Technical
What is Death Cross?
The 50-day moving average crossing below the 200-day β the bearish mirror of the Golden Cross, historically associated with extended drawdowns.
Formula
Signal fires when: 50-day SMA crosses below 200-day SMA
How to Interpret
A regime-change warning, not a panic button: many death crosses have marked the bottom of a selloff rather than the start of one, because so much decline has already occurred by the time the averages cross. Historical forward returns after a death cross are mixed.
Typical Ranges
Same rarity and whipsaw caveats as the Golden Cross. It describes what has happened more reliably than what will.
Find Stocks Using This Signal
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