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SMA 20/50 Cross: what it's actually best at

Medium moving-average cross — long while the 20-day SMA is above the 50-day.

21

assets where it was the #1 edge

0.38

average Sharpe across all tests

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Assets where SMA 20/50 Cross won

Live Cattle (LE) +2.4%DeXe (DEXE) +62.8%3M (MMM) +-1.7%AT&T (T) +-1.7%Abbott Laboratories (ABT) +-3.7%Boeing (BA) +1.8%CMS Energy (CMS) +5.8%Cardinal Health (CAH) +-4.0%CenterPoint Energy (CNP) +-0.7%DuPont (DD) +-1.2%Duke Energy (DUK) +-1.9%Federal Realty Investment Trust (FRT) +-1.0%

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