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SMA 50/200 Cross: what it's actually best at

Classic moving-average cross — long while the 50-day SMA is above the 200-day.

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assets where it was the #1 edge

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average Sharpe across all tests

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Assets where SMA 50/200 Cross won

Nasdaq 100 (QQQ) +0.2%

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