Trend strength
EMA Slope Rankings
TheDesperateTrader.com· How steep is the trend, on the timeframe that matters for how you trade.
Why we rank by slope
We tested whether a steep EMA actually leads anywhere. Across 6,290 sampled bars on 90 symbols, a bar sitting in the steepest decile of slope went on to touch +3% within the next 60 minutes more than twice as often as the market did on the same days.
65.8%
of steepest-decile bars reached +3% within 60 minutes
28.3%
base rate for the same move, across all bars
2.3x
lift, and it held on 4 of 4 days tested
Measured 2026-08-04 on 90 symbols over five sessions. Two honest caveats, because they matter more than the headline: this measures reach, meaning the move showed up, not that any particular trade captured it. And which EMA you rank by barely changes the result (2.31x to 2.42x across the 9, 50 and 200), so the signal is the slope, not a magic period.
Every holding period lives on a different chart. A scalp is decided on the 5-minute, a day trade on the 30-minute, a swing on the 4-hour, a position on the daily and a long-term hold on the weekly. Pick your lane and the board ranks the market on the timeframe that actually governs it, instead of on one generic chart.
Within a lane, the 9 tells you whether it is moving right now, the 50 whether the trend is intact, and the 200 whether the whole regime is up. Slope is percent per session, so a $900 stock and a $3 stock are measured the same way.
EMAon the 4h chart
The 4-hour chart offers a 9 and a 20, not a 50: intraday history is a ~9-day window, which is only about 40 four-hour bars. A 50 would need a seed that does not exist.
| # | Symbol | 4h shape | Price | 4h slope | Move | Stack | $ Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | SPY State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | – | 771.35 | –%/sess | – | $28.3B | |
| 2 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. | – | 1,082 | –%/sess | – | $22.7B | |
| 3 | QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 | – | 744.50 | –%/sess | – | $22.5B | |
| 4 | NVDA Nvidia Corp | – | 225.07 | –%/sess | – | $20.2B | |
| 5 | MSFT Microsoft Corp | – | 516.17 | –%/sess | – | $19.7B | |
| 6 | META Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock | – | 751.66 | –%/sess | – | $19.4B | |
| 7 | TSLA Tesla, Inc. Common Stock | – | 372.11 | –%/sess | – | $17.1B | |
| 8 | SNDK Sandisk Corporation Common Stock | – | 1,778 | –%/sess | – | $13.1B | |
| 9 | INTC Intel Corp | – | 123.00 | –%/sess | – | $12.0B | |
| 10 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices | – | 630.63 | –%/sess | – | $11.1B | |
| 11 | AAPL Apple Inc. | – | 341.07 | –%/sess | – | $10.2B | |
| 12 | AMZN Amazon.Com Inc | – | 249.67 | –%/sess | – | $8.6B | |
| 13 | SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A Common Stock | – | 148.68 | –%/sess | – | $8.1B | |
| 14 | GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock | – | 343.92 | –%/sess | – | $7.5B | |
| 15 | IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | – | 774.83 | –%/sess | – | $7.5B | |
| 16 | IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | – | 281.97 | –%/sess | – | $6.4B | |
| 17 | AVGO Broadcom Inc. Common Stock | – | 352.81 | –%/sess | – | $5.7B | |
| 18 | BE Bloom Energy Corporation | – | 288.70 | –%/sess | – | $5.0B | |
| 19 | TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | – | 79.32 | –%/sess | – | $5.0B | |
| 20 | DELL Dell Technologies Inc. | – | 562.89 | –%/sess | – | $4.9B | |
| 21 | GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | – | 341.08 | –%/sess | – | $4.7B | |
| 22 | LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | – | 103.21 | –%/sess | – | $4.5B | |
| 23 | HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | – | 77.86 | –%/sess | – | $4.5B | |
| 24 | COST Costco Wholesale Corp | – | 922.76 | –%/sess | – | $4.3B | |
| 25 | JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | – | 343.06 | –%/sess | – | $3.9B | |
| 26 | VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | – | 710.79 | –%/sess | – | $3.9B | |
| 27 | AKAM Akamai Technologies Inc | – | 113.94 | –%/sess | – | $3.6B | |
| 28 | LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. Common Stock | – | 941.65 | –%/sess | – | $3.6B | |
| 29 | QCOM Qualcomm Inc | – | 201.97 | –%/sess | – | $3.6B | |
| 30 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | – | 450.61 | –%/sess | – | $3.5B | |
| 31 | PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A Common Stock | – | 189.67 | –%/sess | – | $3.4B | |
| 32 | MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. Common Stock | – | 261.94 | –%/sess | – | $3.3B | |
| 33 | ORCL Oracle Corp | – | 137.10 | –%/sess | – | $3.2B | |
| 34 | GLD SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares | – | 393.41 | –%/sess | – | $3.0B | |
| 35 | MSTR Strategy Inc Common Stock Class A | – | 158.61 | –%/sess | – | $2.9B | |
| 36 | SMH VanEck Semiconductor ETF | – | 606.56 | –%/sess | – | $2.8B | |
| 37 | MRNA Moderna, Inc. Common Stock | – | 198.88 | –%/sess | – | $2.8B | |
| 38 | WDC Western Digital Corp. | – | 456.81 | –%/sess | – | $2.7B | |
| 39 | SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | – | 572.68 | –%/sess | – | $2.7B | |
| 40 | SKHY SK hynix Inc. American Depositary Shares | – | 191.56 | –%/sess | – | $2.6B | |
| 41 | NBIS Nebius Group N.V. Class A Ordinary Shares | – | 237.33 | –%/sess | – | $2.6B | |
