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Finaxion Research · Trend following · Updated 2026-09-10

The golden cross (50/200)

Works in few markets

Its ground: forex, on 4-hour, buying several assets in signal — it beats in 58 of 961 combinations.

Markets beaten
39 / 489
Vs. index
-1.4 pts/yr
Total return
×21
Sharpe
0.44
Max drawdown
-33.7%
Trades
31
10×19941997200020032006200920122015201820212024
StrategyBuy and hold

Detail on the index (S&P 500), which is the reference for the chart, the robustness suite and the neighbours.

What works and what does not in The golden cross (50/200)?

The golden cross (50/200) beats buy-and-hold in 10 of 40 markets (25%), mostly on forex pairs, while it does worst on cryptocurrencies with 0 of 14. It works as a portfolio, not as a single stock: as a basket it beats in 3 of 3, but asset by asset in only 55 of 958. Of the 39 daily markets where it beats, 19 hold out of sample (49%), and no neighbouring parameter beats the index, indicating the published setting is a point, not a region.

  1. The golden cross (50/200) beats buy-and-hold mostly on forex pairs: 10 of 40 markets (25%).
  2. It does worst on cryptocurrencies: it beats in 0 of 14.
  3. It works as a portfolio, not as a single stock: as a basket it beats in 3 of 3, asset by asset in 55 of 958.
  4. Of the 39 daily markets where it beats, 19 hold out of sample (49%).
  5. No neighbouring parameter beats the index: the published setting is a point, not a region.
  6. It improves as the bar gets longer: on 5-minute bars it beats in 1 of 118; on 4-hour bars, in 10 of 118.
  7. Its best daily market is SHOP: +30.5 points a year over the S&P 500 across 11 years, 10 trades.
  8. Its worst daily market is NCLH: -29.7 points a year against the S&P 500.

Findings derived from the full panel. Each carries its number and its denominator; the computations are reproducible with artifact 8fb75dc6eee1.

The promise

“When the 50-day moving average crosses above the 200-day, a bull market begins: buy. When it crosses below (the death cross), sell.”

Exactly what we tested

Long while the 50-day SMA is above the 200-day SMA; flat when it is below. Next-close execution. No leverage, no stop.

Why

In every market

Indices and ETFs · 1 / 6 · against the s&p 500 over the same window: 1 / 6

AssetReturnBuy and holdDifferenceVs. S&P 500 (CAGR/yr)TradesOut of sample
S&P 500 (SPY)+1984.3%+3081.0%-1096.7%-1.4 pts31MARGINAL
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)+1634.7%+1565.8%+68.8%+2.4 pts33OVERFIT
Russell 2000 (IWM)+74.0%+801.9%-727.9%-6.5 pts37OVERFIT
Emergentes (EEM)+230.8%+830.9%-600.1%-6.4 pts35OVERFIT
Oro (GLD)+435.7%+820.3%-384.6%-2.9 pts28OVERFIT
Bonos 20 años (TLT)+41.1%+131.2%-90.1%-9.8 pts44OVERFIT

Balanced portfolio: Dow 30 (max 10 positions) · 1 / 1 · against the s&p 500 over the same window: 1 / 1

AssetReturnBuy and holdDifferenceVs. S&P 500 (CAGR/yr)TradesOut of sample
Dow 30 (cartera) (30 · max 10)+29587.8%+3081.0%+26506.8%+7.6 pts676

Balanced portfolio: Nasdaq-100 (max 20 positions) · 1 / 1 · against the s&p 500 over the same window: 1 / 1

AssetReturnBuy and holdDifferenceVs. S&P 500 (CAGR/yr)TradesOut of sample
Nasdaq-100 (cartera) (98 · max 20)+67971.8%+3081.0%+64890.8%+10.6 pts1474

Balanced portfolio: S&P 500 (max 25 positions) · 1 / 1 · against the s&p 500 over the same window: 1 / 1

AssetReturnBuy and holdDifferenceVs. S&P 500 (CAGR/yr)TradesOut of sample
S&P 500 (cartera) (498 · max 25)+9023.1%+3081.0%+5942.0%+3.5 pts2024

Stocks, one by one (Dow 30 + Nasdaq-100) · 31 / 470 · against the s&p 500 over the same window: 68 / 216

