Intel (INTC) technical indicators: RSI, moving averages, 52-week range
Intel (INTC) closed at 91.69 USD on 2026-10-20, down 0.37%, the 18th percentile of its daily moves by size since 1980. It is 35.59% below its 52-week high and 178.78% above its 52-week low, and is above its 200-day moving average and below its 20- and 50-day moving averages. Its 20-day return of -25.97% is in the 1st percentile of its history since 1980. Intel (INTC) had an RSI(14) of 34.39 at the 2026-10-20 close, in the 7th percentile of its history since 1980. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week high of Intel (INTC) was 142.35 USD, set on 2026-06-30, and the 52-week low 32.89 USD, set on 2025-11-21. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 20-day moving average of Intel (INTC) was 109.47 USD. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 50-day moving average of Intel (INTC) was 102.86 USD. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 200-day moving average of Intel (INTC) was 85.09 USD.
Day’s range 88.77–93.73 USD · closed 58.9% of range · width 0.86× ATR52-week low 32.89 (2025-11-21) · high 142.35 (2026-06-30)53.7% of the way from low to high
Today (changed)
Intraday range 5.41% — 90th percentile
0 state changes · 1 notable move
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 0.83× | 56th | 38th | -18 pctile pts | — | — |
| MACD histogram | -3.29 | -3.07 | +0.22 | — | — |
| 20-day MA dist | -17.15% | -16.24% | +0.91 pp | -6.17 pp | 37th |
| RSI | 34.66 | 34.39 | -0.27 pts | -7.86 pts | 9th |
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Opened down 1.41% from the prior close, below the prior session's low; closed in the upper half of the day's range, below the prior close.
- 3rd-smallest move of last 20 sessions
- 1 session since a ≥2% move
- 78 sessions since 52-week high
- 300 sessions above 200-day MA
- FOMC in 8d
- Earnings in 9d
- Jobs report in 17d
Unusualness #5/73 (1 = most unusual). Its most notable reading: 20-day return -25.97% (1st percentile of its history).
Standing distances: RSI 34.39 is 4.39 pts above 30 · price 35.59% (8.8× ATR) below the 52-week high · 178.78% (10.2× ATR) above the 52-week low · 16.24% (3.1× ATR) below the 20-day MA (109.47) · 10.86% (1.9× ATR) below the 50-day MA (102.86) · 7.75% (1.1× ATR) above the 200-day MA (85.09)
Technical assessment
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: 3 negative, 1 mixed
| Factor | Reading | Summary |
|---|---|---|
| Short-term momentum | 5/10-day returns: -10.82% · -18.50%; MACD -3.91 below signal -0.84; histogram -3.07 (up 0.22 on the previous session). | Fading |
| Medium-term trend | 20/60/120-day returns: -25.97% · +0.02% · -3.23%. | Negative |
| Moving averages | price vs 20/50/200-day MA: -16.24% · -10.86% · +7.75%; stack 20d > 50d > 200d. | Mixed |
| Relative performance | vs the S&P 500 over 20/60/252 days: -25.30% · -4.02% · +132.01%; vs the Nasdaq 100: -21.98% · -5.18% · +128.92%. | Underperforming |
Figures reflect the official regular-session close for 2026-10-20.
