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Golden Cross Stocks

A golden cross occurs when a stock's 50-day moving average crosses above its 200-day moving average. This page tracks stocks that have set golden crosses sometime within the last seven days. Learn more about golden crosses.

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CompanyCurrent Price50-Day Moving Average200-Day Moving AverageVolumeAverage VolumeIndicator(s)
AtriCure, Inc. stock logo
ATRC
AtriCure
$48.29
-1.2%
$42.97$42.93305,800328,833
Dollar Tree, Inc. stock logo
DLTR
Dollar Tree
$160.08
-0.4%
$149.06$148.601.53 million2.03 millionUpcoming Earnings
argenx SE stock logo
ARGX
argenx
$422.58
+2.2%
$382.23$377.84237,600235,791Analyst Revision
DBV Technologies S.A. stock logo
DBVT
DBV Technologies
$1.91
-1.8%
$1.67$1.50110,90096,022
First Watch Restaurant Group, Inc. stock logo
FWRG
First Watch Restaurant Group
$18.02
-0.1%
$15.88$15.49170,100205,563Positive News
Genmab A/S stock logo
GMAB
Genmab A/S
$41.64
+2.4%
$39.36$40.55422,900482,862Analyst Revision
Bolt Biotherapeutics, Inc. stock logo
BOLT
Bolt Biotherapeutics
$1.93
+1.6%
$1.52$1.4578,700240,893
Galecto, Inc. stock logo
GLTO
Galecto
$2.43
-0.4%
$1.98$1.9161,50062,543
Electronic Arts Inc. stock logo
EA
Electronic Arts
$125.66
-0.4%
$123.02$122.382.24 million2.41 million
iShares Biotechnology ETF stock logo
IBB
iShares Biotechnology ETF
$130.08
+0.9%
$131.07$130.051.40 million1.54 millionPositive News
Evolus, Inc. stock logo
EOLS
Evolus
$9.89
$8.71$8.47278,600515,674Negative News
HIVE Blockchain Technologies Ltd. stock logo
HIVE
HIVE Blockchain Technologies
$3.08
-1.3%
$3.22$2.77403,4001.29 million
LianBio stock logo
LIAN
LianBio
$2.82
-1.1%
$2.02$1.93353,300250,844Gap Down
Kelly Services, Inc. stock logo
KELYA
Kelly Services
$19.06
+2.1%
$16.48$16.84156,600155,489Ex-Dividend
Analyst Report
Analyst Revision
Marathon Digital Holdings, Inc. stock logo
MARA
Marathon Digital
$9.18
-2.1%
$9.05$7.4019.24 million35.64 million
First Trust Dorsey Wright DALI 1 ETF stock logo
DALI
First Trust Dorsey Wright DALI 1 ETF
$25.29
-0.7%
$25.59$25.0910,10017,340
iShares iBonds Dec 2024 Term Treasury ETF stock logo
IBTE
iShares iBonds Dec 2024 Term Treasury ETF
$23.88
0.0%
$23.94$23.90358,900667,356Positive News
Nymox Pharmaceutical Co. stock logo
NYMX
Nymox Pharmaceutical
$0.41
-5.3%
$0.40$0.3971,60058,239Gap Down
Kamada Ltd. stock logo
KMDA
Kamada
$4.85
+2.1%
$4.61$4.493,70027,614Upcoming Earnings
Gap Up
NeoGames S.A. stock logo
NGMS
NeoGames
$27.56
+0.0%
$15.50$14.59316,800179,660
Onconova Therapeutics, Inc. stock logo
ONTX
Onconova Therapeutics
$1.18
-1.7%
$0.92$0.8754,700483,344Analyst Report
Gap Up
POINT Biopharma Global Inc. stock logo
PNT
POINT Biopharma Global
$10.30
-1.4%
$7.89$7.48663,900633,125
Pulmonx Co. stock logo
LUNG
Pulmonx
$12.32
-0.6%
$11.75$9.37180,400453,372Positive News
R1 RCM Inc. stock logo
RCM
R1 RCM
$16.86
+0.5%
$15.14$12.983.38 million2.58 millionAnalyst Report
Gap Up
MEI Pharma, Inc. stock logo
MEIP
MEI Pharma
$7.61
+1.7%
$7.32$6.4354,40061,457Analyst Downgrade
P&F Industries, Inc. stock logo
PFIN
P&F Industries
$6.10
+0.5%
$5.36$5.291,5002,715
TCR2 Therapeutics Inc. stock logo
TCRR
TCR2 Therapeutics
$1.88
$1.66$1.3977,100465,766
TScan Therapeutics, Inc. stock logo
TCRX
TScan Therapeutics
$3.20
-2.4%
$2.61$2.37274,400962,124
Revolution Medicines, Inc. stock logo
RVMD
Revolution Medicines
$25.85
+1.9%
$22.95$23.73939,9001.13 million
