Death cross

A death cross occurs when a stock’s 50-day moving average crosses below its 200-day moving average — the bearish counterpart of a golden cross.

A death cross is the point at which the 50-day moving average falls below the 200-day moving average. It signals that medium-term momentum has weakened enough to drag the faster trend line under the slower one, which chartists read as a shift toward a longer-term downtrend.

Like the golden cross, it is a lagging signal: it confirms a change that has already occurred rather than forecasting one. A death cross can also mark a low that a stock then recovers from, so on its own it is not a reliable timing tool.

stocks-llm detects a death cross from the same signed days-since-cross indicator used for the golden cross, recomputed nightly from daily-close prices. It describes past price behavior only — it is not investment advice.

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