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Does the golden cross (50/200) work on Cartera con balance: Dow 30 (máx. 10 posiciones)?

The golden cross (50/200) beats buy-and-hold on Cartera con balance: Dow 30 (máx. 10 posiciones) by +7.7 points a year over 34 years.

Total return
×297
Buy and hold
×32
CAGR
18.5%
Sharpe
0.69
Max drawdown
-37.6%
Trades
676
Out of sample
—
Years
34
1×10×100×19941997200020032006200920122015201820212024
StrategyCartera con balance: Dow 30 (máx. 10 posiciones)

Findings

  1. The golden cross (50/200) beats buy-and-hold on Cartera con balance: Dow 30 (máx. 10 posiciones) by +7.7 points a year over 34 years.
  2. Against the S&P 500 over the same window: +7.6 points a year.
  3. Total return ×297 versus ×32 for buy-and-hold, with 676 trades.
  4. Maximum drawdown -37.6%.
  5. It beats in both halves of the history (split at 2009).
  6. It ranks #14 of 235 markets for this strategy by annual excess over the S&P 500.

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

Exactly what was 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.

How to read it

The verdict compares the strategy with buying and holding Cartera con balance: Dow 30 (máx. 10 posiciones) over the same window, with round-trip costs per asset class. “Out of sample” is walk-forward: the rule is fit on one stretch and judged on the next. A result that beats in the full sample but not out of it is overfit. Full methodology in the protocol. How we test.

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How to cite

Finaxion Research (2026). Does the golden cross (50/200) work on Cartera con balance: Dow 30 (máx. 10 posiciones)?. Daily backtest 1962-01-01–2026-08-31, artifact 8fb75dc6eee1. https://finaxion.app/en/research/golden-cross/portfolio-dow

Not a recommendation. Past performance does not guarantee future results.