AssetReturnBuy and holdDifferenceVs. S&P 500 (CAGR/yr)TradesOut of sample
AAPL+18579.7%+322813.1%-304233.4%before 199359OVERFIT
AMGN+16451.9%+187272.6%-170820.7%before 199371OVERFIT
AMZN+27147.8%+265196.1%-238048.3%+11.5 pts33OVERFIT
AXP+903.0%+27029.4%-26126.4%before 199387OVERFIT
BA+76394.3%+108724.7%-32330.4%before 199381GENERALIZED
CAT+11209.0%+172708.3%-161499.3%before 199395OVERFIT
CRM+944.7%+5992.9%-5048.2%+0.2 pts30OVERFIT
CSCO+108001.4%+222956.6%-114955.2%before 199339MARGINAL
CVX+7562.8%+68037.6%-60474.8%before 199391MARGINAL
DIS+9450.9%+189847.3%-180396.4%before 199394OVERFIT
GOOGL+1455.0%+13534.3%-12079.3%+2.0 pts27OVERFIT
GS+313.6%+2027.1%-1713.6%-3.1 pts41OVERFIT
HD+47666.5%+1985758.9%-1938092.4%before 199354MARGINAL
HON+1839.2%+21058.8%-19219.6%before 199399OVERFIT
IBM+960.3%+16203.8%-15243.5%before 199398OVERFIT
JNJ+17191.6%+445196.6%-428005.0%before 199391OVERFIT
JPM+1753.7%+34522.5%-32768.7%before 199369OVERFIT
KO+23856.7%+199349.6%-175492.9%before 199389MARGINAL
MCD+3762.3%+236707.0%-232944.6%before 199390GENERALIZED
MMM+4368.0%+31160.0%-26792.0%before 199383OVERFIT
MRK+56948.3%+233375.1%-176426.8%before 199377OVERFIT
MSFT+47098.5%+859506.0%-812407.5%before 199357OVERFIT
NKE+6523.0%+32003.7%-25480.7%before 199360GENERALIZED
NVDA+315177.4%+587720.8%-272543.4%+25.2 pts27OVERFIT
PG+2229.4%+59706.6%-57477.2%before 199391OVERFIT
SHW+5847.3%+231766.6%-225919.2%before 199367OVERFIT
TRV+442.8%+12287.7%-11844.9%before 199375OVERFIT
UNH+23770.3%+353381.4%-329611.1%before 199349OVERFIT
V+1543.2%+2961.1%-1417.9%+4.3 pts17INCONCLUSIVE
WMT+54637.4%+915365.3%-860728.0%before 199378MARGINAL
ABNBn/a · history < 10y (5.7y)
ADBE+1212.3%+147731.1%-146518.8%before 199354OVERFIT
ADI+3030.1%+81534.0%-78504.0%before 199359OVERFIT
ADP+6690.0%+74205.9%-67515.9%before 199363MARGINAL
ADSK+447.3%+58084.6%-57637.2%before 199372OVERFIT
AEP+3969.3%+13797.6%-9828.3%before 199383OVERFIT
ALABn/a · history < 10y (2.4y)
ALNY+135.9%+3338.4%-3202.5%-7.1 pts32OVERFIT
AMAT+35565.1%+664974.8%-629409.7%before 199365OVERFIT
AMD+1736.2%+14863.3%-13127.0%before 199371OVERFIT
APPn/a · history < 10y (5.4y)
ARMn/a · history < 10y (3.0y)
ASML+27407.5%+96277.5%-68870.0%+8.6 pts37MARGINAL
AVGO+3344.3%+32512.1%-29167.8%+8.4 pts27INCONCLUSIVE
AXON+13820.4%+123065.2%-109244.8%+12.2 pts39OVERFIT
BKNG+517.7%+922.2%-404.5%-1.7 pts37OVERFIT
BKR+87.5%+933.9%-846.4%before 199361OVERFIT
CCEP+1474.6%+7081.8%-5607.2%before 199363OVERFIT
CDNS+583.6%+16839.0%-16255.4%before 199359OVERFIT
CEGn/a · history < 10y (4.6y)
CMCSA+2010.1%+47049.9%-45039.8%before 199366MARGINAL
COST+688.0%+12800.7%-12112.7%before 199364OVERFIT
CPRT+4147.5%+21554.9%-17407.4%+1.4 pts42OVERFIT
CRWDn/a · history < 10y (7.2y)
CSX+2334.5%+40426.1%-38091.6%before 199361OVERFIT
CTAS+2921.5%+123411.3%-120489.8%before 199357OVERFIT
DASHn/a · history < 10y (5.7y)
DDOGn/a · history < 10y (6.9y)
DXCM+1749.8%+3002.6%-1252.7%+3.4 pts31OVERFIT
EAn/a · history < 10y (9.0y)
EXC+5753.0%+17730.6%-11977.6%before 199365OVERFIT
FANG+621.2%+1406.8%-785.6%+0.5 pts17INCONCLUSIVE
FAST+5783.3%+262350.7%-256567.4%before 199355MARGINAL
FER+85.2%+593.7%-508.5%-10.3 pts20INCONCLUSIVE
FTNT+538.7%+10184.6%-9645.9%-2.5 pts33INCONCLUSIVE
GEHCn/a · history < 10y (3.7y)
GILD+996.7%+33594.8%-32598.1%before 199361OVERFIT
HONAn/a · history < 10y (0.2y)
IDXX+2838.0%+58789.5%-55951.4%before 199356MARGINAL
INTC+9564.9%+49216.9%-39651.9%before 199361OVERFIT
INTU+1260.2%+15430.2%-14170.0%-2.7 pts44OVERFIT
ISRG+3202.5%+18484.9%-15282.4%+5.9 pts50MARGINAL
KDP+361.6%+1090.2%-728.6%-3.0 pts27INCONCLUSIVE
KHC-33.4%-42.2%+8.8%-17.9 pts17INCONCLUSIVE
KLAC+13472.1%+289399.1%-275927.0%before 199361OVERFIT
LIN+1126.6%+10777.0%-9650.4%before 199343OVERFIT
LITE+714.0%+5280.9%-4567.0%+6.6 pts21INCONCLUSIVE
LRCX+24514.2%+159814.6%-135300.3%before 199355OVERFIT
MAR+664.5%+2539.5%-1875.0%-1.5 pts31MARGINAL
MCHP+523.1%+41961.5%-41438.4%-5.2 pts51MARGINAL
MDLZ+29.9%+461.4%-431.5%-8.4 pts41OVERFIT
MELI+789.4%+6911.0%-6121.7%+1.0 pts24INCONCLUSIVE
META+1038.9%+1410.2%-371.3%+3.4 pts16INCONCLUSIVE
MNST+14662.4%+61968.9%-47306.5%before 199356OVERFIT
MPWR+1229.2%+15002.1%-13772.9%+1.6 pts27OVERFIT
MRVL+1009.6%+1645.0%-635.5%+1.2 pts29OVERFIT
MSTR+7471.0%+1158.6%+6312.4%+7.6 pts38MARGINAL
MU+50789.7%+70877.8%-20088.1%before 199357MARGINAL
NFLX+38052.2%+67643.2%-29591.0%+17.5 pts26GENERALIZED
NXPI+182.5%+1721.2%-1538.6%-8.0 pts15INCONCLUSIVE
ODFL+6757.7%+36444.7%-29687.0%before 199341MARGINAL
ORLY+15597.3%+55255.7%-39658.5%+5.5 pts30GENERALIZED
PANW+366.1%+4215.4%-3849.3%-3.4 pts19INCONCLUSIVE
PCAR+2890.5%+57106.4%-54215.9%before 199365MARGINAL
PDDn/a · history < 10y (8.1y)
PEP+3233.5%+37760.7%-34527.2%before 199366OVERFIT
PLTRn/a · history < 10y (5.9y)
PYPL+235.5%+44.7%+190.8%-2.8 pts11INCONCLUSIVE
QCOM+562.4%+50430.1%-49867.7%before 199359OVERFIT
