# Golden Cross Golden Cross is an indicator on [Vela](https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart), our next-generation charting platform, written in Pine Script®. Tracks the classic 50/200 moving average pair, grading every golden cross by the slow MA's slope: bullish when flat or rising, caution when still falling. Invalidation marks, whipsaw flags and a regime fill between the averages complete the picture, while a dashboard reports slope, separation and the advance already consumed at the cross. Defaults to 50/200 SMAs on close. - Indicator in the LuxAlgo Library, by LuxAlgo, published Apr 8, 2026. - Access: free. - Concepts: [Golden Cross](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/golden-cross/) (primary) - Open on Vela: https://vela.luxalgo.com/chart?pineScriptCodeId=jw2kvrzh3m5jht0qcdudbfgo - Page: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/golden-cross/ **Golden Cross** is the definitive clean build of the [golden cross](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/concept/golden-cross/) regime event: it plots fast and slow moving averages (50/200 SMAs by default), marks where the fast one closes above the slow one, and grades each cross by the slow MA's slope over 20 bars. A flat or rising slow average prints the bullish color, a still-falling one the caution color. An x-cross marks the re-cross that ends a standing golden cross, and a fill between the averages shades the regime. ## How to Trade the Golden Cross? - **Bullish-graded cross**: the slow MA is flat or rising at the cross, the cleaner regime statement, covered by the Clean Golden Cross alert. - **Caution-graded cross**: the slow MA is still falling; treat the read as weaker until the slope turns. - **Invalidation Mark**: the fast MA closed back under the slow one, ending the standing cross; within the whipsaw window this is the classic failure mode. - **Dashboard separation**: widening says the regime is strengthening; narrowing warns of braiding. Each cross label's tooltip reports the slow MA slope and the advance from the preceding regime low. This is a lagging regime statement, not a timing entry. ## Golden Cross Settings - **Fast Length** (default 50): the shorter average of the pair. - **Slow Length** (default 200): the long-term base. - **MA Type** (default SMA): or EMA; exponential weighting can shift cross dates. - **Source** (default close): price series both averages use. - **Slow MA Slope Lookback** (default 20): bars used to grade the slope. - **Whipsaw Window** (default 20): a re-cross within this many bars is flagged as a whipsaw. - **Show Dashboard** (default enabled): pair, regime, slope, separation and last-cross context. - **Style toggles**: cross markers, invalidation marks and the regime fill, all on by default. ## Frequently Asked Questions ### What is the difference between the Golden Cross and the Death Cross? Mirror events on the same pair: this build fires when the fast average crosses above the slow one, while the [Death Cross](https://www.luxalgo.com/library/indicator/death-cross/) tracks the downward cross arguing the long-term regime has turned bearish. Grading and alerts here center on the bullish event. ### Should I change the 50/200 defaults? The defaults are the canonical pair, and the dashboard tags any other lengths, an EMA, or a chart other than the 1-day as nonstandard. Shorter lengths or EMAs fire earlier but reverse more often: speed traded against the weight the widely watched pair carries. ### Why does the signal arrive after price has already moved? Both averages look far back, so a cross confirms a turn only after a substantial advance; the Advance at Cross row quantifies how much move preceded each signal. 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Free to use with attribution: https://www.luxalgo.com/library/license/