FTB-C000223 / Market data field

New 52-Week High

New 52-Week High identifies a security whose selected price reaches a maximum over the declared 52-week window.

Also known as52-week high issue

Foundation 3 linked topicsPublished

Definitions

In plain terms

It marks an issue at the top of its own recent one-year range, subject to the vendor's calendar and eligibility rules.

Technical

The flag requires a price field, rolling-window convention, sufficient history, comparison rule, and point-in-time eligible universe.

Scope

It is not the same as the highest price in the security's entire history.

Examples

  • A Fintech Builder lesson can compute or identify New 52-Week High only after declaring its inputs, timing, and edge-case rules.

Common misconceptions

  • It is not the same as the highest price in the security's entire history.

Concept relationships

Prerequisites

Related

Required by

Where this concept is used

Tutorials planned

These catalogued topics use this concept, but their complete build has not shipped yet.

  • D04-F03-A01 Prerequisite
  • D04-F03-A02 Prerequisite
  • D04-F03-A03 Prerequisite

Evidence and governance

  1. New 52-Week Highs and Lows for Exchanges StockCharts ChartSchool · secondary methodology

    Supports: preferred label, short definition, technical definition

    Limits: Provider symbols and eligibility rules may differ from another data vendor's point-in-time universe.

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Last reviewed
2026-07-27
Next review
2027-07-27
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