Is MSFT near its 200-week EMA?
No. MSFT is 31.5% above its 200-week EMA ($531.87 against $404.54, 4.6 weekly ATRs above) at the scan of 21 Oct 2026. Extended above the 200-week: price is more than four weekly ATRs above the 200-week EMA, in a rising long-term trend. It has touched the 200-week EMA twice since Aug 2020, most recently in Feb 2026; 52 weeks after it, price closed +49.4% from the level of the touch. The 50-week EMA is $458.85 (price +15.9% from it) and the weekly DeMarker is 0.89, overbought.
What the numbers say
The 200-week EMA itself is up 27.6% over two years, a steady long-term rise. Weekly closes have been above the line on 97% of the 324 weeks measured, so a touch has been rare. At its touches the weekly lows went a median 5.5% under the line within 13 weeks, and a weekly close fell below it within four weeks on 1 of 2.
Every touch of the 200-week EMA since Aug 2020
From 324 weeks of weekly bars. A touch is a week whose low reached the 200-week EMA after 13 weeks above it. Each row shows how deep the lows went in the 13 weeks after, whether a weekly close fell below the line within four weeks, and where price closed 13 and 52 weeks later, against the EMA at the touch.
| Touch week | 200W EMA then | Deepest low, 13 wks | Weekly close below | 13 weeks later | 52 weeks later |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 23 Feb 2026 | $388.53 | −8.3% | Yes | +15.9% | not yet |
| 10 Oct 2022 | $219.37 | −2.7% | No | +9.1% | +49.4% |
Source: Yahoo Finance weekly bars, split-adjusted, read by the Trade Desk's Portfolio Builder scan twice a day. EMAs are exponential, as on TradingView. Open the weekly chart on TradingView.
How to read the 200-week zone
The Desk's Portfolio Builder reads three things together: the 50-week EMA above the 200-week, the 200-week EMA rising at least 8% over two years, and price within one weekly ATR of the 200-week line. MSFT does not meet all three right now: price is more than four weekly ATRs above the 200-week EMA, in a rising long-term trend. The weekly DeMarker adds the momentum read: at 0.89 it is overbought now. This is a long-term, no-leverage way of reading a chart, not a signal to act on.
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What is MSFT's 200-week EMA?
At the scan of 21 Oct 2026 the 200-week EMA was $404.54 and price was $531.87, 31.5% above it.
How many times has MSFT touched its 200-week EMA?
It has touched the 200-week EMA twice since Aug 2020, most recently in Feb 2026; 52 weeks after it, price closed +49.4% from the level of the touch.
Is MSFT's weekly DeMarker oversold?
The weekly DeMarker (14) is 0.89, which is overbought: below 0.20 reads oversold, above 0.80 overbought, and anything between is neutral.
Is MSFT in a long-term uptrend?
Extended above the 200-week: price is more than four weekly ATRs above the 200-week EMA, in a rising long-term trend.