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Golden Cross

Trend signal: SMA50 crosses above SMA200

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What this metric tells you

Golden Cross is a signal event: the 50-day moving average crossed above the 200-day moving average. It is often used as a bullish trend-confirmation trigger, not as a measurement of trend quality by itself.

Key takeaway

A Golden Cross marks a crossover moment. It says the shorter trend overtook the longer one, but it says nothing about how durable the move becomes afterward.

FoxScore context

How FoxScore uses it

  • FoxScore shows Golden Cross as supporting technical context rather than a standalone quality ranking.
  • It helps users spot assets where short-term structure may have improved meaningfully.
  • The signal is strongest when price location and trend strength confirm it.

How to interpret this metric

What it measures

  • Whether the short-term average has most recently crossed above the long-term average.
  • A classic technical signal that many trend followers watch.
  • A simple yes/no event marker rather than a gradient score.

How to read it

  • Yes means the crossover condition was most recently triggered.
  • No does not automatically mean bearish; it only means this specific event is not the latest active crossover trigger.
  • Because this is binary, it should always be read with continuous trend metrics.

What can mislead

  • How strong the post-cross trend actually is.
  • You treat the event as proof of a durable bull trend.
  • You ignore how stretched price already is above the averages.

Most useful when

  • You want to know whether long-term trend structure recently turned more positive.
  • You use moving-average crossovers as a chart triage signal.
  • You want a quick event flag before opening deeper trend metrics.

Important limits

  • How strong the post-cross trend actually is.
  • How far price already sits above the averages.
  • Whether the signal is early, late, or already getting exhausted.
Methodology and sources

Technical definition, calculation notes and sources stay available here without dominating the explanation.

Description

A golden cross is a classic trend signal in technical analysis.

It’s considered bullish: the short-term average (SMA50) crosses above the long-term average (SMA200).

Important: this is an event (it happens on a specific day) - it doesn’t say how strong the trend will be afterwards.

Calculation

  • 1) SMA50 = average of the last 50 days
  • 2) SMA200 = average of the last 200 days
  • 3) Golden Cross = 1 if (SMA50 > SMA200) AND (SMA50_prevday ≤ SMA200_prevday), otherwise 0

Interpretation

  • Yes means: the signal was most recently triggered.
  • In the ranking, assets with “Yes” are shown at the top (binary sort).

No standalone ranking

This metric is explanatory context. It can still help you read asset pages, but it is not presented as a separate ranking surface.

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Read together with

These related metrics add the context this metric cannot provide on its own.

Price vs SMA 200

Use Price vs SMA 200 to see where price currently sits relative to the long-term baseline after the crossover.

Trend Strength

Use Trend Strength to test whether the post-cross move actually looks clean.

Death Cross

Use Death Cross as the bearish mirror image so you understand both crossover directions.