Glossary
What is market posture?
Market posture is where an asset or market currently trades relative to its own trend — most commonly, whether the price is above or below its 50-day and 200-day moving averages, and by how much. It is a descriptive, factual reading of trend position, not a forecast and not a buy or sell signal.
As of 11 Jul 2026, 8 of 48 major crypto assets tracked here are trading above their 200-day moving average. The full breadth read — every asset, both trend lines — is on Today’s data, free.
Not to be confused with
Posture ≠ positioning
“Market positioning” is a marketing-strategy concept — where a brand sits against competitors. Market posture is a price-based, technical reading — where an asset sits against its own trend. This page, and this site, are about the latter.
The components
What goes into a posture reading
Every input is a standard, openly-documented calculation on public end-of-day prices — the full formulas are on About & Methodology.
The trend lines
The 50-day moving average tracks the medium-term trend; the 200-day the long-term one. Posture starts with which side of each line the price closed on.
Distance
(close − moving average) ÷ moving average × 100 — how stretched the price is from its trend, in percent. Zero means sitting exactly on the line.
Breadth
Across a whole market: how many assets are above their trend lines. Broad participation and narrow leadership read very differently, at the same index level.
Regime & momentum
The 200-day side labels the broader regime; the 7-day rate of change and streak counts describe how the posture has been evolving day to day.
Common questions
What does market posture mean in trading?
In trading, market posture describes where price stands relative to its own trend: above or below the 50-day moving average (medium-term trend) and the 200-day moving average (long-term trend), plus how far from each. It summarises the current state of the trend without predicting where it goes next.
Is market posture the same as market positioning?
No. Market positioning is a marketing-strategy term — how a brand differentiates itself against competitors. Market posture is a technical, price-based reading: an asset's position relative to its own moving-average trend lines. The two share a name and nothing else.
How is market posture measured?
Take the daily closing price and compare it to the 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages: above or below each line, and the percentage distance from it. Across a group of assets, the share trading above trend (breadth) describes the whole market's posture. The exact formulas are documented on the About & Methodology page.
What is a bullish or bearish market posture?
Commentators often label a market trading above its long-term trend with broad participation as having a bullish posture, and one below trend as bearish. Market Posture Daily publishes the underlying measurements — above/below, distance, breadth, streaks — and leaves the interpretation to the reader; the data is educational, not advice.
Where can I check today's market posture?
Market Posture Daily recomputes posture every day from public end-of-day data for ~48 crypto assets and ~45 US stocks and ETFs, free to read at marketpd.com: Today's data covers crypto and the Stocks & ETF terminal covers equities.