SPCX · 1-MIN · 4:00 AM–4:04 PM ET
SPCX intraday price chart for September 25, 2026

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

Open
$148.38
High
$149.67
Low
$146.00
Close
$148.73
Volume
46.9M
Vol/Avg
0.52×

SPCX · NASDAQ · September 25, 2026

Shotwell's $52.5M Insider Sale in Focus as Starship 14 Nears

$148.73 +$0.70 +0.47% vs prior close

SPCX closed at $148.73 on September 25, 2026, up 0.47% from the prior close of $148.03.

Executive Summary

SPCX traded in a $146.00–$149.6651 range on September 25 and finished at $148.73, a modest gain of $0.70 (0.47%) versus the prior session's close of $148.03. Volume came in at 46,872,469 shares, well below the trailing average of 89,389,479, indicating the session did not carry unusual participation relative to recent history. The day's headline flow centered on SpaceX-adjacent stories rather than SPCX itself: Benzinga reported SpaceX-linked 2X leveraged ETFs sliding more than 6% on the week as Starship 14's schedule approaches, alongside coverage of a $52.5 million insider sale by COO Gwynne Shotwell. Other stories touched on SpaceXAI's Colossus 2 GPU buildout commentary from Elon Musk, a Motley Fool piece questioning whether SpaceX stock would be a buy during a market crash given its capital intensity, and a Blue Origin $10 billion raise positioned as competitive context for the launch and satellite market.

The candle itself shows a long lower wick and a close well off the day's low, suggesting sellers pushed price down intraday before buyers stepped back in by the close, even as the closing price remains within the range SPCX has occupied over the past several sessions.

News

1. SpaceX 2X ETFs Slide Over 6% as Starship 14 Nears, $52.5M Insider Sale Adds to Volatility

SpaceX ETFs slide more than 6% this week as Starship 14 nears, while COO Gwynne Shotwell’s $52.5M insider sale adds to the spotlight. (Benzinga, Sep 25, 1:55 PM ET)

2. AMC vs. Elon Musk: World's Largest Movie Theater Company to Show Film Billionaire Wants to Disappear

An Elon Musk doc isn't winning over the billionaire, but critics rate it highly. Top movie theater companies are ready to show it. (Benzinga, Sep 25, 11:47 AM ET)

3. Elon Musk Responds With Two Emojis as Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says Project Suncatcher Heads to Space: 'Can Our TPUs Survive...'

Google CEO Sundar Pichai says Project Suncatcher will test TPUs in space aboard a SpaceX mission to evaluate AI chips in orbit. (Benzinga, Sep 25, 9:29 AM ET)

4. Tesla Robot’s Sophisticated Hands Pose Major Manufacturing And Durability Issues; Company Wants Production Line Capable Of Producing 1K+ Robots Per Week By End-2026; Has Ramped Up Production Of Optimus Robot Approximately Tenfold In Recent Months

(Benzinga, Sep 25, 9:16 AM ET)

5. Planet Labs PBC's Pelican-12 Arrives At Cape Canaveral Space Force Station In Florida For Planned Launch Aboard Bandwagon-5 Rideshare Mission With SpaceX

(Benzinga, Sep 25, 9:10 AM ET)

6. 'Tesla’s Optimus Hits Snags in Hands, Suppliers as Scale-Up Begins' - The Information

(Benzinga, Sep 25, 9:04 AM ET)

7. Elon Musk Says SpaceXAI’s Colossus 2 Could Run More Than 1.2 Million Nvidia GB200 And GB300 Chips By Year-End ‘If We Get Lucky’

Elon Musk says SpaceXAI’s Colossus 2 could reach 1.21 million Nvidia chips by year-end, despite power, cooling and networking bottlenecks. (Benzinga, Sep 25, 7:20 AM ET)

8. Big Tech’s Data Center Boom Could Be Stopped by One Scarce Resource

Big Tech's AI expansion faces a power bottleneck as global electricity demand from data centers could surge 1,100% by 2033. (Benzinga, Sep 25, 7:14 AM ET)

Price Action

Metric Value
Open $148.38
High $149.6651
Low $146.00
Close $148.73
Change vs prior close +$0.70 (+0.47%)
Volume 46,872,469
Intraday range $146.00 – $149.6651 ($3.67)
Close vs IPO offer price ($135.00) +$13.73 (+10.17%)

SPCX opened at $148.38, dipped to an intraday low of $146.00, then recovered to a high of $149.6651 before settling at $148.73. The close sits just above the open and modestly above the prior close of $148.03, marking a second consecutive close above $148 after Wednesday's $148.03 finish that itself came in essentially flat versus Tuesday's $148.36. Volume of 46,872,469 shares was 43% of the 89,389,479-share trailing average and well below the prior session's 72,736,499 shares, pointing to lighter-than-typical trading interest. Measured against the $135.00 IPO offer price, SPCX remains up $13.73 (10.17%); measured against the $160.95 first-day close, it remains down $12.22 (-7.59%).

The session's takeaway: SPCX gained modestly on below-average volume, holding near the middle of its recent multi-week trading band.

Technicals

SPCX has been trading since its June 12, 2026 Nasdaq listing, so it does not yet have the price history to support longer-horizon technical tools in the conventional sense — the 200-day moving average is not available (fewer than 200 sessions of history exist), and shorter-window readings like the 14-day RSI and 20-day moving average, while calculable, reflect a much shorter and more volatile sample than they would for a seasoned stock. The analysis below leans on price structure, candle shape, and the real levels in the data rather than treating these readings as settled trend signals.