| 42 | LRCX Lam Research Corp | – | 315.21 | –%/sess | – | $2.6B | |
| 43 | STX Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland) | – | 916.83 | –%/sess | – | $2.6B | |
| 44 | AMAT Applied Materials Inc | – | 485.00 | –%/sess | – | $2.5B | |
| 45 | CRDO Credo Technology Group Holding Ltd Ordinary Shares | – | 210.97 | –%/sess | – | $2.5B | |
| 46 | XLE State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF | – | 62.04 | –%/sess | – | $2.3B | |
| 47 | EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF | – | 187.18 | –%/sess | – | $2.3B | |
| 48 | LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | – | 1,183 | –%/sess | – | $2.3B | |
| 49 | ARM Arm Holdings plc American Depositary Shares | – | 310.32 | –%/sess | – | $2.2B | |
| 50 | SMCI Super Micro Computer, Inc. Common Stock | – | 43.26 | –%/sess | – | $2.1B | |
| 51 | CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE) | – | 106.70 | –%/sess | – | $2.1B | |
| 52 | WMT Walmart Inc. Common Stock | – | 107.98 | –%/sess | – | $2.1B | |
| 53 | CRWV CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock | – | 87.59 | –%/sess | – | $2.1B | |
| 54 | SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF | – | 100.66 | –%/sess | – | $2.1B | |
| 55 | CRM Salesforce, Inc. | – | 234.02 | –%/sess | – | $2.0B | |
| 56 | CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock | – | 252.13 | –%/sess | – | $1.9B | |
| 57 | VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund | – | 47.48 | –%/sess | – | $1.9B | |
| 58 | PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Common Stock | – | 374.74 | –%/sess | – | $1.8B | |
| 59 | GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | – | 935.45 | –%/sess | – | $1.8B | |
| 60 | IREN IREN Limited Ordinary Shares | – | 44.13 | –%/sess | – | $1.8B | |
| 61 | IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | – | 47.57 | –%/sess | – | $1.8B | |
| 62 | XOM ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation | – | 160.59 | –%/sess | – | $1.8B | |
| 63 | HD Home Depot, Inc. | – | 293.20 | –%/sess | – | $1.8B | |
| 64 | MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF | – | 101.17 | –%/sess | – | $1.7B | |
| 65 | V VISA Inc. | – | 367.38 | –%/sess | – | $1.7B | |
| 66 | HOOD Robinhood Markets, Inc. Class A Common Stock | – | 119.40 | –%/sess | – | $1.7B | |
| 67 | NFLX NetFlix Inc | – | 71.14 | –%/sess | – | $1.7B | |
| 68 | CAT Caterpillar Inc. | – | 821.58 | –%/sess | – | $1.6B | |
| 69 | BAC Bank of America Corporation | – | 56.70 | –%/sess | – | $1.6B | |
| 70 | VCIT Vanguard Intermediate-Term Corporate Bond ETF | – | 78.84 | –%/sess | – | $1.6B | |
| 71 | XLF State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF | – | 54.84 | –%/sess | – | $1.6B | |
| 72 | IEF iShares 7-10 Year Treasury Bond ETF | – | 90.00 | –%/sess | – | $1.6B | |
| 73 | BSV Vanguard Short-Term Bond ETF | – | 76.50 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 74 | MCD McDonald's Corporation | – | 236.50 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 75 | UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED (Delaware) | – | 376.59 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 76 | BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B | – | 505.48 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 77 | EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | – | 105.56 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 78 | GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF | – | 92.87 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 79 | VLO Valero Energy Corporation | – | 387.18 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 80 | AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | – | 95.12 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 81 | BKNG Booking Holdings Inc. Common Stock | – | 163.95 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 82 | CVX Chevron Corporation | – | 204.45 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 83 | DIA State Street SPDR Dow Jones Industrial Average ETF Trust | – | 517.49 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 84 | DDOG Datadog, Inc. Class A Common Stock | – | 268.13 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 85 | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | – | 82.55 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 86 | TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | – | 675.00 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 87 | CVS CVS HEALTH CORPORATION | – | 89.13 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 88 | GE GE Aerospace | – | 327.09 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 89 | ASML ASML Holding NV | – | 1,744 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 90 | RKLB Rocket Lab Corporation Common Stock | – | 73.95 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 91 | FTXN First Trust Nasdaq Oil & Gas ETF | – | 38.60 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 92 | COHR Coherent Corp. | – | 295.83 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 93 | NKE Nike, Inc. | – | 35.75 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 94 | ILMN Illumina Inc | – | 270.00 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 95 | MA Mastercard Incorporated | – | 567.65 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 96 | EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | – | 67.98 