Golden Cross

Golden Cross is the definitive clean build of the 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?

Should I change the 50/200 defaults?

Why does the signal arrive after price has already moved?