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.
CBRS
Cerebras Systems Inc. Class A Common Stock
+5.65
%/session
$97.75
$1.7B
AMD
Advanced Micro Devices
+4.93
%/session
$585.30
$32.4B
MPWR
Monolithic Power Systems, Inc.
+4.70
%/session
$1,447
$1.2B
| # | Symbol | 4h shape | Price | 4h slope | Move | Stack | $ Vol |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | CBRS Cerebras Systems Inc. Class A Common Stock | 97.75 | +5.65%/sess | +8.5% | $1.7B | ||
| 2 | AMD Advanced Micro Devices | 585.30 | +4.93%/sess | +7.4% | $32.4B | ||
| 3 | MPWR Monolithic Power Systems, Inc. | 1,447 | +4.70%/sess | +7.0% | $1.2B | ||
| 4 | CLS Celestica, Inc. | 254.03 | +4.57%/sess | +6.9% | $1.2B | ||
| 5 | BAI iShares A.I. Innovation and Tech Active ETF | 37.52 | +3.90%/sess | +5.9% | $1.0B | ||
| 6 | ANET Arista Networks | 206.63 | +3.60%/sess | +5.4% | $2.0B | ||
| 7 | AVGO Broadcom Inc. Common Stock | 364.36 | +3.48%/sess | +5.2% | $15.9B | ||
| 8 | CRWV CoreWeave, Inc. Class A Common Stock | 56.60 | +3.30%/sess | +4.9% | $6.1B | ||
| 9 | STX Seagate Technology Holdings PLC Ordinary Shares (Ireland) | 545.14 | +2.73%/sess | +4.1% | $2.0B | ||
| 10 | VLO Valero Energy Corporation | 374.95 | +2.58%/sess | +3.9% | $895M | ||
| 11 | NET Cloudflare, Inc. Class A common stock, par value $0.001 per share | 318.50 | +2.54%/sess | +3.8% | $1.1B | ||
| 12 | ADI Analog Devices, Inc. | 409.29 | +2.43%/sess | +3.6% | $1.2B | ||
| 13 | KLAC KLA Corporation Common Stock | 157.30 | +2.35%/sess | +3.5% | $1.5B | ||
| 14 | MU Micron Technology, Inc. | 798.44 | +2.35%/sess | +3.5% | $22.1B | ||
| 15 | CVS CVS HEALTH CORPORATION | 89.79 | +2.14%/sess | +3.2% | $1.1B | ||
| 16 | CEG Constellation Energy Corporation Common Stock | 282.40 | +2.07%/sess | +3.1% | $1.0B | ||
| 17 | DELL Dell Technologies Inc. | 371.17 | +2.02%/sess | +3.0% | $3.3B | ||
| 18 | TXN Texas Instruments Incorporated | 312.48 | +1.97%/sess | +3.0% | $1.9B | ||
| 19 | VRT Vertiv Holdings Co Class A Common Stock | 209.64 | +1.92%/sess | +2.9% | $1.2B | ||
| 20 | ORCL Oracle Corp | 127.11 | +1.77%/sess | +2.6% | $2.9B | ||
| 21 | EWT iShares MSCI Taiwan ETF | 97.25 | +1.73%/sess | +2.6% | $1.0B | ||
| 22 | BE Bloom Energy Corporation | 201.93 | +1.72%/sess | +2.6% | $2.9B | ||
| 23 | WDC Western Digital Corp. | 311.21 | +1.64%/sess | +2.5% | $1.6B | ||
| 24 | TSLA Tesla, Inc. Common Stock | 397.45 | +1.60%/sess | +2.4% | $11.6B | ||
| 25 | CAT Caterpillar Inc. | 605.28 | +1.52%/sess | +2.3% | $1.5B | ||
| 26 | QCOM Qualcomm Inc | 177.14 | +1.48%/sess | +2.2% | $1.6B | ||
