The Golden Cross, tested on 29 markets
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.
What we found
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.
It held up on 13 of 29 markets.
Every market, the whole period against just holding, and after the cut: the original, the change, holding. Plus all 19 changes.
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