SoundHound AI, Inc. stock logo
SOUN
SoundHound AI
$2.73
-3.5%
$2.46$2.1611.24 million12.56 millionAnalyst Revision
Gap Down
ProMIS Neurosciences, Inc. stock logo
PMN
ProMIS Neurosciences
$5.60
+0.4%
$5.44$5.285002,916Positive News
Gap Down
Trevi Therapeutics, Inc. stock logo
TRVI
Trevi Therapeutics
$2.40
+2.1%
$2.35$2.27774,40091,534Positive News
Gap Up
High Trading Volume
VYNE Therapeutics Inc. stock logo
VYNE
VYNE Therapeutics
$6.90
+1.8%
$4.32$3.9846,900516,864
Adams Diversified Equity Fund, Inc. stock logo
ADX
Adams Diversified Equity Fund
$15.85
-0.2%
$15.45$15.30113,200224,516Positive News
eBay Inc. stock logo
EBAY
eBay
$43.48
-1.5%
$43.80$44.644.28 million4.73 million
Xenon Pharmaceuticals Inc. stock logo
XENE
Xenon Pharmaceuticals
$41.02
+0.6%
$37.61$37.34158,600399,273
electroCore, Inc. stock logo
ECOR
electroCore
$6.01
+0.2%
$5.60$4.927,00022,630Gap Up
Security National Financial Co. stock logo
SNFCA
Security National Financial
$6.95
-3.5%
$6.90$6.9133,30016,647High Trading Volume
Shockwave Medical, Inc. stock logo
SWAV
Shockwave Medical
$275.15
-0.5%
$250.35$226.02368,800559,091Positive News
VirTra, Inc. stock logo
VTSI
VirTra
$7.42
+0.1%
$5.19$4.83264,60050,966High Trading Volume
Paltalk, Inc. stock logo
PALT
Paltalk
$2.82
+6.0%
$1.98$2.1033,700258,351
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust stock logo
CMU
MFS High Yield Municipal Trust
$3.18
-0.6%
$3.19$3.1955,80064,839Positive News
Worksport Ltd. stock logo
WKSP
Worksport
$2.46
+1.2%
$1.69$1.5378,50074,719
Vulcan Materials stock logo
VMC
Vulcan Materials
$197.22
+0.4%
$175.14$178.13663,000779,447
Ambev S.A. stock logo
ABEV
Ambev
$2.88
-0.7%
$2.82$2.7712.24 million21.77 million
S&P Global Inc. stock logo
SPGI
S&P Global
$365.42
+0.4%
$347.17$349.401.30 million1.29 million
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust stock logo
CEV
Eaton Vance California Municipal Income Trust
$9.93
-0.9%
$10.08$10.0631,30017,260
ForgeRock, Inc. stock logo
FORG
ForgeRock
$19.94
+0.5%
$20.22$20.92634,600776,417
Colgate-Palmolive stock logo
CL
Colgate-Palmolive
$79.93
+0.3%
$76.73$76.153.76 million4.71 millionAnalyst Upgrade
Glaukos Co. stock logo
GKOS
Glaukos
$58.69
-2.1%
$50.80$48.60443,600398,154Insider Selling
AppLovin Co. stock logo
APP
AppLovin
$25.12
+0.2%
$16.67$14.082.22 million3.05 millionInsider Selling
Analyst Revision
Brown & Brown, Inc. stock logo
BRO
Brown & Brown
$66.36
+0.1%
$60.32$58.681.05 million1.25 million
Waste Management, Inc. stock logo
WM
Waste Management
$165.36
+0.2%
$162.70$158.911.45 million1.76 million
STERIS plc stock logo
STE
STERIS
$205.70
-0.5%
$189.84$189.02443,500504,793
Compass, Inc. stock logo
COMP
Compass
$4.07
-3.3%
$3.05$3.102.72 million2.97 millionNews Coverage
MeridianLink, Inc. stock logo
MLNK
MeridianLink
$18.44
+2.6%
$16.17$15.57110,900101,769
Leju Holdings Limited stock logo
LEJU
Leju
$2.03
-1.0%
$1.69$1.5139,500188,524Gap Up
Brookfield Renewable Partners L.P. stock logo
BEP
Brookfield Renewable Partners
$31.58
+0.8%
$30.60$28.8394,500281,080Positive News
Xcel Energy Inc. stock logo
XEL
Xcel Energy
$65.93
+0.1%
$69.58$68.492.10 million2.75 million
ICICI Bank Limited stock logo
IBN
ICICI Bank
$22.99
-0.3%
$21.84$21.751.72 million6.10 millionStock Split
Austin Gold Corp. stock logo
AUST
Austin Gold
$1.06
+3.0%
$1.13$1.0386,900138,911
Medtronic plc stock logo
MDT
Medtronic
$89.33
+0.3%
$84.09$82.006.82 million6.12 millionUpcoming Earnings
Why the Golden Cross is a Significant Trading Signal

