Is QCOM near its 200-week EMA?
No. QCOM is 12.3% above its 200-week EMA ($175.71 against $156.48, 1.2 weekly ATRs above) at the scan of 21 Oct 2026. Above the zone, trend rising: price is between one and four weekly ATRs above the 200-week EMA, in a rising long-term trend. It has touched the 200-week EMA 3 times since Aug 2020, most recently in Feb 2026; 52 weeks after a touch, price was above the touch level 0 of 2 times, median −8.8%. The 50-week EMA is $172.70 (price +1.7% from it) and the weekly DeMarker is 0.49, neutral.
What the numbers say
The 200-week EMA itself is up 13.0% over two years, a steady long-term rise. Weekly closes have been above the line on 86% of the 324 weeks measured. At its touches the weekly lows went a median 15.4% under the line within 13 weeks, and a weekly close fell below it within four weeks on 3 of 3.
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 Feb 2026 | $148.96 | −18.1% | Yes | +47.1% | not yet |
| 31 Mar 2025 | $142.87 | −15.4% | Yes | +13.5% | −11.2% |
| 26 Sep 2022 | $118.77 | −14.2% | Yes | −7.4% | −6.5% |
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. QCOM does not meet all three right now: price is between one and four weekly ATRs above the 200-week EMA, in a rising long-term trend. The weekly DeMarker adds the momentum read: at 0.49 it is neutral 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 QCOM's 200-week EMA?
At the scan of 21 Oct 2026 the 200-week EMA was $156.48 and price was $175.71, 12.3% above it.
How many times has QCOM touched its 200-week EMA?
It has touched the 200-week EMA 3 times since Aug 2020, most recently in Feb 2026; 52 weeks after a touch, price was above the touch level 0 of 2 times, median −8.8%.
Is QCOM's weekly DeMarker oversold?
The weekly DeMarker (14) is 0.49, which is neutral: below 0.20 reads oversold, above 0.80 overbought, and anything between is neutral.
Is QCOM in a long-term uptrend?
Above the zone, trend rising: price is between one and four weekly ATRs above the 200-week EMA, in a rising long-term trend.