DeployQuantMoving Average Crossover
A signal generated when a faster moving average crosses a slower one — up-cross to enter, down-cross to exit. The window pair sets the personality: 10/50 catches multi-week swings with frequent whipsaws, 50/200 catches multi-year regimes with heavy lag. Crossovers are self-correcting (a wrong signal eventually reverses) but always late by construction.
See it in action: SMA 10/50 Trend →
Backtested on 59 ETFs over 5.7 years with real engine results and a buy-and-hold comparison on every page.
Related terms
SMA (Simple Moving Average)The arithmetic average of the last N closing prices, recalculated each…EMA (Exponential Moving Average)A moving average that weights recent prices more heavily, using an exp…WhipsawA quick false signal: a strategy enters on a crossover or breakout, th…
Backtests are hypothetical, computed by DeployQuant's engine on minute-resolution consolidated US market data (2021-01-04 to 2026-10-02, $10,000 starting capital, no margin, no fees or slippage in the headline run; buy-and-hold puts 98% of the account in at the first open, as the templates do) and do not guarantee future results. Nothing on this page is investment advice. Live trading involves risk of loss.