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50-day moving average & the golden cross

the faster trend line · Price trend & timing — reading the chart

In plain English

The same idea as the 200-day, but over ~10 weeks — a faster, more responsive trend line that turns sooner.

The golden cross (and its opposite)

When the 50-day crosses above the 200-day, the medium-term trend has turned up faster than the long-term — a classic sign momentum is building. The reverse (50-day dropping below the 200-day, a “death cross”) is a warning. The app nudges a grade up for the first and down for the second.

The calculation
50-DMA = (P₁ + P₂ + … + P₅₀) ÷ 50
golden cross:  50-DMA rises above 200-DMA
death cross:   50-DMA falls below 200-DMA
What each piece means
50-DMA
— the average closing price over the last 50 trading days
200-DMA
— the slower one-year average it’s compared against
Dig deeper
See it run on live stocks →Weekly Monitor computes this on ~1,000 names — free, in your browser, every formula shown. Nothing here is advice.
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