REGN+85.9%+3718.3%-3632.4%before 199362OVERFIT
ROP+3085.4%+26003.6%-22918.2%before 199344MARGINAL
ROST+6272.1%+55801.1%-49529.1%before 199351MARGINAL
SBUX+1774.0%+43019.5%-41245.5%before 199347OVERFIT
SHOP+6150.6%+8568.8%-2418.2%+30.5 pts10INCONCLUSIVE
SNDKn/a · history < 10y (1.5y)
SNPS+315.2%+5482.1%-5166.9%before 199356OVERFIT
STX+6337.7%+15614.6%-9276.9%+7.8 pts29OVERFIT
TER+5191.0%+31309.8%-26118.7%before 199379OVERFIT
TMUS+454.8%+318.0%+136.8%-1.6 pts22INCONCLUSIVE
TRI+511.9%+578.4%-66.5%-2.9 pts32OVERFIT
TSLA+2384.3%+23002.8%-20618.4%+6.9 pts30INCONCLUSIVE
TTWO+20.7%+5509.7%-5489.0%-9.4 pts49OVERFIT
TXN+3462.3%+38040.6%-34578.3%before 199383OVERFIT
VRTX+66.8%+12000.4%-11933.6%before 199369OVERFIT
WBD+268.9%+302.2%-33.2%-4.7 pts36MARGINAL
WDAY+41.1%+305.5%-264.4%-12.3 pts22INCONCLUSIVE
WDC+2473.3%+66202.2%-63728.9%before 199367OVERFIT
XEL+2556.0%+7388.9%-4832.9%before 199373OVERFIT
A+191.2%+486.3%-295.1%-4.3 pts43OVERFIT
ABBV+247.2%+1156.0%-908.8%-5.3 pts25INCONCLUSIVE
ABT+5635.9%+62056.2%-56420.2%before 199354MARGINAL
ACGL+2609.7%+4268.0%-1658.3%+0.7 pts35OVERFIT
ACN+412.3%+1726.5%-1314.2%-2.8 pts36OVERFIT
ADM+730.3%+9265.6%-8535.3%before 199375OVERFIT
AEE+167.8%+813.9%-646.1%-5.8 pts41OVERFIT
AES+1930.6%+647.5%+1283.1%before 199349OVERFIT
AFL+17811.8%+205848.4%-188036.6%before 199369MARGINAL
AIG+2352.0%+468.3%+1883.7%before 199373OVERFIT
AIZ+703.3%+1585.5%-882.2%-1.2 pts33OVERFIT
AJG+5561.1%+41899.5%-36338.4%before 199351OVERFIT
AKAM+2580.0%-25.2%+2605.2%+4.6 pts37OVERFIT
ALB+1058.2%+3091.3%-2033.2%-3.1 pts52OVERFIT
ALGN+995.6%+846.9%+148.7%+1.0 pts31OVERFIT
ALL+3800.2%+3674.2%+126.0%+0.8 pts35MARGINAL
ALLE+44.0%+265.9%-221.9%-11.0 pts18INCONCLUSIVE
AMCR-56.4%+100.6%-157.1%-20.7 pts27INCONCLUSIVE
AME+1141.8%+25325.0%-24183.2%before 199355OVERFIT
AMP+886.6%+2154.1%-1267.5%+0.4 pts31MARGINAL
AMT+1336.9%+1310.2%+26.7%+0.7 pts40MARGINAL
ANET+998.1%+5592.8%-4594.7%+8.0 pts15INCONCLUSIVE
AON+1161.0%+29815.0%-28654.0%before 199371OVERFIT
AOS+1609.4%+13924.9%-12315.5%before 199364OVERFIT
APA-11.5%+2417.2%-2428.7%before 199373OVERFIT
APD+710.7%+20722.2%-20011.5%before 199369MARGINAL
APH+13085.7%+146951.6%-133865.8%before 199339MARGINAL
APO+437.1%+1845.9%-1408.8%-2.5 pts26INCONCLUSIVE
APTV+116.6%+174.0%-57.4%-9.8 pts22INCONCLUSIVE
ARE+199.5%+624.3%-424.7%-5.8 pts35OVERFIT
ARES+441.2%+1191.9%-750.7%+0.8 pts20INCONCLUSIVE
ATO+1599.0%+13696.4%-12097.4%before 199366MARGINAL
AVB-12.4%+42.3%-54.7%-16.5 pts11INCONCLUSIVE
AVY+140.0%+8544.4%-8404.4%before 199388OVERFIT
AWK+351.4%+950.9%-599.5%-3.3 pts27INCONCLUSIVE
AZO+1337.4%+40631.8%-39294.4%before 199350OVERFIT
BAC+565.3%+4053.1%-3487.8%before 199397OVERFIT
BALL+3428.1%+49568.6%-46140.5%before 199385OVERFIT
BAX+775.6%+1778.4%-1002.8%before 199373OVERFIT
BBY+418.7%+89506.6%-89087.9%before 199377MARGINAL
BDX+906.7%+21440.4%-20533.7%before 199391MARGINAL
BEN+28810.6%+130378.8%-101568.2%before 199355OVERFIT
BF-B+1532.2%+14873.5%-13341.3%before 199369MARGINAL
BG+348.0%+1105.5%-757.5%-3.4 pts45OVERFIT
BIIB+745.7%+6832.8%-6087.1%before 199357OVERFIT
BLDR+282.8%+393.7%-110.9%-4.6 pts30OVERFIT
BLK+643.1%+13724.5%-13081.4%-1.0 pts45OVERFIT
BMY+3661.4%+23662.6%-20001.2%before 199381OVERFIT
BNY+2078.2%+32230.3%-30152.2%before 199377OVERFIT
BR+298.6%+1234.2%-935.7%-3.6 pts24INCONCLUSIVE
BRK-B+865.9%+2072.5%-1206.7%-2.6 pts37MARGINAL
BRO+21253.7%+76212.8%-54959.0%before 199360MARGINAL
BSX+253.1%+1028.2%-775.0%before 199350OVERFIT
BX+558.8%+1023.3%-464.5%-0.5 pts29INCONCLUSIVE
BXP+20.0%+888.9%-869.0%-8.9 pts53OVERFIT
C+661.9%+1897.9%-1236.1%before 199367OVERFIT
CAH+4936.2%+39284.8%-34348.5%before 199365MARGINAL
CARRn/a · history < 10y (6.5y)
CASY+4318.7%+80461.2%-76142.6%before 199365OVERFIT
CB+1244.5%+6587.6%-5343.1%-2.7 pts37OVERFIT
CBOE+334.1%+1060.1%-726.0%-5.1 pts22INCONCLUSIVE
CBRE+591.5%+2283.8%-1692.3%-1.8 pts30OVERFIT
CCI+1968.1%+899.9%+1068.2%+2.4 pts42MARGINAL
CCL+317.2%+1154.4%-837.1%before 199368OVERFIT
CDW+311.5%+858.2%-546.7%-3.1 pts13INCONCLUSIVE
CF+1309.5%+5815.9%-4506.4%+2.4 pts29OVERFIT
CFG-1.5%+349.9%-351.4%-13.9 pts19INCONCLUSIVE
CHD+1589.2%+93736.5%-92147.4%before 199375OVERFIT
CHRW+448.3%+4307.6%-3859.3%-3.3 pts47MARGINAL
CHTR+565.2%+335.5%+229.7%-2.1 pts16INCONCLUSIVE
CI+2783.1%+12980.8%-10197.7%before 199365MARGINAL
CIEN+312.7%+195.6%+117.1%-4.9 pts45MARGINAL
CINF+11208.2%+41545.9%-30337.7%before 199361MARGINAL
CL+1165.7%+20919.0%-19753.3%before 199395OVERFIT
CLX+316.1%+6184.2%-5868.1%before 199390OVERFIT
CME+1474.5%+6884.2%-5409.7%+1.0 pts28OVERFIT
CMG+3211.6%+4221.6%-1010.0%+7.4 pts20OVERFIT
CMI+1218.2%+28968.2%-27750.1%before 199381OVERFIT
CMS+5555.4%+630.8%+4924.6%before 199365MARGINAL
CNC+268.8%+4388.8%-4120.1%-4.6 pts43OVERFIT
CNP+4637.8%+13998.0%-9360.2%before 199399OVERFIT
COF+268.3%+5724.6%-5456.2%-6.9 pts49OVERFIT