Price movement is still one of the key factors in spotting a trend

A golden cross is a technical indicator that is always a predictor of a bullish trend for stocks and other securities. A golden cross forms when a short term moving average crosses over a longer term moving average. In many cases, a simple 50-day and 200-day moving average are used. This is because a longer time frame is usually predictive of a stronger rally.

In this article, we’ll define the phases of a golden cross, explain what moving averages and other indicators traders use to identify and confirm a golden. The article also addresses other topics such as how a golden cross is different from a death cross. And it will touch on some limitations to using the golden cross as a trading tool.

There are three distinct phases that investors look for when identifying a golden cross.

  • The first phase is when a security bottoms out. This indicates that selling volume is low.
  • Next, the price begins to trend upwards until the short term (or fast) moving average crosses over the long term (or slow) moving average. This is when the cross occurs.
  • The last step is a continued uptrend that signals a profitable golden cross trade.

What Simple Moving Averages do Traders Use to Identify a Golden Cross?

In general, investors look at 50-day and 200-day moving averages as the fast and slow moving averages. This is because longer moving averages tend to indicate longer, more sustained breakouts.

However, day traders will frequently use 15 minute or 30 minute moving averages for fast intraday trading. The real decision for investors when interpreting buy and sell signals is how quickly they want to enter and exit the trade.

A simple moving average is calculated by adding up the closing prices for each of the time periods represented and divide it by the overall time frame. So a simple five-day moving average is calculating by adding up the closing prices for the previous five trading days and dividing by five.

Day 1

$20

Day 2

$20.25

Day 3

$20.17

Day 4

$20.32

Day 5

$20.23

 

The moving average is (20 + 20.25 + 20.17 + 20.32 + 20.23)/5 = 100.97/5 = 20.19 SMA

At the close of the next trading day, the most recent closing price replaces the oldest price and which resets the moving average. Day traders will look for much shorter time frames such as the 5-period and 15-period moving averages as they are only concerned with profiting from intra-day price movement.

The time period of the chart can also be adjusted. Day traders may want to look at candlestick charts that are adjusted every minute or every hour. Long-term traders may be more interested in charts that show price movement in weeks or months. Like the moving average, the length of time makes a difference in how investors interpret a breakout. The longer the time frame, the stronger a golden cross breakout will tend to be.

In addition to using a simple moving average, some investors use other moving averages such as an exponential moving average (EMA) or volume-weighted moving average (VWMA) as the reference point for a golden cross.

