officers; Election of Directors; Appointment of Certain Officers) · 10-Q 2026-05-19 · 10-K 2026-09-02 · proxy 2025-10-28 (EDGAR)
- Last ex-dividend
- 2026-10-02, $0.42
Volatility by rate-era
- pre-crisis (to 2008)
- 3.22% (data from 1990-02-16)
- ZIRP (2009–2015)
- 1.78%
- tightening (2015–2018)
- 1.37%
- ZIRP (2019–2021)
- 1.90%
- tightening (2022–2023)
- 1.59%
- easing (2024– )
- 1.70%
Market backdrop: 10Y 5.15% (as of 2026-10-19) · VIX 17.31 (as of 2026-10-20) · dollar 121.40 (as of 2026-10-16) — Treasury curve, real yields, VIX and the dollar
Risk & context
- RSI: Neutral-low
- Volatility: Normal
- 52-week position: Upper portion
- Beta: Market-like
- Relative volume: Quiet
- Earnings: 2026-11-12
What these badges mean
- RSI
- RSI(14) is 40.27. Below 30 oversold, 70 and above overbought; between them neither extreme: 30–45 neutral-low, 45–55 neutral, 55–70 neutral-high. A condition, not a direction.
- Volatility
- 20-day realised volatility at the 53rd percentile of its own history since 1990. Higher = larger daily swings; a risk measure, not a direction.
- 52-week position
- Trading at 60.9% of the 52-week range. Position only — a range position is not itself bullish or bearish.
- Beta
- 52-week beta to the S&P 500 is +0.93. Higher = amplifies market moves; a risk measure, not a direction.
- Relative volume
- Relative volume 0.60x its 20-day average, 9th percentile since 1990. Participation behind the move; not a direction.
- Earnings
- Next scheduled earnings: 2026-11-12 (in 23 days).
Scoring method
- Short-term momentum
- Majority of three votes: the combined 5- and 10-day returns (one vote); MACD against its signal line; the histogram's change on the previous session. A tie reads Mixed.
- Medium-term trend
- Based on the majority sign of the medium-term return horizons.
- Moving averages
- Scored on price vs the 50- and 200-day trend averages.
- Relative performance
- Scored on the majority sign of relative return vs the S&P 500.
Relative performance
This stock’s return minus a benchmark’s over the same window (percentage points; positive = outperformed), at three adjustments: raw vs the index, beta-adjusted excess (isolating the stock-specific move) and vs its sector ETF.
Raw, vs market index
| Relative return | S&P 500 | Nasdaq 100 |
|---|---|---|
| 5-day | -6.08% | -3.78% |
| 10-day | -8.16% | -3.99% |
| 20-day | +0.92% | +4.24% |
| 60-day | -10.90% | -12.07% |
| 252-day | +36.43% | +33.33% |
Beta-adjusted excess
Stock return minus its beta times the index’s return (single-factor approximation, not a causal claim).
| Excess return | S&P 500 | Nasdaq 100 |
|---|---|---|
| 1-day | -0.07% | +0.25% |
| 5-day | -6.16% | -5.35% |
| 10-day | -8.26% | -6.48% |
| 20-day | +0.88% | +2.45% |
| 60-day | -10.62% | -9.72% |
| 252-day | +37.53% | +41.81% |
vs sector ETF (XLK · Information Technology)
Return minus the SPDR sector ETF’s (“vs XLK”; positive = outpaced the sector), plus the ETF’s own return.
| Sector return | vs XLK | XLK own |
|---|---|---|
| 1-day | +0.48% | -0.28% |
| 5-day | -1.74% | -5.52% |
| 10-day | -1.32% | -8.20% |
| 20-day | +5.77% | -5.52% |
| 60-day | -13.25% | +6.39% |
| 252-day | +22.03% | +30.13% |
Compared with other stocks
Rank among covered stocks
This stock’s standing on each measure across the covered-stock universe (1 = highest) — a cross-sectional companion to the own-history percentiles above, computed from the same daily dataset. Ranks compare each stock’s current reading; the underlying own-history percentiles draw on histories of differing length (some reaching into coarser early-era pricing), so they are not strictly comparable instrument-to-instrument — read each alongside its own “since YYYY” basis in the table above.
| Measure | Rank |
|---|---|
| 20-day return | 23 of 48 stocks |
| RSI(14) | 36 of 48 stocks |
| 52-week position | 24 of 48 stocks |
| 20-day realised vol | 15 of 48 stocks |
| Relative volume | 47 of 48 stocks |
Of its 10 Information Technology peers today: 2 up, 8 down · median -0.34% · Cisco (CSCO) +0.20% (+0.54 pp vs peer median).