COHR+3087.0%+68288.9%-65201.9%before 199363MARGINAL
COINn/a · history < 10y (5.4y)
COO+2215.9%+879.8%+1336.1%before 199354OVERFIT
COP+622.2%+13561.7%-12939.4%before 199375OVERFIT
COR+1787.6%+17062.1%-15274.4%-1.1 pts40OVERFIT
CPAY+501.3%+1383.7%-882.3%-2.2 pts19INCONCLUSIVE
CPT+1097.7%+2453.9%-1356.2%-3.1 pts39MARGINAL
CRH+228.8%+7617.9%-7389.0%before 199354OVERFIT
CRL+122.7%+1210.2%-1087.5%-5.4 pts37OVERFIT
CSGP-54.6%+3390.6%-3445.3%-11.6 pts48OVERFIT
CTSH+724.0%+35498.3%-34774.2%-1.2 pts48MARGINAL
CTVAn/a · history < 10y (7.3y)
CVNAn/a · history < 10y (9.3y)
CVS+6918.3%+15658.6%-8740.4%before 199367MARGINAL
D+4744.3%+17762.4%-13018.1%before 199357MARGINAL
DAL-39.0%+339.1%-378.0%-13.3 pts37INCONCLUSIVE
DD+2455.1%+10113.6%-7658.6%before 199389MARGINAL
DE+1180.4%+101089.1%-99908.7%before 199393MARGINAL
DECK+7444.8%+7024.7%+420.0%+3.3 pts44OVERFIT
DELL+1104.0%+4059.8%-2955.8%+13.1 pts15INCONCLUSIVE
DG+237.5%+550.3%-312.8%-6.8 pts24INCONCLUSIVE
DGX+517.9%+9626.0%-9108.1%-3.8 pts41OVERFIT
DHI+631.4%+13111.0%-12479.6%before 199357OVERFIT
DHR+6134.0%+483557.2%-477423.3%before 199370OVERFIT
DLR+324.1%+3540.7%-3216.6%-4.3 pts37OVERFIT
DLTR+759.0%+10731.5%-9972.5%-4.0 pts43OVERFIT
DOC+780.2%+6136.8%-5356.7%before 199359MARGINAL
DOV+601.9%+29264.8%-28663.0%before 199363MARGINAL
DOWn/a · history < 10y (7.4y)
DPZ+1654.6%+5638.6%-3984.0%+2.7 pts26MARGINAL
DRI+784.0%+6998.7%-6214.7%-3.6 pts45MARGINAL
DTE+6034.2%+35264.3%-29230.2%before 199389OVERFIT
DUK+4700.1%+16239.0%-11538.9%before 199351MARGINAL
DVA+766.7%+4219.3%-3452.6%-3.3 pts47OVERFIT
DVN+6104.4%+1411.9%+4692.5%before 199351MARGINAL
EBAY+1207.9%+14035.1%-12827.2%+0.4 pts41OVERFIT
ECHO+210.9%+227.3%-16.4%-5.1 pts28INCONCLUSIVE
ECL+383.9%+20174.1%-19790.2%before 199389OVERFIT
ED+12903.2%+45081.6%-32178.4%before 199383MARGINAL
EFX+2627.4%+77234.4%-74606.9%before 199360OVERFIT
EG+766.5%+2975.7%-2209.3%-3.3 pts41OVERFIT
EIX+1905.4%+14610.5%-12705.1%before 199363OVERFIT
EL+272.9%+1551.3%-1278.4%-6.1 pts48OVERFIT
ELV+273.7%+2326.9%-2053.2%-4.8 pts37OVERFIT
EME+9332.0%+59203.5%-49871.5%+4.3 pts45OVERFIT
EMR+418.0%+19839.1%-19421.1%before 199389OVERFIT
EOG+760.8%+9279.7%-8518.9%before 199355OVERFIT
EQIX+831.2%+240.5%+590.7%+0.5 pts33OVERFIT
EQR+25.4%+44.2%-18.8%-12.9 pts11INCONCLUSIVE
EQT+2991.8%+19557.1%-16565.4%before 199376MARGINAL
ERIE+452.3%+3362.8%-2910.6%-4.9 pts38OVERFIT
ES+584.1%+2960.1%-2376.0%before 199373OVERFIT
ESS+2002.1%+5274.8%-3272.7%-1.1 pts49OVERFIT
ETN+3520.1%+116541.5%-113021.4%before 199379MARGINAL
ETR+3873.7%+19797.9%-15924.2%before 199373MARGINAL
EVRG+7139.1%+5086.7%+2052.4%before 199363GENERALIZED
EW+993.5%+6500.0%-5506.5%+1.3 pts35OVERFIT
EXEn/a · history < 10y (5.6y)
EXPD+5383.9%+148324.6%-142940.7%before 199355OVERFIT
EXPE+42.7%+916.1%-873.4%-9.4 pts37OVERFIT
EXR+1847.1%+2698.9%-851.9%+3.1 pts23MARGINAL
F+1074.5%+6752.4%-5677.9%before 199393OVERFIT
FCX+176.0%+1061.6%-885.6%-7.3 pts57OVERFIT
FDS+157.8%+9088.9%-8931.1%-7.1 pts53OVERFIT
FDX+2711.5%+53776.9%-51065.4%before 199379MARGINAL
FDXFn/a · history < 10y (0.3y)
FE+235.1%+563.0%-327.9%-5.2 pts41OVERFIT
FFIV+249.0%+5374.0%-5125.1%-3.8 pts39OVERFIT
FICO+7092.6%+94747.8%-87655.2%before 199354OVERFIT
FIS+290.3%+363.8%-73.4%-3.9 pts26OVERFIT
FITB+17410.6%+28280.0%-10869.4%before 199351MARGINAL
FIX+1428.7%+11966.2%-10537.6%+0.3 pts43OVERFIT
FLEX+3537.9%+7898.6%-4360.7%+0.8 pts43OVERFIT
FOXn/a · history < 10y (7.5y)
FOXAn/a · history < 10y (7.5y)
FRT+6650.0%+24360.2%-17710.2%before 199363OVERFIT
FSLR+193.6%+716.1%-522.5%-5.4 pts28OVERFIT
FTV-31.7%+100.1%-131.8%-19.2 pts15INCONCLUSIVE
GD+23184.2%+221689.9%-198505.6%before 199383OVERFIT
GDDY+92.6%+389.4%-296.8%-8.1 pts14INCONCLUSIVE
GE+15693.6%+54356.2%-38662.6%before 199391OVERFIT
GEN+2792.6%+12085.6%-9293.0%before 199351OVERFIT
GEVn/a · history < 10y (2.4y)
GIS+2260.8%+15015.5%-12754.7%before 199362OVERFIT
GL+217.1%+12680.6%-12463.5%before 199369OVERFIT
GLW+58672.4%+19301.2%+39371.2%before 199359MARGINAL
GM+96.4%+240.1%-143.7%-10.1 pts29INCONCLUSIVE
GNRC+1040.5%+2091.1%-1050.6%+1.3 pts21INCONCLUSIVE
GPC+1223.5%+12785.5%-11562.1%before 199373OVERFIT
GPN+333.7%+2567.9%-2234.1%-3.1 pts35OVERFIT
GRMN+4746.8%+5377.3%-630.6%+7.4 pts29GENERALIZED
GWW+795.8%+55300.2%-54504.3%before 199393OVERFIT
HAL+423.1%+2860.8%-2437.6%before 199374OVERFIT
HAS+28178.6%+201529.8%-173351.2%before 199366OVERFIT
HBAN+540.3%+3799.5%-3259.2%before 199375OVERFIT
HCA+268.0%+1699.7%-1431.7%-5.3 pts20INCONCLUSIVE
HIG+1144.4%+951.1%+193.3%-1.8 pts37OVERFIT
HII+474.8%+883.6%-408.9%-2.2 pts20INCONCLUSIVE
HLT+318.9%+659.1%-340.2%-2.1 pts11INCONCLUSIVE
HOODn/a · history < 10y (5.1y)
HPE+105.4%+625.0%-519.7%-8.0 pts19INCONCLUSIVE
HPQ+8569.5%+77945.5%-69376.1%before 199389OVERFIT
HRL+1335.0%+19046.1%-17711.1%before 199367MARGINAL
HSIC+268.6%+1913.1%-1644.5%-6.2 pts47OVERFIT