Price chart
Price and momentum
- Close
- 91.69 USD
- Daily change
- down 0.37% — 18th percentile by magnitude since 1980 (11285 obs)
- vs market (same day)
- S&P 500 +0.28% · Nasdaq 100 -0.10%
- MACD (12, 26, 9)
- -3.91 (below signal) · signal -0.84 · histogram -3.07 · +0.22 vs 2026-10-19
- 20-day return
- -25.97% — 1st percentile since 1980 (11266 obs) · +0 pctile pts vs 2026-10-19
RSI(14)
- RSI(14)
- 34.39 — 7th percentile since 1980 (11272 obs) · -0.27 (9th percentile move · -1 pctile pts) vs 2026-10-19 · -7.86 vs 2026-10-13
- RSI last overbought
- 29 days ago (2026-09-21)
- RSI last oversold
- 445 days ago (2025-08-01)
Session
- Listing
- Exchange: NASDAQ, Currency: USD
- Open
- 90.73 USD
- High
- 93.73 USD
- Low
- 88.77 USD
- Prior close
- 92.03 USD
- Prior O/H/L
- O 94.53 USD · H 95.39 USD · L 91.88 USD
- Gap (overnight)
- -1.41% — 85th percentile by magnitude since 1980 (11285 obs)
- Intraday (session)
- +1.06%
- Intraday range
- 5.41% of price — 90th percentile since 1980 (11286 obs)
- Close position
- 58.9% of range
- Up days (history)
- 51.0% of 10594 directional sessions (flat days excluded)
- Daily-move distribution
- -3.90% / -1.28% / +0.00% / +1.41% / +4.19% (p5–p95; -3.58 to +3.84 USD at today’s close; 11285 obs)
- ≥4% daily moves
- 4 of last 20 sessions (20%) — 0 up, 4 down
Moving averages
| Period | Value | Price vs MA |
|---|---|---|
| 20-day MA | 109.47 USD | -16.24% · +0.91 pp (37th percentile move since 1980) vs 2026-10-19 · -6.17 pp vs 2026-10-13 · 3.1× its typical daily range (ATR) |
| 50-day MA | 102.86 USD | -10.86% · -0.23 pp (10th percentile move since 1980) vs 2026-10-19 · -10.16 pp vs 2026-10-13 · 1.9× its typical daily range (ATR) |
| 200-day MA | 85.09 USD | +7.75% · -0.73 pp (29th percentile move since 1980) vs 2026-10-19 · -15.09 pp vs 2026-10-13 · 1.1× its typical daily range (ATR) |
| VWAP (20-day) | 109.14 USD | -15.99% |
| VWAP (60-day) | 101.72 USD | -9.86% |
Moving-average trend & crossovers
- 200-day slope (20-session)
- +9.17% · rising
- Price vs 20-day MA
- closed below it for 11 sessions, since 2026-10-06
- Price vs 50-day MA
- closed below it for 7 sessions, since 2026-10-12
- Price vs 200-day MA
- closed above it for 300 sessions, since 2025-08-12
- 20-day / 50-day
- 20-day crossed above 50-day · 2026-09-21 (29 days ago)
- 20-day / 200-day
- 20-day crossed above 200-day · 2025-08-22 (424 days ago)
- 50-day / 200-day
- 50-day crossed above 200-day · 2025-08-15 (431 days ago)
52-week range
- Position
- 53.7% of range
- Drawdown from all-time intraday high
- -35.59% · 112 days ago (2026-06-30)
- Maximum drawdown (10-year, close-basis)
- -73.52% · 2020-01-24 68.47 USD → 2025-04-08 18.13 USD · recovered 2026-04-16
- 52-week high
- 142.35 USD · price -35.59% · 2026-06-30 (112 days ago)
- 52-week low
- 32.89 USD · price +178.78% · 2025-11-21 (333 days ago)
Volatility
- 5-day realised volatility
- 3.300% daily · 52.4% annualised — 83rd percentile since 1980 (11281 obs)
- 20-day realised volatility
- 2.934% daily · 46.6% annualised — 76th percentile since 1980 (11266 obs) · -2 pctile pts vs 2026-10-19 · -1.42 pp vs 2026-10-13
- 60-day realised volatility
- 4.258% daily · 67.6% annualised — 91st percentile since 1980 (11226 obs)
- 120-day realised volatility
- 4.983% daily · 79.1% annualised — 97th percentile since 1980 (11166 obs)
- Term structure (20d vs 120d)
- 0.59× — 2.934% vs 4.983% (near-term below its longer-horizon baseline)
- ATR (14)
- 5.76 USD · 6.29% of price — 95th percentile since 1980 (11272 obs)
Volume and participation
- Relative volume
