Death cross alerts

The death cross is the inverse of the golden cross — and arguably more valuable. When the 50-day MA crosses below the 200-day, the long-term trend has shifted bearish. For risk-conscious investors, that's a heads-up worth getting on every holding.

What it is and why it matters

A death cross fires when the 50-day simple moving average crosses below the 200-day SMA. Historically, it's associated with the start of multi-month downtrends — the long-term trend has shifted from bullish to bearish.

For long-term investors, the death cross is more valuable as a risk signal than as an entry signal. It's the moment to reduce position size, tighten stops, or rotate away.

How Tickerbot does it

Tickerbot precomputes a death_cross flag on every one of its 12,000+ tickers, every five minutes. The flag fires only on the transition. State-change dedup means one notification per cross.

Combining with other risk signals

A death cross is most useful as a risk signal when paired with other deteriorating conditions: fundamentals weakening, analysts downgrading, or insider selling accelerating.

Variants worth setting up

• "Death cross on any stock I currently hold" (the portfolio risk monitor)
• "Death cross on any sector ETF (XLK, XLF, XLE, etc.)"
• "Death cross with a recent earnings miss"
• "Death cross on any large-cap with insider selling above $1M in the last 30 days"