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EMA 8/21 Cross: what it's actually best at

Fast trend filter — long while the 8 EMA is above the 21 EMA.

8

assets where it was the #1 edge

0.34

average Sharpe across all tests

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Assets where EMA 8/21 Cross won

Financials (VFH) +1.2%Russell 1000 Growth (IWF) +0.8%Russell 1000 Value (IWD) +-1.0%CME Group (CME) +-2.4%Cisco (CSCO) +0.4%Fifth Third Bancorp (FITB) +-0.3%KKR & Co. (KKR) +-3.2%Netflix (NFLX) +6.7%

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