| 27 | MRVL Marvell Technology, Inc. Common Stock | 164.45 | +1.40%/sess | +2.1% | $3.6B | ||
| 28 | XLE State Street Energy Select Sector SPDR ETF | 64.33 | +1.37%/sess | +2.1% | $1.7B | ||
| 29 | GOOGL Alphabet Inc. Class A Common Stock | 298.70 | +1.35%/sess | +2.0% | $10.6B | ||
| 30 | COHR Coherent Corp. | 232.08 | +1.33%/sess | +2.0% | $1.9B | ||
| 31 | CSCO Cisco Systems, Inc. Common Stock (DE) | 102.01 | +1.32%/sess | +2.0% | $2.7B | ||
| 32 | SNDK Sandisk Corporation Common Stock | 937.46 | +1.30%/sess | +2.0% | $12.4B | ||
| 33 | XLI State Street Industrial Select Sector SPDR ETF | 169.44 | +1.28%/sess | +1.9% | $1.1B | ||
| 34 | OXY Occidental Petroleum Corporation | 58.40 | +1.27%/sess | +1.9% | $1.1B | ||
| 35 | LRCX Lam Research Corp | 233.78 | +1.26%/sess | +1.9% | $1.9B | ||
| 36 | GOOG Alphabet Inc. Class C Capital Stock | 295.35 | +1.23%/sess | +1.9% | $6.6B | ||
| 37 | GS Goldman Sachs Group Inc. | 913.60 | +1.18%/sess | +1.8% | $1.4B | ||
| 38 | INTC Intel Corp | 61.20 | +1.15%/sess | +1.7% | $4.9B | ||
| 39 | LLY Eli Lilly & Co. | 1,427 | +1.08%/sess | +1.6% | $3.4B | ||
| 40 | COST Costco Wholesale Corp | 1,092 | +1.04%/sess | +1.6% | $2.4B | ||
| 41 | BRK.B BERKSHIRE HATHAWAY Class B | 589.83 | +1.04%/sess | +1.6% | $3.3B | ||
| 42 | XOM ExxonMobil Holdings Corporation | 169.78 | +1.04%/sess | +1.6% | $2.1B | ||
| 43 | DRAM Roundhill Memory ETF | 43.66 | +1.04%/sess | +1.6% | $1.9B | ||
| 44 | AMAT Applied Materials Inc | 380.95 | +0.96%/sess | +1.4% | $3.5B | ||
| 45 | AAPL Apple Inc. | 354.88 | +0.93%/sess | +1.4% | $11.3B | ||
| 46 | T AT&T Inc. | 22.18 | +0.92%/sess | +1.4% | $967M | ||
| 47 | KO Coca-Cola Company | 97.44 | +0.84%/sess | +1.3% | $1.4B | ||
| 48 | EEM iShares MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | 61.14 | +0.80%/sess | +1.2% | $1.9B | ||
| 49 | LITE Lumentum Holdings Inc. Common Stock | 624.65 | +0.74%/sess | +1.1% | $2.8B | ||
| 50 | CVX Chevron Corporation | 216.35 | +0.73%/sess | +1.1% | $2.0B | ||
| 51 | GE GE Aerospace | 330.86 | +0.73%/sess | +1.1% | $1.5B | ||
| 52 | APP Applovin Corporation Class A Common Stock | 393.68 | +0.71%/sess | +1.1% | $1.2B | ||
| 53 | ETN Eaton Corporation, plc Ordinary Shares | 359.04 | +0.64%/sess | +1.0% | $969M | ||
| 54 | TSM Taiwan Semiconductor Manufacturing Company Ltd. | 405.49 | +0.62%/sess | +0.9% | $4.6B | ||
| 55 | SMH VanEck Semiconductor ETF | 501.73 | +0.60%/sess | +0.9% | $5.1B | ||
| 56 | JNJ Johnson & Johnson | 283.52 | +0.54%/sess | +0.8% | $2.5B | ||
| 57 | APH Amphenol Corporation | 79.62 | +0.54%/sess | +0.8% | $1.4B | ||
