TradingKey – 2026 was a landmark year for Apple Inc. (AAPL) marked by milestones and strong stock performance. Driven by on-device AI deployment, robust sales of the iPhone 17 series, and hardware-software ecosystem upgrades, the company’s stock price overcame early-year macroeconomic volatility to achieve a strong one-way upward trend during the year, breaking historical records in mid-October and briefly crossing the $5.0 trillion market capitalization mark.

From January to March this year, Apple’s stock price mainly fluctuated in a wide range of $240–$280; from April to June, AAPL broke out of the consolidation pattern and surpassed the $300 mark; from July to September, Apple’s stock price gains…