- 0.83× prior 20-day average (excl. today) — 38th percentile since 1980 (11266 obs) · -18 pctile pts vs 2026-10-19 · +0.01× vs 2026-10-13
- Volume
- 83M shares
- 3-month avg volume (63 sessions)
- 107M shares/day
- Dollar volume
- $7.61B — 49th percentile (trailing 252 sessions) · 5th percentile (trailing 20 sessions) · scales with price level; see relative volume above for a price-neutral read
- 20-day avg $ volume
- $10.8B
Short interest and short volume
- Short volume
- 44.5% of reported volume (19.2M of 43.2M shares; FINRA off-exchange/TRF volume, not the consolidated tape, as of 2026-10-20) · prior 20-session average 43.0% · 59th percentile of the past 252 sessions
- Days to cover
- 1.39 · short interest 167M shares ÷ 121M avg daily volume (settlement-window average), +5.3% since prior settlement (FINRA, settled 2026-09-30; reported twice monthly)
- Short interest (% of shares outstanding)
- 3.31% of shares outstanding (not free float) — short interest settled 2026-09-30 ÷ shares outstanding cover-page as-of 2026-07-17
Returns
- 5-day
- -10.82% — 3rd percentile since 1980 (11281 obs) · from 102.81 USD on 2026-10-13
- 10-day
- -18.50% — 1st percentile since 1980 (11276 obs) · from 112.50 USD on 2026-10-06
- 20-day
- -25.97% — 1st percentile since 1980 (11266 obs) · from 123.86 USD on 2026-09-22
- 60-day
- +0.02% — 43rd percentile since 1980 (11226 obs) · from 91.67 USD on 2026-07-27
- 120-day
- -3.23% — 36th percentile since 1980 (11166 obs) · from 94.75 USD on 2026-04-29
- 252-day
- +147.74% — 97th percentile since 1980 (11034 obs) · from 37.01 USD on 2025-10-17
- Year to date
- +148.48% · from 36.90 USD on 2025-12-31
- Overnight vs intraday (20d)
- overnight -14.74% · intraday -13.18% (compounds to -25.97% total)
- Overnight vs intraday (60d)
- overnight -2.84% · intraday +2.95% (compounds to +0.02% total)
- Overnight vs intraday (252d)
- overnight +101.18% · intraday +23.14% (compounds to +147.74% total)
Market factor
- S&P 500 (52-week)
- beta +3.72 · correlation +0.58
- S&P 500 (26-week)
- beta +4.49 · correlation +0.53
- Nasdaq 100 (52-week)
- beta +2.75 · correlation +0.68
- Nasdaq 100 (26-week)
- beta +2.98 · correlation +0.70
- Information Technology (XLK, 52-week)
- beta +2.01 · correlation +0.65
- Information Technology (XLK, 26-week)
- beta +2.07 · correlation +0.67
- Information Technology (XLK) — this stock's weight, as of 2026-06-30 (quarterly SEC filing)
- 3.7%
- 10Y TIPS real-yield change (52-week)
- correlation -0.13
- 10Y TIPS real-yield change (26-week)
- correlation +0.05
Key dates
- Next earnings
- 2026-10-29 (9 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)
- Last earnings reported
- 2026-07-23 (89 days ago)
- Earnings reaction (realised)
- ±8.86% median 1-day move · 0.31–26.06% range · last 12 reported
- Recent SEC filings
- 8-K 2026-08-12 (Items 7.01, 8.01, 9.01) · 10-Q 2026-07-24 · 10-K 2026-01-23 · proxy 2026-03-23 (EDGAR)
Volatility by rate-era
- pre-crisis (to 2008)
- 2.87% (data from 1980-03-18)
- ZIRP (2009–2015)
- 1.64%
- tightening (2015–2018)
- 1.60%
- ZIRP (2019–2021)
- 2.46%
- tightening (2022–2023)
- 2.43%
- easing (2024– )
- 4.17%
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: Elevated
- 52-week position: Middle
- Beta: High
- Relative volume: Normal
- Earnings: 2026-10-29
What these badges mean
- RSI
- RSI(14) is 34.39. 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 76th percentile of its own history since 1980. Higher = larger daily swings; a risk measure, not a direction.
- 52-week position
- Trading at 53.7% 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 +3.72. Higher = amplifies market moves; a risk measure, not a direction.
