Relationship of Golden and Death Cross
Recent Death (and Golden Cross) for S&P500 (1 Day chart) S&P500 1D chart as per 20Mar2022 Death cross happens when 50 days moving average cuts the 200 days moving average from above, a typically bearish signal. Whereas, a golden cross happens when 50 days moving average cuts the 200 days moving average from below, a typically bullish signal. Here are some dates when death and golden crosses happened on S&P500 recently: Death Cross on 6 Dec 2018 Golden Cross on 29 Mar 2019 Death Cross on 27 Mar 2020 (market started to fall from 24 Feb 2020 due to the Covid outbreak) Golden Cross on 9 July 2020 Death Cross on 15 Mar 2022 While it is vain to time the market, the duration between recent death and golden crosses were 3 to 4 months (based on the recent occurrences) . I have an observation about both the golden and death cross for S&P500 which are usually lagging indicators . The rise or decline could happen before or after the cro...