HST+2973.2%+12843.9%-9870.6%before 199369MARGINAL
HSY+4732.4%+53964.6%-49232.2%before 199362MARGINAL
HUBB+419.5%+3853.5%-3434.0%-5.7 pts41OVERFIT
HUM+963.6%+20168.9%-19205.3%before 199365OVERFIT
HWMn/a · history < 10y (9.8y)
IBKR+533.3%+1526.1%-992.8%-0.7 pts33INCONCLUSIVE
ICE+500.3%+2307.9%-1807.6%-2.2 pts24OVERFIT
IEX+104.3%+12761.2%-12656.9%before 199361OVERFIT
IFF+255.1%+4754.9%-4499.9%before 199377OVERFIT
INCY+843.0%+6471.7%-5628.7%-3.8 pts49OVERFIT
INVHn/a · history < 10y (9.6y)
IP+473.4%+4590.1%-4116.8%before 199397OVERFIT
IQV+24.6%+520.3%-495.6%-12.6 pts23INCONCLUSIVE
IRn/a · history < 10y (9.3y)
IRM+86.7%+9911.6%-9824.9%-8.3 pts51OVERFIT
IT+3408.0%+6431.0%-3023.0%+0.6 pts40MARGINAL
ITW+2433.0%+51254.1%-48821.1%before 199371OVERFIT
IVZ+326.1%+1093.8%-767.7%-5.9 pts45OVERFIT
J+1009.0%+33544.7%-32535.7%before 199371OVERFIT
JBHT+268.3%+24926.6%-24658.3%before 199363OVERFIT
JBL+6938.7%+41217.7%-34279.0%+2.7 pts43OVERFIT
JCI+857.0%+4376.5%-3519.5%before 199355OVERFIT
JKHY+14381.2%+71288.2%-56907.0%before 199352OVERFIT
KEY+409.3%+1405.6%-996.3%before 199351MARGINAL
KEYS+484.1%+1042.3%-558.2%+1.7 pts11INCONCLUSIVE
KIM+1268.6%+3036.5%-1767.9%before 199341MARGINAL
KKR+150.3%+1784.9%-1634.5%-8.9 pts20INCONCLUSIVE
KMB+2565.1%+16039.9%-13474.8%before 199371OVERFIT
KMI+41.2%+117.5%-76.3%-11.7 pts23INCONCLUSIVE
KR+30240.7%+182706.1%-152465.4%before 199394OVERFIT
KVUEn/a · history < 10y (3.3y)
L+4954.0%+22398.8%-17444.8%before 199363OVERFIT
LDOS+66.0%+530.2%-464.2%-8.5 pts38OVERFIT
LEN+12567.9%+29032.9%-16465.0%before 199370OVERFIT
LH+1908.0%+1408.2%+499.7%before 199349MARGINAL
LHX+583.2%+8519.5%-7936.4%before 199368OVERFIT
LII+631.6%+3122.4%-2490.8%-0.9 pts36OVERFIT
LLY+4945.9%+129720.0%-124774.2%before 199383OVERFIT
LMT+3377.2%+67444.7%-64067.5%before 199394OVERFIT
LNT+2079.1%+9408.5%-7329.4%before 199371OVERFIT
LOW+593.0%+77328.4%-76735.4%before 199378OVERFIT
LULU+465.0%+759.0%-294.0%-1.6 pts28INCONCLUSIVE
LUV+1826.7%+24508.5%-22681.8%before 199367OVERFIT
LVS+710.4%+50.3%+660.1%-0.8 pts30OVERFIT
LYB+122.1%+648.8%-526.7%-9.0 pts23INCONCLUSIVE
LYV+267.0%+1558.0%-1290.9%-4.6 pts23OVERFIT
MA+2174.3%+14066.9%-11892.7%+5.4 pts25OVERFIT
MAA+939.0%+3525.2%-2586.2%-3.4 pts39OVERFIT
MAS+753.4%+7423.1%-6669.7%before 199369OVERFIT
MCK+2105.2%+6946.5%-4841.2%-0.9 pts44OVERFIT
MCO+882.7%+7753.9%-6871.2%-3.6 pts45OVERFIT
MDT+6169.6%+51421.0%-45251.4%before 199374OVERFIT
MET+171.1%+1176.9%-1005.9%-4.4 pts35OVERFIT
MGM+164.3%+1501.4%-1337.1%before 199361OVERFIT
MKC+396.8%+14401.8%-14005.0%before 199380OVERFIT
MLM+508.4%+3089.6%-2581.2%-5.2 pts52OVERFIT
MO+88638.9%+2914781.4%-2826142.5%before 199393MARGINAL
MOS+61.4%+268.9%-207.6%before 199360OVERFIT
MPC+792.8%+2972.8%-2179.9%+1.0 pts17INCONCLUSIVE
MRNAn/a · history < 10y (7.7y)
MRSH+1146.7%+21192.9%-20046.2%before 199381OVERFIT
MS+898.3%+6159.1%-5260.9%-3.8 pts49OVERFIT
MSCI+568.6%+2406.7%-1838.1%-0.6 pts29INCONCLUSIVE
MSI+6693.9%+79243.2%-72549.3%before 1993101MARGINAL
MTB+8027.6%+105049.8%-97022.2%before 199355MARGINAL
MTD+1758.5%+9346.3%-7587.8%+1.2 pts47GENERALIZED
NCLH-88.9%-34.9%-54.0%-29.7 pts28INCONCLUSIVE
NDAQ+2029.8%+2371.2%-341.4%+2.6 pts33OVERFIT
NDSN+1295.0%+37769.3%-36474.3%before 199391OVERFIT
NEE+4104.3%+23772.9%-19668.5%before 199374OVERFIT
NEM+52.5%+2099.8%-2047.3%before 199380OVERFIT
NI+2057.8%+5234.9%-3177.1%before 199375MARGINAL
NOC+2857.8%+23369.3%-20511.5%before 199362OVERFIT
NOW+422.4%+2907.9%-2485.5%-2.5 pts18INCONCLUSIVE
NRG+887.7%+1442.6%-554.9%-0.4 pts30OVERFIT
NSC+742.5%+24520.7%-23778.1%before 199367MARGINAL
NTAP+9221.6%+19659.8%-10438.1%+5.4 pts35OVERFIT
NTRS+9864.2%+53074.8%-43210.6%before 199361OVERFIT
NUE+2230.1%+70209.1%-67979.0%before 199369OVERFIT
NVR+22252.0%+61512.0%-39260.0%+7.0 pts40MARGINAL
NWS+74.4%+152.4%-78.0%-10.1 pts21INCONCLUSIVE
NWSA+77.2%+122.2%-45.1%-9.9 pts19INCONCLUSIVE
O+703.4%+5366.4%-4663.0%-4.3 pts39MARGINAL
OKE+3702.5%+19101.6%-15399.1%before 199357OVERFIT
OMC+645.0%+15677.5%-15032.6%before 199375OVERFIT
ON+28.8%+208.7%-179.9%-7.5 pts37OVERFIT
ORCL+27797.5%+296729.4%-268932.0%before 199358MARGINAL
OTISn/a · history < 10y (6.5y)
OXY+1674.6%+3580.0%-1905.4%before 199367OVERFIT
PCG+631.4%+1389.7%-758.3%before 199367OVERFIT
PEG+1900.3%+18884.4%-16984.1%before 199370OVERFIT
PFE+2171.6%+20062.7%-17891.1%before 199385OVERFIT
PFG+722.7%+920.1%-197.4%-1.3 pts37MARGINAL
PGR+31721.7%+819581.9%-787860.3%before 199357MARGINAL
PH+627.1%+41129.4%-40502.3%before 199379OVERFIT
PHM+7845.7%+95847.7%-88002.0%before 199363GENERALIZED
PLD+314.8%+1782.5%-1467.7%-4.2 pts47OVERFIT
PM+123.8%+785.7%-661.9%-7.8 pts37INCONCLUSIVE
PNC+2664.6%+37937.9%-35273.3%before 199367MARGINAL
PNR+677.4%+11510.8%-10833.5%before 199374OVERFIT
PNW+970.0%+2247.6%-1277.5%before 199373MARGINAL
PODD+1150.6%+831.5%+319.1%+3.2 pts24INCONCLUSIVE