Trend

The 5-day SMA ($150.34) and 10-day SMA ($150.17) both sit above today's close of $148.73, while the 20-day SMA ($148.40) sits just below it, and the 50-day SMA ($135.92) is well below. That places SPCX modestly under its short-term (5- and 10-day) averages but still above both its 20-day average and its 50-day average, consistent with a stock that has pulled back from its recent short-term highs (closes of $154.81 on September 17 and $154.72 on September 22) while remaining in an intermediate uptrend relative to the 50-day base. The EMA-5 at $149.64, being closer to price than the SMA-5, suggests the pullback from the September 17–22 highs has been gradual rather than sharp.

Candle read

Today's candle has a small body of $0.35 against a much larger total range of $3.67, with a lower wick of $2.38 dwarfing the upper wick of $0.94. The close-location value of 0.74 means the close landed in the upper 74% of the day's range — well above the midpoint and close to the high. That combination (small body, long lower wick, close near the top of the range) reads as a session where sellers drove price down to $146.00 intraday, but buyers absorbed that selling and pushed the close back up near the day's high. It is a shape that favors buyers defending the low, though the small body means conviction on the follow-through was limited.

Support levels

  • $148.03 — prior session's close, now a near-term pivot
  • $148.40 — 20-day SMA, sitting just below today's close
  • $146.00 — today's intraday low
  • $145.00 — nearest round-number level below today's low
  • $135.92 — 50-day SMA, a more distant structural support

Resistance levels

  • $149.6651 — today's intraday high
  • $150.00 — nearest round number above the current price
  • $150.17 / $150.34 — 10-day and 5-day SMAs, clustered just above $150
  • $154.72 – $154.81 — the September 22 and September 17 closing highs, the most recent swing-high zone

Momentum interpretation

RSI-14 reads 52.9, in neutral territory — neither overbought nor oversold, and, as noted above, based on a still-short history for this stock.

Bull scenario: a close back above the $150.17–$150.34 short-term moving-average cluster, followed by a push through $150.00 and toward the $154.72–$154.81 recent swing-high zone, would indicate buyers are reclaiming the short-term trend.

Bear scenario: a close below $148.03 and then $146.00 (today's low) would put the 20-day SMA at $148.40 and the September low structure at risk, opening a path toward the $145.00 round number and eventually the 50-day SMA near $135.92.

Neutral scenario: continued trading between roughly $146.00 and $150.34 — inside today's range and the short-term moving-average band — would suggest consolidation without a clear directional resolution.

Trading Takeaway

SPCX posted a modest gain on below-average volume, with a candle shape (long lower wick, close near the day's high) that suggests dip-buying interest around $146.00. Price remains sandwiched between the 20-day SMA ($148.40) just below and the 5-/10-day SMA cluster ($150.17–$150.34) just above, a tight range that will likely determine the next directional move. The next session's key levels to watch: support at $148.03 and $146.00, resistance at $149.6651 and the $150.00–$150.34 zone.

Sources

  1. SpaceX 2X ETFs Slide Over 6% as Starship 14 Nears, $52.5M Insider Sale Adds to Volatility — Benzinga
  2. AMC vs. Elon Musk: World's Largest Movie Theater Company to Show Film Billionaire Wants to Disappear — Benzinga
  3. Elon Musk Responds With Two Emojis as Google CEO Sundar Pichai Says Project Suncatcher Heads to Space: 'Can Our TPUs Survive...' — Benzinga
  4. Tesla Robot's Sophisticated Hands Pose Major Manufacturing And Durability Issues; Company Wants Production Line Capable Of Producing 1K+ Robots Per Week By End-2026 — Benzinga
  5. Planet Labs PBC's Pelican-12 Arrives At Cape Canaveral Space Force Station In Florida For Planned Launch Aboard Bandwagon-5 Rideshare Mission With SpaceX — Benzinga
  6. 'Tesla's Optimus Hits Snags in Hands, Suppliers as Scale-Up Begins' - The Information — Benzinga
  7. Elon Musk Says SpaceXAI's Colossus 2 Could Run More Than 1.2 Million Nvidia GB200 And GB300 Chips By Year-End 'If We Get Lucky' — Benzinga
  8. Big Tech's Data Center Boom Could Be Stopped by One Scarce Resource — Benzinga
  9. Elon Musk Says the World Economy Has a Long Way to Go Before Civilization Reaches Kardashev Scale 2: 'Trillionth the Size…' — Benzinga
  10. Does History Suggest Buying SpaceX Stock in a Market Crash? The Answer Might Surprise You — The Motley Fool
  11. Elon Musk Says 'Life Must Be Multiplanetary' as John Carmack Jokes About Emptying A Septic Tank on Mars To End Planetary-Protection Debate — Benzinga
  12. Jeff Bezos' Blue Origin Raises $10 Billion To Fuel Rockets, Satellites And Government Contracts As SpaceX Rival Bets Big On New Glenn, TeraWave: Report — Benzinga
  13. Elon Musk Says SpaceX Could Have GPT-6-Level AI in 3 Months, Reach 'Pole Position' Within 6; SpaceXAI Plans Massive GPU Expansion — Benzinga
  14. Tesla Drops New Roadster Teaser Ahead of Oct. 1 Reveal—Elon Musk Says Semi Volume Production Has Begun — Benzinga
  15. Alpaca Markets (SIP) — market data

Disclaimer

This report is for informational purposes only and does not constitute investment advice, a recommendation, or an offer to buy or sell any security. SPCX is a recently listed, thinly-traded stock, and figures presented here may be delayed or incomplete. Verify all data independently before making any financial decision.