# Golden Cross

*Trading & Technical Analysis — Finicade finance glossary*

A golden cross is the 50-day moving average crossing above the 200-day, read as a bullish trend confirmation; the death cross is the reverse. Both are heavily covered in financial media, which gives them some self-fulfilling force. Both are also badly lagging by construction — by the time the cross occurs, a substantial part of the move has already happened.

**Also known as:** death cross, moving average crossover

**Related terms:** [Moving Average](https://finicade.com/glossary/moving-average), [Trend Following](https://finicade.com/glossary/trend-following), [Technical Analysis](https://finicade.com/glossary/technical-analysis), [Market Breadth](https://finicade.com/glossary/market-breadth), [Momentum Factor](https://finicade.com/glossary/momentum-factor)

Source: https://finicade.com/glossary/golden-cross