PPG+459.2%+21327.4%-20868.3%before 199367OVERFIT
PPL+2043.5%+7311.8%-5268.3%before 199370OVERFIT
PRU+108.4%+767.8%-659.4%-7.0 pts43OVERFIT
PSA+5417.1%+13958.7%-8541.6%before 199357MARGINAL
PSKY+384.9%-34.8%+419.7%-3.2 pts22OVERFIT
PSX+149.7%+1071.7%-922.0%-8.0 pts21INCONCLUSIVE
PTC+558.1%+8443.5%-7885.3%before 199352OVERFIT
PWR+3258.5%+8155.1%-4896.6%+4.0 pts37OVERFIT
Qn/a · history < 10y (0.8y)
RCL+1222.8%+4611.6%-3388.8%-2.9 pts47OVERFIT
REG+1195.0%+2046.5%-851.5%-2.7 pts49OVERFIT
RF+1857.5%+7230.0%-5372.5%before 199373MARGINAL
RJF+1467.4%+52691.1%-51223.6%before 199369OVERFIT
RL+141.0%+1376.9%-1236.0%-6.5 pts43OVERFIT
RMD+4667.2%+43254.4%-38587.1%+2.4 pts44GENERALIZED
ROK+3718.6%+57325.7%-53607.1%before 199365MARGINAL
ROL+2033.2%+36503.9%-34470.8%before 199368OVERFIT
RSG+281.3%+1977.7%-1696.4%-4.0 pts39OVERFIT
RTX+4399.7%+231131.9%-226732.1%before 199391OVERFIT
RVTY+801.8%+25547.2%-24745.4%before 199391OVERFIT
SBAC+2365.9%+2259.6%+106.3%+4.0 pts32OVERFIT
SCHW+1805.1%+45501.9%-43696.7%before 199361OVERFIT
SJM+69.0%+1119.0%-1050.0%-9.4 pts51OVERFIT
SLB+431.5%+1125.4%-693.9%before 199359OVERFIT
SMCI+225.2%+4155.7%-3930.5%-4.8 pts28INCONCLUSIVE
SNA+73.1%+12522.0%-12448.9%before 199391OVERFIT
SO+3298.3%+32617.4%-29319.1%before 199357OVERFIT
SOLVn/a · history < 10y (2.4y)
SPG+3097.2%+5330.6%-2233.4%+0.3 pts37MARGINAL
SPGI+1198.6%+140503.3%-139304.7%before 199392OVERFIT
SRE+337.4%+1463.0%-1125.6%-3.5 pts40OVERFIT
STE+485.0%+15491.4%-15006.4%before 199356OVERFIT
STLD+427.9%+7831.8%-7403.9%-4.2 pts47OVERFIT
STT+22737.7%+199686.1%-176948.5%before 199353MARGINAL
STZ+1293.4%+10007.0%-8713.5%before 199348OVERFIT
SW+185.7%+775.0%-589.3%-6.1 pts25INCONCLUSIVE
SWK+650.0%+5887.9%-5237.9%before 199369OVERFIT
SWKS+181.7%+1317.3%-1135.5%before 199363OVERFIT
SYF-4.9%+325.2%-330.1%-14.4 pts23INCONCLUSIVE
SYK+11323.1%+430371.4%-419048.4%before 199358GENERALIZED
SYY+2739.7%+115885.9%-113146.2%before 199381OVERFIT
T+2187.1%+10219.8%-8032.7%before 199362OVERFIT
TAP-30.4%+518.8%-549.2%before 199380OVERFIT
TDG+2782.3%+13285.3%-10503.0%+6.8 pts24OVERFIT
TDY+643.5%+7164.6%-6521.1%-0.6 pts35OVERFIT
TECH+9954.0%+79246.8%-69292.7%before 199355OVERFIT
TEL+109.1%+671.1%-561.9%-6.9 pts34INCONCLUSIVE
TFC+383.8%+10226.4%-9842.7%before 199373OVERFIT
TGT+5114.0%+90566.5%-85452.5%before 199375MARGINAL
TJX+11203.8%+36154.4%-24950.6%before 199352OVERFIT
TKO+675.2%+1638.9%-963.7%-0.9 pts40OVERFIT
TMO+3183.4%+36784.3%-33600.8%before 199357MARGINAL
TPL+1784.5%+75277.1%-73492.7%before 199370OVERFIT
TPR+1243.0%+7766.6%-6523.6%+1.9 pts39OVERFIT
TRGP+871.9%+2202.9%-1331.0%+1.2 pts15INCONCLUSIVE
TRMB+232.7%+3366.4%-3133.7%before 199350OVERFIT
TROW+1230.7%+35932.6%-34701.9%before 199365MARGINAL
TSCO+1048.6%+15199.0%-14150.4%-3.1 pts46OVERFIT
TSN+23.0%+4340.8%-4317.9%before 199376OVERFIT
TT+4391.6%+49748.2%-45356.5%before 199361OVERFIT
TTDn/a · history < 10y (9.9y)
TXT+865.8%+4901.2%-4035.5%before 199388OVERFIT
TYL+1622.7%+43359.1%-41736.4%before 199364OVERFIT
UAL-66.8%+240.6%-307.5%-16.4 pts37OVERFIT
UBERn/a · history < 10y (7.3y)
UDR+3147.5%+14119.5%-10972.0%before 199367MARGINAL
UHS+159.2%+15293.2%-15134.0%before 199370OVERFIT
ULTA+1755.2%+1721.3%+33.9%+5.8 pts18INCONCLUSIVE
UNP+3915.5%+30311.4%-26395.9%before 199357OVERFIT
UPS+13.9%+233.2%-219.3%-8.0 pts39OVERFIT
URI+234.2%+7088.3%-6854.1%-5.1 pts43OVERFIT
USB+801.7%+44799.0%-43997.3%before 199381OVERFIT
VEEV+371.4%+668.8%-297.4%-1.4 pts19INCONCLUSIVE
VICIn/a · history < 10y (8.7y)
VLO+6540.7%+23394.0%-16853.3%before 199361OVERFIT
VLTOn/a · history < 10y (2.9y)
VMC+1331.7%+48759.3%-47427.6%before 199386OVERFIT
VRSK+352.7%+648.8%-296.1%-5.1 pts26INCONCLUSIVE
VRSN+16116.2%+5322.0%+10794.1%+10.2 pts33OVERFIT
VRTn/a · history < 10y (8.1y)
VSTn/a · history < 10y (9.9y)
VTR+2814.9%+1496.8%+1318.1%+2.5 pts35OVERFIT
VTRS+10.1%+1568.8%-1558.7%before 199379OVERFIT
VZ+679.3%+4889.1%-4209.9%before 199369OVERFIT
WAB+578.4%+4137.7%-3559.4%-4.4 pts45OVERFIT
WAT+238.0%+10865.4%-10627.4%-6.5 pts55OVERFIT
WEC+3683.9%+23656.8%-19972.9%before 199361MARGINAL
WELL+7325.7%+58774.1%-51448.4%before 199367MARGINAL
WFC+4001.9%+63452.2%-59450.4%before 199387OVERFIT
WM+909.1%+8471.2%-7562.1%before 199359OVERFIT
WMB+19572.5%+11974.1%+7598.4%before 199351OVERFIT
WSM+2163.1%+69865.8%-67702.7%before 199367OVERFIT
WST+8665.9%+79208.6%-70542.7%before 199357OVERFIT
WTW+92.0%+1181.6%-1089.6%-6.8 pts45OVERFIT
WY-21.4%+1781.4%-1802.8%before 199395OVERFIT
WYNN+1357.1%+1217.6%+139.5%+0.5 pts30OVERFIT
XOM+33556.9%+183657.9%-150101.0%before 199383MARGINAL
XYL+27.7%+455.0%-427.3%-13.6 pts28INCONCLUSIVE
XYZ+65.7%+527.5%-461.8%-9.9 pts21INCONCLUSIVE
YUM+1007.3%+4282.5%-3275.1%-0.7 pts46MARGINAL
ZBH+43.1%+292.2%-249.0%-8.2 pts35OVERFIT
ZBRA+1088.8%+8617.7%-7528.9%before 199351OVERFIT
ZTS+137.4%+179.3%-41.9%-8.0 pts20INCONCLUSIVE