| 58 | SOXX iShares Semiconductor ETF | 154.99 | +0.54%/sess | +0.8% | $8.1B | ||
| 59 | UNH UNITEDHEALTH GROUP INCORPORATED (Delaware) | 405.13 | +0.53%/sess | +0.8% | $1.6B | ||
| 60 | XLK State Street Technology Select Sector SPDR ETF | 173.77 | +0.49%/sess | +0.7% | $1.7B | ||
| 61 | IVV iShares Core S&P 500 ETF | 760.78 | +0.47%/sess | +0.7% | $6.3B | ||
| 62 | QQQM Invesco NASDAQ 100 ETF | 283.39 | +0.47%/sess | +0.7% | $1.1B | ||
| 63 | XLY State Street Consumer Discretionary Select Sector SPDR ETF | 120.46 | +0.46%/sess | +0.7% | $1.1B | ||
| 64 | PLTR Palantir Technologies Inc. Class A Common Stock | 171.58 | +0.46%/sess | +0.7% | $2.1B | ||
| 65 | QQQ Invesco QQQ Trust, Series 1 | 688.17 | +0.45%/sess | +0.7% | $25.7B | ||
| 66 | EWY iShares MSCI South Korea ETF | 145.38 | +0.44%/sess | +0.7% | $2.1B | ||
| 67 | ABBV ABBVIE INC. | 294.45 | +0.44%/sess | +0.7% | $1.4B | ||
| 68 | VTI Vanguard Morningstar Total Stock Market ETF | 372.62 | +0.40%/sess | +0.6% | $1.1B | ||
| 69 | AMGN Amgen Inc | 467.06 | +0.38%/sess | +0.6% | $1.3B | ||
| 70 | XLF State Street Financial Select Sector SPDR ETF | 58.21 | +0.37%/sess | +0.6% | $1.3B | ||
| 71 | GEV GE Vernova Inc. | 818.49 | +0.37%/sess | +0.6% | $2.4B | ||
| 72 | SPYM State Street SPDR Portfolio S&P 500 ETF | 89.13 | +0.36%/sess | +0.5% | $906M | ||
| 73 | SKHY SK hynix Inc. American Depositary Shares | 137.71 | +0.31%/sess | +0.5% | $2.1B | ||
| 74 | RSP Invesco S&P 500 Equal Weight ETF | 220.72 | +0.31%/sess | +0.5% | $1.7B | ||
| 75 | XLP State Street Consumer Staples Select Sector SPDR ETF | 91.06 | +0.27%/sess | +0.4% | $1.3B | ||
| 76 | VOO Vanguard S&P 500 ETF | 696.00 | +0.27%/sess | +0.4% | $4.3B | ||
| 77 | SPY State Street SPDR S&P 500 ETF Trust | 757.12 | +0.27%/sess | +0.4% | $28.4B | ||
| 78 | PEP PepsiCo, Inc. | 142.26 | +0.22%/sess | +0.3% | $1.2B | ||
| 79 | JPM JPMorgan Chase & Co. | 342.82 | +0.21%/sess | +0.3% | $1.4B | ||
| 80 | XLV State Street Health Care Select Sector SPDR ETF | 187.83 | +0.19%/sess | +0.3% | $1.5B | ||
| 81 | WMT Walmart Inc. Common Stock | 126.19 | +0.18%/sess | +0.3% | $2.2B | ||
| 82 | CRWD CrowdStrike Holdings, Inc. Class A Common Stock | 229.87 | +0.17%/sess | +0.3% | $1.4B | ||
| 83 | V VISA Inc. | 420.31 | +0.06%/sess | +0.1% | $2.4B | ||
| 84 | BAC Bank of America Corporation | 50.51 | +0.02%/sess | +0.0% | $991M | ||
| 85 | NFLX NetFlix Inc | 62.69 | +0.01%/sess | +0.0% | $2.0B | ||
| 86 | SGOV iShares 0-3 Month Treasury Bond ETF | 100.53 | +0.01%/sess | +0.0% | $2.2B | ||
| 87 | PG Procter & Gamble Company | 168.03 | +0.00%/sess | +0.0% | $1.2B | ||