Across the 48 covered stocks today: 29 advancing, 19 declining · 27/48 above their 20-day MA, 25/48 above 50-day, 28/48 above 200-day · median 20-day return -0.60%. Cisco (CSCO) is below its 20-day, below its 50-day and above its 200-day MAs (20-day return +0.85 pp vs the median stock).
Sector peers — Information Technology
| Stock | Same-day | 20-day return | RSI percentile | 52-wk position | Next earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cisco (CSCO) | +0.20% | +0.25% | 15th | 60.9% | 2026-11-12 · 23d |
| NVIDIA (NVDA) | -0.29% | -5.42% | 16th | 66.0% | 2026-11-17 · 28d |
| Microsoft (MSFT) | -0.31% | +6.80% | 65th | 89.3% | 2026-10-28 · 8d |
| Apple (AAPL) | -1.00% | -0.07% | 56th | 91.7% | 2026-11-02 · 13d |
| Advanced Micro Devices (AMD) | -0.61% | -14.27% | 21st | 73.7% | 2026-11-03 · 14d |
| Broadcom (AVGO) | -0.07% | -8.28% | 8th | 21.7% | 2026-12-09 · 50d |
| Intel (INTC) | -0.37% | -25.97% | 7th | 53.7% | 2026-10-29 · 9d |
| Palantir (PLTR) | -0.80% | +4.11% | 50th | 80.9% | 2026-11-02 · 13d |
| Micron (MU) | -0.98% | -18.25% | 14th | 66.2% | 2026-12-23 · 64d |
| Oracle (ORCL) | +1.20% | -12.10% | 20th | 9.5% | 2026-12-14 · 55d |
| Qualcomm (QCOM) | +1.26% | -11.38% | 35th | 38.9% | 2026-11-04 · 15d |
Each stock’s own latest readings for 2026-10-20, from the same daily dataset. 52-week position: 0% at the low, 100% at the high.
Full daily summary
At the 2026-10-20 close, Cisco (CSCO) had an RSI(14) of 40.27, in the 15th percentile of its history since 1990. At the 2026-10-20 close, Cisco (CSCO) traded at 60.9% of its 52-week range. Its 20-day return of +0.25% is in the 43rd percentile of its history since 1990. The RSI(14) of Cisco (CSCO) last entered the overbought zone 165 days ago (2026-05-08) and the oversold zone 564 days ago (2025-04-04). It is trading above its 200-day but below its 20- and 50-day moving averages. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20/50/200-day moving averages of Cisco (CSCO) were 110.92 / 111.01 / 99.85 USD, with price -3.79% / -3.87% / +6.87% against them. Ranked from highest to lowest, its moving averages are the 50-day, 20-day and 200-day. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of Cisco (CSCO) was 69.85–130.37 USD; it closed 18.15% below the high (8.0× its typical daily range) and 52.77% above the low (12.5× its typical daily range). The high was set 138 days ago (2026-06-04) and the low 363 days ago (2025-10-22). At the 2026-10-20 close, Cisco (CSCO) was 18.15% below its all-time intraday high of 130.37 USD, set 138 days ago (2026-06-04). Its 20-day volatility is 1.945% daily, in the 53rd percentile of its history since 1990. Its daily realised volatility is 1.352% over 5 days, 1.945% over 20 days, 2.139% over 60 days and 2.538% over 120 days. Annualised, these are 21.5%, 30.9%, 34.0% and 40.3% respectively. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 2.94 USD, 2.75% of price. It has returned -7.27% (6th percentile since 1990) over 5 days, -9.52% (6th) over 10 days, +0.25% (43rd) over 20 days, -6.86% (21st) over 60 days, +19.14% (65th) over 120 days and +52.16% (76th) over 252 days. Against the S&P 500, its weekly returns show a beta of +0.93 and a correlation of +0.30 over 52 weeks; over 26 weeks, a beta of +1.40 and a correlation of +0.33. Relative to the S&P 500, it has returned -6.08% (5-day), -8.16% (10-day), +0.92% (20-day), -10.90% (60-day) and +36.43% (252-day). Its weekly-return correlation with changes in the US 10-year TIPS real yield is +0.37 over 52 weeks and +0.47 over 26 weeks. Next earnings are scheduled for 2026-11-12.
Methodology
This page reports market statistics computed from daily closing data. It states figures and their historical context, and adds a Technical Assessment: a transparent, rules-based reading that puts those same statistics into plain language, including a factor sign tally — a count of how many scored factors read positive, negative or mixed, not a composite score or analyst rating. Every reading follows a fixed, published rule and traces back to the metrics on this page. It is informational and educational only — not investment advice, a price target, a forecast or a recommendation to buy or sell.
Full definitions for every metric on this page — how each is computed, over what window and on what basis — are on the methodology page.
Machine-readable: this page’s numbers and 252-session price history as JSON or the daily close and moving-average series as CSV — the figures above plus the series behind the chart, refreshed each session.
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