  • Using an exponential moving average (EMA) – An exponential moving average is similar to a standard moving average with a multiplier being used that assigns more weight to recent closing prices. For some investors, this makes the EMA a more accurate indicator of price movement.
  • Using a volume-weighted moving average (VWMA) – The volume weighted moving average is similar to the exponential moving average except it puts more emphasis on the trading periods with the highest volumes. This is significant because most sustained price moves are supported by high trading volumes and can create a golden cross signal earlier than using an SMA or EMA. The VWMA is one of the best tools for detecting both when a trend is coming and when it is ending. When viewed on a daily chart, a VWMA line may appear to have more waves in it – this reflects periods of higher trading volume.
  • Using a VWMA with an SMA – In this strategy, traders can use a VWMA as their short-term moving average with an SMA as their long-term moving average. The rationale behind using the VWMA for the short-term moving average is because the short-term moving average is considered the fast moving average and is always the trigger for a golden cross. As such, the VWMA is more sensitive to a higher trading volume.

Because the golden cross is a single event, it requires sustained upward price movement to become a profitable investment. Therefore investors should use momentum indicators such as relative strength index (RSI) to help determine whether the stock they are looking at is overbought or oversold.

The RSI is an oscillator that assigns a value between 0 and 100. A security with a value above 70 is delivering an overbought (or overvalued) signal. Conversely, a security with a value below is delivering an oversold (or undervalued) indicator. Like the golden cross itself, the RSI is a lagging indicator so it is possible for prices to continue to rise even as the RSI registers an overbought condition. Similarly, the RSI may be signaling an oversold condition but the prices continue to move down. With this in mind, traders should use the oscillator in the context of the prevailing trend.

Similar to the relative strength index, another technical indicator that can be used to confirm a golden cross is the moving average convergence divergence (MACD).  The MACD shows the relationship between two exponential moving averages (the 26-day and the 12-day) which is called the MACD line. A separate nine-day EMA of the MACD is called a signal line and is shown on a daily chart as sitting on top of the MACD line. The idea is that when a security crosses above the signal line, it is a buy signal. When it crosses below the signal line it is a sell signal.

Candlestick charts are considered by some technical analysts to be a more reliable indicator of price movement. A candlestick chart clusters data for multiple time periods into single “candles”. The significance of a particular candle comes from its size, color and shading. All of these give traders more detailed information about overall price movement, thus making a golden cross more significant.

The golden cross and death cross are often times linked together. In fact, the death cross is sometimes referred to as a variation on the golden cross. Both the golden cross and death cross confirm the reversal of a trend marked by a short-term moving average crossing over a long-term moving average.

The difference between the two indicators is the direction. A golden cross is always a bullish indicator because it is showing a short-term moving average that is trending upwards. A death cross by contrast occurs when a short-term moving average crosses below a long-term moving average. This is a bearish signal. Experienced investors may use a death cross as a trading signal to take a short position on a stock. It is possible for frequently traded stocks to display a number of golden cross and death cross indicators over a period of time.

Like most technical indicators, the golden cross is a lagging indicator. This means it is only in evidence after the price movement has already happened. As we pointed out above, the third stage of a profitable golden cross pattern is sustained price movement to the upside. In many cases, a golden cross may be short-lived. If a trader takes a long position, they could be left with a losing trade. Therefore, it’s important to use different signals and indicators such as stochastic oscillators to make a more educated guess as to a trade’s direction. And, like all trades, investors need to let their own risk parameters guide their trading.

The golden cross is one of the strongest indicators of strong market sentiment in favor of a security. Most commonly defined as occurring when a short-term simple moving average (SMA) crosses above a longer-term SMA, other moving averages or a combination of moving averages can be used.

A golden cross is always a bullish signal. Conversely, a death cross is always a bearish signal. The difference between the two crosses is the direction that the security is moving. Like many technical indicators, the golden cross is a lagging indicator which means that it is only reflecting an event that has already occurred.  For investors looking to predict the strength of a golden cross, they should look at other momentum indicators such as the Relative Strength Index (RSI) or Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) lines to get a better sense of overbought or oversold sentiment among investors.


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