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The Golden Cross, tested on 29 markets

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The golden cross.

One of the best-known signals on finance sites: two averages crossing.

The rules
In. The 50-day average crosses above the 200-day: buy, with the whole account.
Out. It crosses back below: sell everything, sit in cash.
Nothing else. No stop, no shorts.

Daily candles · Jul 2019 – Nov 2026 · fees 0.1% a trade included

What we found

$1,000 on DOGE, 2019

$43,148

Just holding

+1,640%

Without its biggest trade

−41%

Beat just holding, all 29 markets

4 of 29

Smaller worst drop than holding

24 of 29

Can we make it better?

We wrote down 19 changes before testing, and picked the one that did best on the first 70% of all 29 markets: 4-hour candles.

Then the real test: DOGE after Aug 2024, data it never saw.

The original rules

−44%

4-hour candles

+22%

Just holding

−32%

It held up on 13 of 29 markets.

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Past results, measured on real data with fees included. No promise of future returns. This is not investment advice.