SMA50 crossing above SMA200.
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The filter checks for a cross event: SMA 50 was at or below SMA 200 on the prior bar and is now above SMA 200 on the current bar. on the Daily chart, SMA 50 spans 50 bars (approximately 12.5 hours, or roughly 1.5 trading sessions) and SMA 200 spans 200 bars (approximately 50 hours, or 6+ trading sessions). The cross fires only at the transition moment — it does not repeat on every subsequent bar where SMA 50 remains above SMA 200.
The Golden Cross generates significant retail and media attention, which can create self-fulfilling momentum around the event. Studies on daily-chart Golden Crosses show positive average returns over the following 6-12 months, though with wide variance. The 15-minute Golden Cross is faster and more frequent than the daily version, making it more suitable as a short-term swing signal than a long-term position signal. The highest-quality Golden Crosses occur when they are accompanied by other bullish conditions: price above VWAP, RSI reclaiming 50, and volume expanding on the cross bar. A Golden Cross in a declining market (where SPY/QQQ are in a downtrend) has lower success probability than one in a rising market. The Death Cross is the bearish equivalent; MACD Bull Cross is a faster-moving signal that often precedes the Golden Cross in a trend recovery.
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This screener finds stocks where SMA 50 has just crossed above SMA 200 — the Golden Cross. The Golden Cross is one of the most widely watched bullish technical events: it signals that the medium-term average has risen above the long-term average, meaning the uptrend has been sustained long enough to pull the 50-period average above the multi-year baseline. Swing traders, long-term investors, and algorithmic systems use it as a signal to enter long positions or increase equity exposure. Who uses this: trend-following traders looking for structural bullish trend transitions, and passive investors timing entries into trending stocks. Failure mode: the Golden Cross is a lagging indicator — the stock may have already rallied 20-30% before the cross fires; the most aggressive entries come from MACD Bull Cross or EMA 9/20 Cross Up, which precede the Golden Cross in a trend development. Related screens: Death Cross and MACD Bull Cross.
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