The Golden Cross is when the 50-day SMA (Simple Moving Average) crosses (penetrates) from below the 200-day SMA to above it and closes above the 200 line. This is a BUY signal for the fund or ETF you have chosen. This is a Bull market. A time to BUY.

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the bearish one called the Death Cross work. When I say work I mean make money consistently year after year. The Golden Cross is when the 50-day SMA (Simple Moving Average) crosses (penetrates) from below the 200-day SMA to above it and closes above the 200 line. This is a BUY signal for the fund or ETF you have chosen. This is a Bull market. A tim

With Death Cross the 50-day SMA is above the 200-day SMA (Simple Moving Average) and penetrates and closes below the 200 SMA. That is a SELL signal for the fund it represents. This is a Bear market. This is a time to SELL if you own any of this fund or ETF.

Let me repeat the recommendation of how to BUY and SELL. When the market price of the equity the investor is following sees the price of the 50 line CLOSE below the 200 line he should sell on the open the next trading day if it is an ETF or the close if a standard mutual fund. At that same time he should check to see if the bear fund he has chosen

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