SPDR S&P 500 ETF price ended at $689.42 on Friday, after gaining 0.722%

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF price gained 0.722% on the last trading day (Friday, 20th Feb 2026), rising from $684.48 to $689.42. During the last trading day the ETF fluctuated 1.22% from a day low at $681.73 to a day high of $690.06. The price has risen in 6 of the last 10 days and is up by 1.74% over the past 2 weeks. Volume has increased on the last day along with the price, which is a positive technical sign, and, in total, 44 million more shares were traded than the day before. In total, 99 million shares were bought and sold for approximately $68.47 billion.

The ETF is moving within a narrow and horizontal trend and further movements within this trend can be expected. Given the current horizontal trend, you can expect SPDR S&P 500 ETF with a 90% probability to be traded between $683.24 and $711.30 at the end of this 3-month period. A break of a horizontal trend is often followed by a large increase in the volume, and ETF seldom manage to go directly from the bottom of a trend up to the top. ETF turning up in the middle of a horizontal trend are therefore considered to be potential runners.

The SPDR S&P 500 ETF holds buy signals from both short and long-term Moving Averages giving a positive forecast for the ETF, but the ETF has a general sell signal from the relation between the two signals where the long-term average is above the short-term average. On corrections down, there will be some support from the lines at $685.42 and $689.00. A breakdown below any of these levels will issue sell signals. Volume is rising along with the price. This is considered to be a good technical signal. Some negative signals were issued as well, and these may have some influence on the near short-term development. A sell signal was issued from a pivot top point on Wednesday, January 28, 2026, and so far it has fallen -0.88%. Further fall is indicated until a new bottom pivot has been found. Furthermore, there is currently a sell signal from the 3 month Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD).

SPDR S&P 500 finds support from accumulated volume at $685.35 and this level may hold a buying opportunity as an upwards reaction can be expected when the support is being tested.

In general the ETF tends to have very controlled movements and with good liquidity the risk is considered very low in this ETF. During the last day, the ETF moved $8.33 between high and low, or 1.22%. For the last week the ETF has had daily average volatility of 1.10%.

SPDR S&P 500 holds several positive signals, but we still don't find these to be enough for a buy candidate. At the current level, it should be considered as a hold candidate (hold or accumulate) in this position whilst awaiting further development.