Forex · 4 / 8 · against the s&p 500 over the same window: 0 / 8

AssetReturnBuy and holdDifferenceVs. S&P 500 (CAGR/yr)TradesOut of sample
EUR/USD+3.8%-3.1%+6.9%-10.9 pts32OVERFIT
GBP/USD-15.5%-21.2%+5.7%-11.8 pts36OVERFIT
USD/JPY+4.4%+40.2%-35.9%-10.1 pts43OVERFIT
USD/MXN-17.8%+49.9%-67.8%-11.9 pts40OVERFIT
AUD/USD-1.7%-6.6%+5.0%-11.3 pts35OVERFIT
USD/CAD-5.8%+1.7%-7.5%-11.4 pts37OVERFIT
USD/CHF-21.7%-41.4%+19.7%-12.2 pts37OVERFIT
NZD/USD-9.9%-8.1%-1.8%-11.5 pts40OVERFIT

Crypto · 0 / 2 · against the s&p 500 over the same window: 1 / 2

AssetReturnBuy and holdDifferenceVs. S&P 500 (CAGR/yr)TradesOut of sample
Bitcoin+13445.4%+17075.3%-3629.9%+19.0 pts20INCONCLUSIVE
Ethern/a · history < 10y (8.8y)
Litecoin+361.1%+859.3%-498.2%-4.5 pts32INCONCLUSIVE
Solanan/a · history < 10y (6.4y)
Cardanon/a · history < 10y (8.8y)
Dogecoinn/a · history < 10y (8.8y)

And intraday?

5-minute to 4-hour bars, every asset from where intraday history exists (stocks 2016, forex 2003, crypto 2015), against holding that same asset. Difference versus buy-and-hold. No walk-forward (see protocol).