| 88 | MRK Merck & Co., Inc. | 146.95 | -0.12%/sess | -0.2% | $898M | ||
| 89 | HYG iShares iBoxx $ High Yield Corporate Bond ETF | 76.98 | -0.16%/sess | -0.2% | $3.3B | ||
| 90 | MA Mastercard Incorporated | 652.60 | -0.16%/sess | -0.2% | $1.3B | ||
| 91 | SHY iShares 1-3 Year Treasury Bond ETF | 81.14 | -0.16%/sess | -0.2% | $1.9B | ||
| 92 | UBER Uber Technologies, Inc. | 69.12 | -0.18%/sess | -0.3% | $958M | ||
| 93 | HD Home Depot, Inc. | 348.26 | -0.18%/sess | -0.3% | $1.3B | ||
| 94 | BA Boeing Company | 171.55 | -0.20%/sess | -0.3% | $1.0B | ||
| 95 | IWM iShares Russell 2000 ETF | 278.44 | -0.21%/sess | -0.3% | $6.3B | ||
| 96 | AMZN Amazon.Com Inc | 267.44 | -0.23%/sess | -0.3% | $9.2B | ||
| 97 | XBI State Street SPDR S&P Biotech ETF | 151.20 | -0.26%/sess | -0.4% | $1.3B | ||
| 98 | NOW SERVICENOW, INC. | 100.66 | -0.26%/sess | -0.4% | $1.1B | ||
| 99 | PANW Palo Alto Networks, Inc. Common Stock | 322.66 | -0.37%/sess | -0.6% | $1.9B | ||
| 100 | RWM ProShares Short Russell2000 | 14.41 | -0.38%/sess | -0.6% | $1.2B | ||
| 101 | BND Vanguard Total Bond Market | 70.65 | -0.38%/sess | -0.6% | $1.0B | ||
| 102 | ASML ASML Holding NV | 1,497 | -0.46%/sess | -0.7% | $2.7B | ||
| 103 | HOOD Robinhood Markets, Inc. Class A Common Stock | 81.35 | -0.49%/sess | -0.7% | $1.1B | ||
| 104 | EWZ iShares MSCI Brazil ETF | 31.78 | -0.50%/sess | -0.8% | $920M | ||
| 105 | SPCX Space Exploration Technologies Corp. Class A Common Stock | 139.94 | -0.61%/sess | -0.9% | $13.4B | ||
| 106 | NEE NextEra Energy, Inc. | 85.29 | -0.63%/sess | -0.9% | $896M | ||
| 107 | TLT iShares 20+ Year Treasury Bond ETF | 79.72 | -0.66%/sess | -1.0% | $3.7B | ||
| 108 | KDP Keurig Dr Pepper Inc. | 35.42 | -0.80%/sess | -1.2% | $1.3B | ||
| 109 | MCD McDonald's Corporation | 273.63 | -0.86%/sess | -1.3% | $1.2B | ||
| 110 | META Meta Platforms, Inc. Class A Common Stock | 623.61 | -1.19%/sess | -1.8% | $6.4B | ||
| 111 | ABT Abbott Laboratories | 107.25 | -1.29%/sess | -1.9% | $1.1B | ||
| 112 | MSFT Microsoft Corp | 523.00 | -1.44%/sess | -2.2% | $9.8B | ||
| 113 | GLD SPDR Gold Trust, SPDR Gold Shares | 354.89 | -1.81%/sess | -2.7% | $4.9B | ||
| 114 | IBIT iShares Bitcoin Trust ETF | 40.36 | -1.89%/sess | -2.8% | $2.3B | ||
| 115 | NEM Newmont Corporation | 112.64 | -2.44%/sess | -3.7% | $997M | ||
| 116 | SMCI Super Micro Computer, Inc. Common Stock | 26.99 | -2.46%/sess | -3.7% | $3.1B | ||
| 117 | GDX VanEck Gold Miners ETF | 81.84 | -2.70%/sess | -4.1% | $2.2B | ||
| 118 | NVDA Nvidia Corp | 166.19 | -2.90%/sess | -4.4% | $124.3B | ||
