DNA Signal0.5 ptsBacktested edge -0.06%

The Golden Cross Signal

50 SMA above 200 SMA. Long-term bullish trend state.

What it detects

The Golden Cross is the most widely known trend gauge in technical analysis: the 50-day moving average trading above the 200-day moving average. Signal52 tracks it as a state (is the intermediate trend above the long-term trend right now) rather than only on the crossover day.

How Signal52 computes it

The pipeline computes the 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages from daily closes and fires the signal whenever the 50-day is above the 200-day. No event detection and no lookback window, just a continuously evaluated state check.

How to read it

Roughly half the market can be in a Golden Cross state during bull phases, so Signal52 assigns it the lowest DNA weight (0.5). It is a backdrop condition, not an edge by itself. Its real use runs in reverse: a high-scoring setup without it is fighting its own long-term trend.

DNA Signals in the Elite Score: DNA signals measure structural quality: relative strength, persistent momentum, institutional accumulation, and consistent price behavior. They answer whether the stock has the right stuff. DNA signals carry the heaviest weights in the Elite Score because structure is what separates durable moves from noise.

Stocks showing Golden Cross today

1328 of 2,060 screened stocks show Golden Cross as of . The top 15 by Elite Score are below.

SymbolElite ScorePriceChange
OGN14.513.560.00%
WSM13.5248.880.00%
PRLB13.088.40+10.16%
RVMD12.0193.460.00%
ALH11.027.92+5.04%
CSWC11.024.72+3.26%
CUBI11.083.65+3.85%
ACA10.5145.22-0.07%
ALOT10.528.860.00%
CPAY10.5396.52+2.78%
EBF10.522.32+1.13%
FHI10.564.960.00%
GABC10.551.190.00%
LGIH10.561.46+9.55%
BRC10.097.71+1.75%
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