Asset5 min15 min1 hour4 hoursDaily
Litecoin-1348.2%-1109.6%-737.6%-160.8%-498.2%
Solanan/an/an/an/an/a
Cardanon/an/an/an/an/a
Dogecoinn/an/an/an/an/a
EUR/USD-54.8%-21.1%-15.3%+12.2%+6.9%
GBP/USD-45.2%-15.0%+1.5%+14.8%+5.7%
USD/JPY-15.9%+15.5%-47.1%-24.4%-35.9%
AUD/USD+5.0%
USD/CAD-90.6%-71.9%-30.3%-9.4%-7.5%
USD/CHF-45.8%-36.2%+12.3%+5.3%+19.7%
NZD/USD-41.6%-36.9%-23.5%-4.1%-1.8%
S&P 500 (SPY)-418.5%-297.4%-196.4%-216.8%-1096.7%
Nasdaq-100 (QQQ)-641.2%-488.8%-293.1%-320.3%+68.8%
Russell 2000 (IWM)-267.3%-223.3%-126.6%-177.6%-727.9%
Emergentes (EEM)-238.8%-167.5%-135.9%-24.3%-600.1%
Oro (GLD)-356.4%-228.1%-220.4%-92.6%-384.6%
Bonos 20 años (TLT)-74.1%-41.3%-10.2%+21.3%-90.1%
AAPL-1207.2%-922.3%-607.3%-866.7%-304233.4%
AMGN-278.7%-226.4%-200.9%-274.4%-170820.7%
AMZN-580.1%-662.9%-564.9%-655.6%-238048.3%
AXP-492.7%-392.9%-392.3%-376.3%-26126.4%
BA-1.1%+42.9%-57.5%-88.8%-32330.4%
CAT-1325.3%-1162.7%-665.5%-1121.1%-161499.3%
CRM-284.9%-82.1%-267.4%-128.7%-5048.2%
CSCO-532.6%-494.5%-406.8%-333.5%-114955.2%
CVX-298.9%-273.2%-194.0%-259.9%-60474.8%
DIS-100.5%-3.7%-1.4%-11.6%-180396.4%
GOOGL-846.2%-805.6%-669.9%-470.7%-12079.3%
GS-641.3%-380.1%-505.1%-303.2%-1713.6%
HD-258.6%-186.8%-65.1%-237.9%-1938092.4%
HON-251.0%-155.0%-178.4%-162.8%-19219.6%
IBM-202.5%-87.9%-164.0%-223.0%-15243.5%
JNJ-310.9%-230.9%-173.5%-245.1%-428005.0%
JPM-711.1%-485.3%-580.0%-197.1%-32768.7%
KO-257.2%-212.6%-199.4%-153.2%-175492.9%
MCD-244.1%-183.2%-97.3%-166.6%-232944.6%
MMM-156.5%-123.3%-121.0%-99.2%-26792.0%
MRK-370.7%-271.6%-267.9%-227.5%-176426.8%
MSFT-1029.7%-926.0%-799.2%-481.5%-812407.5%
NKE-53.2%-15.2%-19.7%-3.3%-25480.7%
NVDA-25602.4%-24641.9%-23026.6%-22641.4%-272543.4%
PG-214.2%-191.0%-72.3%-131.5%-57477.2%
SHW-409.4%-375.1%-199.7%-292.3%-225919.2%
TRV-391.1%-354.9%-296.8%-186.8%-11844.9%
UNH-323.1%-280.0%-272.3%-294.9%-329611.1%
V-516.5%-424.4%-396.3%-338.2%-1417.9%
WMT-559.7%-492.1%-418.0%-327.8%-860728.0%
ABNBn/an/an/an/an/a
ADBE-270.2%-187.7%-137.0%-80.8%-146518.8%
ADI-776.7%-710.5%-684.3%-642.7%-78504.0%
ADP-407.0%-272.3%-205.6%-266.1%-67515.9%
ADSK-352.4%-279.8%-324.7%-348.3%-57637.2%
AEP-256.2%-216.0%-135.2%-211.1%-9828.3%
ALABn/an/an/an/an/a
ALNY-153.8%-144.9%-219.9%-213.2%-3202.5%
AMAT-2746.7%-2136.5%-2107.2%-1526.1%-629409.7%
AMD-16268.6%-15682.9%-11681.2%-14600.3%-13127.0%
APPn/an/an/an/an/a
ARMn/an/an/an/an/a
ASML-2082.0%-2012.2%-1817.6%-969.0%-68870.0%
AVGO-3034.0%-3077.2%-3101.5%-2513.1%-29167.8%
AXON-3126.2%-2564.6%-3267.5%-2524.8%-109244.8%
BKNG-368.3%-302.6%-346.2%-277.3%-404.5%
BKRn/an/an/an/a-846.4%
CCEP-378.0%-305.7%-208.7%-326.6%-5607.2%
CDNS-1516.6%-1326.7%-1307.0%-1407.2%-16255.4%
CEGn/an/an/an/an/a
CMCSA-128.5%-85.3%-19.2%-10.8%-45039.8%
COST-593.8%-522.9%-328.6%-483.9%-12112.7%
CPRT-629.8%-356.1%-389.2%-299.6%-17407.4%
CRWDn/an/an/an/an/a
CSX-662.3%-538.6%-368.3%-512.2%-38091.6%
CTAS-936.6%-775.0%-563.4%-832.3%-120489.8%
DASHn/an/an/an/an/a
DDOGn/an/an/an/an/a
DXCM-425.0%-53.4%+67.0%-316.4%-1252.7%
EAn/a
EXC-286.4%-217.6%-196.1%-237.1%-11977.6%
FANG-321.8%-270.5%-283.9%-248.8%-785.6%
FAST-608.1%-544.3%-441.1%-538.2%-256567.4%
FERn/an/an/an/a-508.5%
FTNT-2602.6%-2316.7%-2228.7%-2591.3%-9645.9%
GEHCn/an/an/an/an/a
GILD-182.7%-148.7%-107.0%-52.5%-32598.1%
HONAn/an/an/an/an/a
IDXX-750.5%-646.2%-318.5%-356.3%-55951.4%
INTC-294.0%-205.5%-262.6%+123.2%-39651.9%
INTU-355.6%-317.3%-305.1%-147.0%-14170.0%
ISRG-557.7%-533.4%-174.0%-364.3%-15282.4%
KHC-36.6%-21.9%+43.9%+3.2%+8.8%
KLAC-2920.8%-2827.6%-2425.1%-2585.3%-275927.0%
LINn/an/an/an/a-9650.4%
LITE-3864.5%-3812.5%-3240.3%-3572.0%-4567.0%
LRCX-4353.1%-4121.5%-3392.3%-3427.2%-135300.3%
MAR-498.0%-411.6%-468.1%-361.6%-1875.0%
MCHP-339.4%-166.8%-228.9%-323.5%-41438.4%
MDLZ-161.5%-120.5%-89.6%-106.5%-431.5%
MELI-1607.9%-1484.2%-1573.6%-1452.7%-6121.7%
META-497.0%-416.8%-293.7%+153.6%-371.3%
MNST-178.3%-42.0%-17.6%-76.4%-47306.5%
MPWR-2192.8%-2047.5%-1947.8%-1905.8%-13772.9%
MRVL-2460.4%-2579.6%-1642.6%-2256.1%-635.5%
MSTR-353.4%+1609.8%-243.0%-579.0%+6312.4%
MU-5822.2%-5679.8%-5946.9%-4285.6%-20088.1%
NFLX-695.9%-495.2%-332.9%+498.9%-29591.0%
NXPI-278.7%-231.8%-134.9%-215.6%-1538.6%
ODFL-955.2%-837.8%-778.1%-822.6%-29687.0%
ORLY-485.8%-452.1%-372.6%-330.6%-39658.5%
PANW-724.5%-619.3%-974.9%-1107.0%-3849.3%
PCAR-543.6%-512.1%-390.0%-359.9%-54215.9%
PDDn/an/an/an/an/a
PEP-178.6%-141.7%-72.4%-104.0%-34527.2%
PLTRn/an/an/an/an/a
PYPL-140.2%-84.2%-49.2%+29.9%+190.8%
QCOM-383.0%-193.5%+159.6%-363.3%-49867.7%
REGN-119.7%-89.1%-69.9%+11.9%-3632.4%
ROP-228.0%-168.5%-70.5%-119.8%-22918.2%
ROST-437.3%-373.6%-194.6%-257.4%-49529.1%
SBUX-208.7%-183.7%-79.7%-97.2%-41245.5%
SHOP-3641.6%-5674.4%-4495.0%-4234.2%-2418.2%
SNDKn/an/an/an/an/a
SNPS-751.9%-720.2%-615.2%-763.2%-5166.9%
STX-3526.1%-3464.4%-2224.0%-658.5%-9276.9%
TER-1783.0%-1223.1%-842.3%-902.7%-26118.7%
TMUS-437.0%-406.3%-354.9%-214.5%+136.8%
TRI-328.0%-222.8%-164.3%-137.0%-66.5%
TSLA+1171.2%-194.4%-399.4%-1918.4%-20618.4%
TTWO-651.1%-640.5%-563.2%-282.6%-5489.0%
TXN-618.2%-524.8%-415.3%-387.2%-34578.3%
VRTX-412.5%-376.7%-395.6%-255.5%-11933.6%
WBDn/an/an/an/a-33.2%
WDAY-220.6%-171.0%-140.6%-106.3%-264.4%
WDC-899.8%-766.2%-539.1%-797.7%-63728.9%
XEL-266.8%-169.0%-114.2%-183.7%-4832.9%
KDP-257.6%-202.3%-159.9%-154.6%-728.6%
USD/MXN-93.6%-71.0%-55.5%-47.6%-67.8%
Bitcoin-18084.5%-16792.3%-9385.6%-3967.9%-3629.9%
Ethern/a

19 / 472 · against the s&p 500 over the same window: 46 / 472

What if I nudge the parameters? (on the index)

ParametersReturnSharpeMax DDVs. index
fast 50, slow 200×210.44-33.7%-1096.7%
fast 20, slow 50525.1%0.18-36.6%-2556.0%
fast 50, slow 150×200.43-33.7%-1220.7%
fast 40, slow 200×190.42-33.7%-1265.7%
fast 60, slow 200×200.42-33.7%-1220.6%
fast 100, slow 200×180.40-33.7%-1370.2%

A rule that only works at the exact textbook numbers and dies one notch away is not an edge: it is luck.

Out of sample and robustness (on the index)

Walk-forward: MARGINAL · 60%

Deflated Sharpe: 0.99 (≥ 0.95)

Robustness suite: MODERATE

By halves: First half beat (+407.9% vs +237.3%); Second half did not beat (+310.4% vs +843.1%).

5 fold(s) scored; 60% within the robust degradation band [0.5, 1.5].

Mean OOS/IS Sharpe degradation = 0.5231.

Deflated Sharpe 0.9867 >= 0.95 — the best fold's edge survives multiple-trials selection bias.

Receipt

Computed on 2026-09-10 · period: each asset from its first bar (1962-01-01 to 2026-08-31) · round-trip costs: stocks and index 10 bps, forex 2 bps, crypto 30 bps · artifact 8fb75dc6eee1 · Finaxion engine

By market

Each market's page, ordered by annual excess over the S&P 500. The first 12 are shown; the rest are in the sitemap. See all 50 markets

Sources for the claim

How to cite

Finaxion Research (2026). The golden cross (50/200): works in few markets. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 8fb75dc6eee1. https://finaxion.app/en/research/golden-cross

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