SPCX intraday price chart for September 22, 2026

Hover to inspect · pre-market & after-hours shaded · MA(10) and RSI(14) computed from the session

Open

$151.71

High

$154.94

Low

$150.55

$154.75

Volume

51.4M

Vol/Avg

0.58×

SPCX · NASDAQ · September 22, 2026

Musk Targets First Starship Orbital Launch In 7 Days

$154.75 +$2.90 +1.91% vs prior close

SPCX closed at $154.75, up 1.91% from the prior close of $151.85, after trading in a $150.5501–$154.94 range on volume of 51,426,554 shares.

Executive Summary

SPCX advanced for a second straight session, closing at $154.75 and finishing near the top of its intraday range after dipping to $150.5501 early on. The move came on lighter volume than the prior session's 82,325,518 shares and below the stock's trailing average of 88,480,189 shares, suggesting the gain was orderly rather than driven by a volume spike.

News flow around the stock was dominated by SpaceX operational and strategic headlines rather than company-specific financial disclosures. Elon Musk said the first orbital Starship launch, carrying Starlink V3 satellites, is targeted for around September 28, roughly seven days out. Separate coverage described SpaceX winding down Falcon 9 production as launch demand outpaces supply, with Rocket Lab's Neutron rocket positioned as a potential beneficiary of the resulting capacity gap. Several pieces also covered speculation and analyst commentary tying SpaceX to Tesla, including a Dan Ives note citing an 80% chance of a Tesla-SpaceX combination by 2027 and a Morgan Stanley note describing shared chip, robotics, and compute infrastructure between the two companies. None of this coverage included new SPCX-specific financial figures.

News

1. SpaceX Is Winding Down Falcon 9 as a Launch Crunch Looms: Can Rocket Lab's Neutron Fill the Gap?

SpaceX is winding down Falcon 9 as launch demand outpaces supply, potentially opening a window for Rocket Lab’s Neutron. (Benzinga, Sep 22, 3:40 PM ET)

2. EXCLUSIVE: Nvidia Is a Stock And a Token — When ‘Retail No Longer Distinguishes Between Ticker and Rail’

Nvidia exposure is spreading from stocks to tokenized equities and crypto derivatives as traditional and digital trading rails converge. (Benzinga, Sep 22, 2:48 PM ET)

3. Rocket Lab's SpaceX Playbook: Own the Rocket, Constellation and Customer

Rocket Lab no longer wants to be known only for rockets. Founder and CEO Peter Beck said as much in a video posted on X, (Benzinga, Sep 22, 2:02 PM ET)

4. SpaceX, OpenAI, Anthropic Are Making the IPO Market Look Small

SpaceX, OpenAI and Anthropic show how AI-era companies are reaching extraordinary valuations before or around entering public markets. (Benzinga, Sep 22, 11:50 AM ET)

5. Top Analyst Says There’s 80% Chance Could Put Tesla and SpaceX ‘Under One Hood’ by 2027 — ‘Golden Goose’ Could Create the ‘Biggest Company in the World’

Tech analyst Dan Ives predicts an 80% chance Tesla and SpaceX will merge by late 2027 to build the "golden goose" of physical AI. (Benzinga, Sep 22, 9:06 AM ET)

6. Elon Musk’s Grok 5 Could Be ‘The Most Useful Engineering Tool In History,’ Says Gene Munster: 'Will Be a Game Changer…'

Gene Munster says Grok 5 could become history’s most useful engineering tool by training on SpaceX’s 25 years of data. (Benzinga, Sep 22, 5:47 AM ET)

7. Jamie Dimon Says AI Spending Could Hit $1 Trillion in 2027 But JPMorgan CEO Warns it Could Add 'Little Bit' to Inflation: 'That’s Like 1% Increase to GDP...'

