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What is Golden Cross?

the 50-day average crossing above the 200-day average.

The number

Golden Cross is the 50-day average crossing above the 200-day average.

What it means

it means the medium-term trend just overtook the long-term trend to the upside.

Why it matters

it's the most famous long-term bull trigger in technical analysis, funds trade it.

From the desk

The desk watches this alongside the nine Pulse Score signals when reading a coin. See Methodology for how the score fuses its inputs.

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volatility compressing until the Bollinger Bands pinch tight

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price and momentum disagreeing, new highs with weaker RSI, or new lows with stronger RSI

Explainer generated Sep 24, 2026 from the desk glossary. Not financial advice.