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 97 | KLAC KLA Corporation Common Stock | – | 187.92 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 98 | GEV GE Vernova Inc. | – | 957.63 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 99 | ZS Zscaler, Inc. Common Stock | – | 193.05 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 100 | XBI State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | – | 155.03 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 101 | AZO AutoZone, Inc. | – | 2,872 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 102 | IONQ IonQ, Inc. | – | 45.48 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 103 | NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. | – | 76.08 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 104 | XLI State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF | – | 170.43 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 105 | MRK Merck & Co., Inc. | – | 148.78 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 106 | COIN Coinbase Global, Inc. Class A Common Stock | – | 195.11 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 107 | XLU State Street Utilities Select Sector SPDR ETF | – | 39.51 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 108 | RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | – | 211.11 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 109 | XLK State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF | – | 196.27 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 110 | TWLO Twilio Inc. | – | 275.80 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 111 | CBRS Cerebras Systems Inc. Class A Common Stock | – | 206.75 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 112 | MDT Medtronic plc | – | 88.64 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 113 | TJX TJX Companies, Inc. (The) | – | 130.06 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 114 | PYPL PayPal Holdings, Inc. Common Stock | – | 55.04 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 115 | DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF | – | 61.91 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 116 | ALAB Astera Labs, Inc. Common Stock | – | 364.62 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 117 | NOW SERVICENOW, INC. | – | 135.62 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 118 | JNJ Johnson & Johnson | – | 271.22 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 119 | NET Cloudflare, Inc. Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share | – | 349.02 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 120 | USHY iShares Broad USD High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | – | 36.03 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 121 | TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated | – | 278.07 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 122 | SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF | – | 90.80 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 123 | C Citigroup Inc. | – | 134.28 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 124 | KO Coca-Cola Company | – | 87.81 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 125 | BA Boeing Company | – | 198.07 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 126 | VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF | – | 379.77 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 127 | USO United States Oil Fund, LP | – | 148.33 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 128 | AAL American Airlines Group Inc. | – | 13.87 | –%/sess | – | $1.1B | |
| 129 | VRT Vertiv Holdings Co Class A Common Stock | – | 253.28 | –%/sess | – | $1.0B | |
| 130 | EMB iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF | – | 92.18 | –%/sess | – | $1.0B | |
| 131 | XLV State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF | – | 170.70 | –%/sess | – | $1.0B | |
| 132 | SNOW Snowflake Inc. | – | 335.94 | –%/sess | – | $1.0B | |
| 133 | ISRG Intuitive Surgical Inc. | – | 405.18 | –%/sess | – | $1.0B | |
| 134 | CRCL Circle Internet Group, Inc. | – | 89.00 | –%/sess | – | $998M | |
| 135 | DHR Danaher Corporation | – | 224.49 | –%/sess | – | $993M | |
| 136 | HPE Hewlett Packard Enterprise Company | – | 62.94 | –%/sess | – | $976M | |
| 137 | ADI Analog Devices, Inc. | – | 393.60 | –%/sess | – | $968M | |
| 138 | AXP American Express Company | – | 308.89 | –%/sess | – | $965M | |
| 139 | APP Applovin Corporation Class A Common Stock | – | 310.75 | –%/sess | – | $940M | |
| 140 | MELI Mercado Libre, Inc | – | 1,753 | –%/sess | – | $939M | |
| 141 | INTU Intuit Inc | – | 275.79 | –%/sess | – | $937M | |
| 142 | IBM International Business Machines Corporation | – | 225.51 | –%/sess | – | $935M | |
| 143 | SNPS Synopsys Inc | – | 425.76 | –%/sess | – | $925M | |
| 144 | AMGN Amgen Inc | – | 414.61 | –%/sess | – | $918M | |
| 145 | CMCSA Comcast Corp | – | 21.91 | –%/sess | – | $916M | |
| 146 | ANET Arista Networks | – | 206.55 | –%/sess | – | $904M |
Slope is percent per session so timeframes are comparable to each other. The shape column is the same lookback the slope is measured over, scaled to its own high and low. It shows the path, not the size, which is what the number beside it is for. In the grid view every column is the 9-EMA. A dash means that timeframe cannot seed that EMA from available history. 146 names, 150 screened.