- Relative volume
- Relative volume 0.83x its 20-day average, 38th percentile since 1980. Participation behind the move; not a direction.
- Earnings
- Next scheduled earnings: 2026-10-29 (in 9 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 | -9.63% | -7.33% |
| 10-day | -17.14% | -12.97% |
| 20-day | -25.30% | -21.98% |
| 60-day | -4.02% | -5.18% |
| 252-day | +132.01% | +128.92% |
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 | -1.43% | -0.09% |
| 5-day | -6.39% | -1.22% |
| 10-day | -13.44% | -3.28% |
| 20-day | -23.48% | -15.00% |
| 60-day | -15.00% | -14.29% |
| 252-day | +89.21% | +95.97% |
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 | -0.09% | -0.28% |
| 5-day | -5.29% | -5.52% |
| 10-day | -10.30% | -8.20% |
| 20-day | -20.45% | -5.52% |
| 60-day | -6.37% | +6.39% |
| 252-day | +117.62% | +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 | 48 of 48 stocks |
| RSI(14) | 44 of 48 stocks |
| 52-week position | 28 of 48 stocks |
| 20-day realised vol | 2 of 48 stocks |
| Relative volume | 34 of 48 stocks |
Of its 10 Information Technology peers today: 3 up, 7 down · median -0.30% · Intel (INTC) -0.37% (-0.07 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%. Intel (INTC) is below its 20-day, below its 50-day and above its 200-day MAs (20-day return -25.36 pp vs the median stock).
Sector peers — Information Technology
| Stock | Same-day | 20-day return | RSI percentile | 52-wk position | Next earnings |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Intel (INTC) | -0.37% | -25.97% | 7th | 53.7% | 2026-10-29 · 9d |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Cisco (CSCO) | +0.20% | +0.25% | 15th | 60.9% | 2026-11-12 · 23d |
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
Its 20-day return of -25.97% is in the 1st percentile of its history since 1980. At the 2026-10-20 close, Intel (INTC) had an RSI(14) of 34.39, in the 7th percentile of its history since 1980. At the 2026-10-20 close, Intel (INTC) traded at 53.7% of its 52-week range. The RSI(14) of Intel (INTC) last entered the overbought zone 29 days ago (2026-09-21) and the oversold zone 445 days ago (2025-08-01). 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 Intel (INTC) were 109.47 / 102.86 / 85.09 USD, with price -16.24% / -10.86% / +7.75% against them. Ranked from highest to lowest, its moving averages are the 20-day, 50-day and 200-day. At the 2026-10-20 close, the 52-week range of Intel (INTC) was 32.89–142.35 USD; it closed 35.59% below the high (8.8× its typical daily range) and 178.78% above the low (10.2× its typical daily range). The high was set 112 days ago (2026-06-30) and the low 333 days ago (2025-11-21). At the 2026-10-20 close, Intel (INTC) was 35.59% below its all-time intraday high of 142.35 USD, set 112 days ago (2026-06-30). Its 20-day volatility is 2.934% daily, in the 76th percentile of its history since 1980. Its daily realised volatility is 3.300% over 5 days, 2.934% over 20 days, 4.258% over 60 days and 4.983% over 120 days. Annualised, these are 52.4%, 46.6%, 67.6% and 79.1% respectively. Its 14-day average true range (ATR) is 5.76 USD, 6.29% of price. It has returned -10.82% (3rd percentile since 1980) over 5 days, -18.50% (1st) over 10 days, -25.97% (1st) over 20 days, +0.02% (43rd) over 60 days, -3.23% (36th) over 120 days and +147.74% (97th) over 252 days. Against the S&P 500, its weekly returns show a beta of +3.72 and a correlation of +0.58 over 52 weeks; over 26 weeks, a beta of +4.49 and a correlation of +0.53. Relative to the S&P 500, it has returned -9.63% (5-day), -17.14% (10-day), -25.30% (20-day), -4.02% (60-day) and +132.01% (252-day). Its weekly-return correlation with changes in the US 10-year TIPS real yield is -0.13 over 52 weeks and +0.05 over 26 weeks. Next earnings are scheduled for 2026-10-29.
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.
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