JPMorgan CEO Jamie Dimon says AI spending could hit $1 trillion in 2027 and add to inflation as the AI investment boom continues. (Benzinga, Sep 22, 5:44 AM ET)

8. Elon Musk Says 'First Starship Launch to Orbit' Will Carry Starlink V3 Satellites in 7 Days

Elon Musk says SpaceX will launch operational Starlink V3 satellites aboard Starship in 7 days, targeting Sept. 28 pending approval. (Benzinga, Sep 22, 1:44 AM ET)

Price Action

Metric	Value
Open	$151.71
High	$154.94
Low	$150.5501
Close	$154.75
Change vs prior close	+$2.90 (+1.91%)
Volume	51,426,554 shares
Intraday range	$4.39
Close vs IPO offer price ($135.00)	+$19.75 (+14.63%)

SPCX opened at $151.71, dipped to a session low of $150.5501 in early trading, then worked steadily higher to close at $154.75, near its session high of $154.94. The close came in 1.91% above the prior close of $151.85 and marks a second consecutive up session. Volume of 51,426,554 shares was below both the prior session's 82,325,518 shares and the stock's trailing average of 88,480,189 shares. The close remains below the stock's first-day close of $160.95 but well above the $135.00 IPO offer price.

The session's close near the day's high on below-average volume points to controlled buying rather than a volume-driven breakout.

Technicals

SPCX has traded for roughly 70 sessions since its June 12, 2026 IPO. That is not enough history for the 20-, 50-, and especially 200-day moving averages, or the 14-day RSI, to carry the same weight they would on an established name — the SMA-200 is not yet computable at all, and the shorter-window figures below should be read as early-stage signals, not settled trend confirmation. The read here leans on price structure, candle shape, volume, and the concrete levels in the data.

Trend

Short-term moving averages are stacked in an upward sequence: SMA-5 at $153.00, EMA-5 at $152.53, SMA-10 at $150.36, and SMA-20 at $147.07, with the SMA-50 further back at $135.07. Price closing above all of these short-term averages is consistent with a near-term uptrend building off the SMA-50 area, which sits close to the $135.00 IPO offer price. The 14-day RSI reads 59.31, in neutral-to-firm territory, not yet at a level that would typically be read as overbought.

Candle read

Today's candle had a body of $3.04 (open $151.71 to close $154.75), a small upper wick of $0.19, and a larger lower wick of $1.16, for a total range of $4.39. The close sat at 0.96 of the day's range — near the top. That combination, a solid bullish body with a lower wick roughly a third the size of the body and almost no upper wick, indicates the stock was bought on the early dip toward $150.55 and held its gains into the close.

Support levels

$150.5501 — today's intraday low
$150.36 — SMA-10
$150.00 — round-number level just below today's low and the SMA-10
$151.85 — prior close, now a level to reclaim on any pullback
$147.07 — SMA-20, a deeper support zone if the near-term uptrend breaks

Resistance levels

$154.94 — today's intraday high
$154.81 — the September 17 close, a recent swing high
$155.00 — round-number level just above today's high
$160.95 — the stock's first-day (IPO day) close, an overhead technical and psychological level

Momentum interpretation

Bull scenario: a close above $155.00, clearing today's high and the September 17 close near $154.81, would keep the short-term uptrend intact and put the $160.95 first-day close back in view.

Bear scenario: a close back below the SMA-10 at $150.36 and the $150.00 round number would put the recent low in question and open a path toward the SMA-20 at $147.07.

Neutral scenario: continued consolidation between roughly $150 and $155, holding above the rising SMA-5/EMA-5 cluster near $152.50–$153.00 without a decisive break of either boundary.

Trading Takeaway

SPCX closed higher for a second session, recovering from an early dip to $150.5501 to finish near its high at $154.75, on volume below both the prior session and the trailing average. Price is holding above its short-term moving averages (SMA-5, EMA-5, SMA-10, SMA-20) with RSI-14 at 59.31, a firm but not overbought reading. With SpaceX operational news in focus, including the targeted Starship/Starlink V3 launch around September 28, the next session's key levels are resistance at $154.94–$155.00 and further up at the $160.95 first-day close, against support at $150.36–$150.55 and, below that, the SMA-20 at $147.07.

Sources

Disclaimer

This report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice. It is not a recommendation to buy, sell, or hold any security. SPCX has a limited trading history, and standard technical indicators carry reduced reliability as a result. Verify all data independently before making any financial decision.