# Golden cross — NSE scan

> The 50-day average crossing up through the 200-day.

Canonical: https://patternsradar.com/screener/golden-cross

```sift
where sma(50) crosses above sma(200)
```

The most widely watched trend signal there is, and a genuinely slow one — by the time the 50-day clears the 200-day, price has usually moved a long way. Its value is as a regime marker rather than an entry: it tells you which side of the trend a name is on.

Category: [Reversals](https://patternsradar.com/scans/reversals.md). Default universe: top 500 NSE stocks by 20-day turnover.

Guides: [How to read a scan's hit rate](https://patternsradar.com/blog/how-to-read-scan-hit-rate.md), [Golden cross and death cross on NSE stocks](https://patternsradar.com/blog/golden-cross-death-cross-nse.md).

The rendered page runs this scan against the latest session and can replay it across the last 250 sessions to measure its hit rate: https://patternsradar.com/screener/golden-cross.