| 119 | IREN IREN Limited Ordinary Shares | 19.48 | -3.13%/sess | -4.7% | $1.4B | ||
| 120 | MRNA Moderna, Inc. Common Stock | 231.35 | -3.36%/sess | -5.0% | $1.6B | ||
| 121 | MSTR Strategy Inc Common Stock Class A | 114.41 | -3.50%/sess | -5.3% | $2.3B | ||
| 122 | NBIS Nebius Group N.V. Class A Ordinary Shares | 128.64 | -3.85%/sess | -5.8% | $9.0B | ||
| 123 | BABA Alibaba Group Holding Limited American Depositary Shares, each represents eight Ordinary Shares | 94.36 | -3.99%/sess | -6.0% | $2.4B | ||
| 124 | GOVT iShares U.S. Treasury Bond ETF | – | 22.02 | –%/sess | – | $4.9B | |
| 125 | THRO iShares U.S. Thematic Rotation Active ETF | – | 42.77 | –%/sess | – | $3.2B | |
| 126 | CORO iShares International Country Rotation Active ETF | – | 35.14 | –%/sess | – | $3.2B | |
| 127 | TLH iShares 10-20 Year Treasury Bond ETF | – | 93.92 | –%/sess | – | $2.6B | |
| 128 | IDEF BlackRock ETF Trust iShares Defense Industrials and Tech Active ETF | – | 29.42 | –%/sess | – | $2.5B | |
| 129 | LQD iShares iBoxx $ Investment Grade Corporate Bond ETF | – | 103.05 | –%/sess | – | $2.2B | |
| 130 | IVE iShares S&P 500 Value ETF | – | 241.68 | –%/sess | – | $2.2B | |
| 131 | IUSB iShares Trust iShares Core Universal USD Bond ETF | – | 44.38 | –%/sess | – | $2.1B | |
| 132 | QLTY GMO U.S. Quality ETF | – | 44.31 | –%/sess | – | $1.6B | |
| 133 | EFG iShares MSCI EAFE Growth ETF | – | 39.37 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 134 | SO The Southern Company | – | 92.47 | –%/sess | – | $1.5B | |
| 135 | XEL Xcel Energy, Inc. | – | 81.50 | –%/sess | – | $1.4B | |
| 136 | IEMG iShares Core MSCI Emerging Markets ETF | – | 74.45 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 137 | IEFA iShares Core MSCI EAFE ETF | – | 96.76 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 138 | VTEB Vanguard Tax-Exempt Bond Index Fund | – | 48.79 | –%/sess | – | $1.3B | |
| 139 | MUB iShares National Muni Bond ETF | – | 103.95 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 140 | EFA iShares MSCI EAFE ETF | – | 104.01 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 141 | TMO Thermo Fisher Scientific, Inc. | – | 699.44 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 142 | REGN Regeneron Pharmaceuticals Inc | – | 951.19 | –%/sess | – | $1.2B | |
| 143 | DE Deere & Company | – | 678.79 | –%/sess | – | $954M | |
| 144 | EMB iShares J.P. Morgan USD Emerging Markets Bond ETF | – | 91.34 | –%/sess | – | $946M | |
| 145 | AGG iShares Core U.S. Aggregate Bond ETF | – | 95.22 | –%/sess | – | $928M |
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. 145 names, 150 screened.