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The trend read: what each label means
How Equivest labels a stock's price trend from its daily closes, why the label waits three sessions before changing, and why it is a description, not advice.
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Every stock page on this site and every quote in the app carries a one- or two-word trend read: TRENDING UP, LEANING UP, SIDEWAYS, LEANING DOWN or TRENDING DOWN. It describes the shape of the price series. It does not tell you what to do.
What it looks at
The read is computed once per verified close from the stock’s own daily history, on the backend, and it adds up a small score:
| Input | What counts | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Trend | Price above or below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, and whether the 50-day sits above the 200-day | up to ±2 |
| Momentum | One-month and three-month price change, beyond a small band around zero | up to ±1 |
| 52-week position | Where the price sits between its 52-week low and high | up to ±1 |
| Drawdown | A deep fall from the one-year high pulls the read down one notch | −1 |
The total maps to the five labels. A stock that is above both averages, up over one and three months and near its 52-week high reads TRENDING UP; one drifting between the averages with flat momentum reads SIDEWAYS.
Why it waits
A label that flipped on every noisy close would be worse than useless. The read only changes after the new label has been computed for three consecutive sessions — or after a jump of two buckets in one go, which a real break deserves. The page shows the date the current read began (“since 11 Sep 2026”) and, while a change is pending, the candidate label it may move to.
The reasons and modifiers
Under the label the stock page lists the two or three inputs that decided it, in plain words: “Below the 50-day average, above the 200-day”, “Roughly flat over 3 months (+0.9%)”. Modifier tags add one more fact without changing the tone — Analysts positive when the covered consensus is favourable, Stretched or Washed out when the 14-day RSI is above 70 or below 30, Unusual volume when the last session traded at twice its 20-day average.
What it is not
- Not a recommendation. TRENDING UP says the price has been rising; it says nothing about whether it will keep rising, and nothing about whether the company is worth what it costs. Equivest gives no buy or sell calls.
- Not fundamental analysis. Earnings, dividends, debt and valuation live in their own sections of the stock page; the read only sees prices and volumes.
- Not real time. It is refreshed after each verified close, so during a session it describes yesterday.
Read it the way you would read “the stock has been falling for a while”: useful context, then look at why.
Education, not investment advice.