golden_cross — Moving averages & VWAP signal

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At a glance

Definition

Yesterday: sma_50 ≤ sma_200. Today: sma_50 > sma_200.

Type	event (boolean)
Group	Technicals
Category	Moving averages & VWAP
Update cadence	post-close daily
Intervals	1d
Universe	all tickers
History	full · since 2004
Firing	sticky
Typical role	regime classification (uptrend tag)

SMAs, EMAs, and VWAPs, with the distances, above/below states, and crosses they own.

Query it

Every applicable form factor, grouped by endpoint family. Swap YOUR_KEY for the value from /dashboard/keys. Response payloads are real captures, sampled 2026-08-18 and trimmed — your run's values and dates will differ.

Use signals `/v2/signals/{signal}`

One signal across the market: who matches now, who matched then, and a push when someone starts. Docs →

Live — every ticker where it fires now

curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/golden_cross" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)

{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:24:00.292Z",
 "signal": "golden_cross",
 "condition": null,
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "AAOI",
   "name": "Applied Optoelectronics, Inc.",
   "value": true
  },
  {
   "ticker": "AAON",
   "name": "Aaon Inc",
   "value": true
  }
 ]
}

As-of — the same read at a past date

curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/golden_cross?asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)

{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "signal": "golden_cross",
 "condition": null,
 "universe": null,
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "ACVT",
   "name": "Advent Convertible Bond ETF",
   "value": true
  },
  {
   "ticker": "AMZU",
   "name": "Direxion Shares ETF Trust Direxion Daily AMZN Bull 2X ETF",
   "value": true
  }
 ]
}

Subscribe — webhook when a ticker starts matching

curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/golden_cross/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook — the same shape as GET /v2/webhooks/{id}, plus a one-time signing_secret for HMAC verification.

Use scan `/v2/scan`

The whole market through a WHERE clause — this signal composed freely with any other column. Docs →

Live — the whole market, filtered on this signal

curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=golden_cross" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)

{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:24:01.225Z",
 "query": {
  "q": "golden_cross",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "day_change_pct",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "FDMT",
   "name": "4D Molecular Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 14.215,
   "day_change_pct": 0.1661,
   "gap_pct": 0.0008,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 673426932
  },
  {
   "ticker": "KURA",
   "name": "Kura Oncology, Inc.",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "CS",
   "price": 12.064,
   "day_change_pct": 0.1109,
   "gap_pct": 0.0078,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": 966112322
  }
 ]
}

As-of — the same scan at a past date

curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan" \
  --data-urlencode "q=golden_cross" \
  -d "asof=2026-05-20" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)

{
 "as_of": "2026-05-20",
 "query": {
  "q": "golden_cross",
  "asof": "2026-05-20",
  "interval": "auto",
  "limit": 2,
  "order": "day_change_pct",
  "dir": "desc",
  "fields": [],
  "full": false,
  "universe": null,
  "asset_class": null
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "LWACU",
   "name": "LightWave Acquisition Corp. Units",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "UNIT",
   "price": 11.43,
   "day_change_pct": 11.949069539666981,
   "gap_pct": 1.988246816846223,
   "relative_volume": null,
   "market_cap": null
  },
  {
   "ticker": "SPKLW",
   "name": "Spark I Acquisition Corp. Warrant",
   "asset_class": "stocks",
   "asset_type": "WARRANT",
   "price": 1.04,
   "day_change_pct": 11.587982832618025,
   "gap_pct": 4.0772532188841115,
   "relative_volume": 0.6552947628491342,
   "market_cap": null
  }
 ]
}

Subscribe — webhook on a market-wide condition

curl -X POST "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/scan/subscribe" \
  -H "Content-Type: application/json" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY" \
  -d '{"q": "golden_cross", "target_url": "https://example.com/hooks/tickerbot"}'

Returns 201 with the created webhook object; deliveries carry the tickers matching the condition at each evaluation.

Use series `/v2/series`

Its history over time, on one aligned grid. Docs →

History — the column on an aligned time grid

curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/series?tickers=AAPL,MSFT&columns=close,golden_cross" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)

{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:24:04.275Z",
 "interval": "1d",
 "tickers": [
  "AAPL",
  "MSFT"
 ],
 "columns": [
  "close",
  "golden_cross"
 ],
 "count": 6,
 "series": {
  "AAPL": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 302.25,
    "golden_cross": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 305.26,
    "golden_cross": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 305.93,
    "golden_cross": false
   }
  ],
  "MSFT": [
   {
    "t": "2026-08-12",
    "close": 492.43,
    "golden_cross": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-13",
    "close": 496.88,
    "golden_cross": false
   },
   {
    "t": "2026-08-14",
    "close": 495.4,
    "golden_cross": false
   }
  ]
 }
}

Use events `/v2/events`

The flag as a timeline: each edge as a point event, and the spans it stayed true. Docs →

Firings — every enter edge as a point event

curl -G "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/events" \
  -d "kind=signal" -d "signal=golden_cross" -d "transition=enter" -d "since=2026-01-10" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)

{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:24:04.462Z",
 "query": {
  "kind": "signal",
  "tickers": null,
  "universe": null,
  "since": "2026-01-10T00:00:00.000Z",
  "until": null,
  "limit": 2,
  "signal": "golden_cross",
  "transition": "enter"
 },
 "count": 2,
 "results": [
  {
   "ticker": "XLO",
   "ts": "2026-08-14T20:00:00.000Z",
   "kind": "signal",
   "payload": {
    "signal": "golden_cross",
    "transition": "enter",
    "price": 9.142,
    "definition_version": 6
   }
  },
  {
   "ticker": "XLFI",
   "ts": "2026-08-14T20:00:00.000Z",
   "kind": "signal",
   "payload": {
    "signal": "golden_cross",
    "transition": "enter",
    "price": 24.539,
    "definition_version": 6
   }
  }
 ]
}

Spans — when it was true for one ticker (XLO)

curl "https://api.tickerbot.io/v2/signals/golden_cross/XLO/events" \
  -H "Authorization: Bearer YOUR_KEY"

Response (sampled 2026-08-18, trimmed)

{
 "as_of": "2026-08-18T00:24:04.592Z",
 "ticker": "XLO",
 "signal": "golden_cross",
 "count": 2,
 "events": [
  {
   "started_at": "2026-08-14T20:00:00.000Z",
   "ended_at": "2026-08-15T20:00:00.000Z",
   "start_price": 9.142,
   "end_price": 9.142,
   "definition_version": 6
  },
  {
   "started_at": "2024-12-05T20:00:00.000Z",
   "ended_at": "2024-12-06T20:00:00.000Z",
   "start_price": 1.05,
   "end_price": 1.05,
   "definition_version": 6
  }
 ]
}

Same grammar on scan, series, and webhooks; state reads take ?asof= for point-in-time answers.

`golden_cross`

At a glance

Query it

Use signals `/v2/signals/{signal}`

Use scan `/v2/scan`

Use series `/v2/series`

Use events `/v2/events`

Related signals — Moving averages & VWAP

At a glance

Query it

Use signals /v2/signals/{signal}

Use scan /v2/scan

Use series /v2/series

Use events /v2/events

Related signals — Moving averages & VWAP

Use signals `/v2/signals/{signal}`

Use scan `/v2/scan`

Use series `/v2/series`

Use events `/v2/events`