Death cross screener

Find stocks where the 50-day moving average just crossed below the 200-day, computed nightly and confirmed on the close, then see how that same stock behaved after every past death cross.

What it shows

• Fresh 50/200 death crosses. Names where the 50-day average has just crossed below the 200-day, the point most traders read as the long-term trend rolling over.
• Confirmed on the close. Crosses are evaluated on end-of-day data, so you are not reacting to an intraday cross that reverses before the bell.
• A per-stock track record. The same engine that dates the cross looks backward: on any name's page you can see what happened after each past cross, so a bearish signal comes with that stock's own base rates instead of a blanket claim.
• Screenable alongside everything else in the terminal: relative strength, momentum score, distance from the 52-week high, and sector strength, so you can separate a broad-market rollover from a single broken name.

How it works

Every night the pipeline recomputes the 50-day and 200-day simple moving averages from end-of-day closes for the whole universe and records the exact date any cross occurs, golden or death. Because the full price history is stored, the same logic can run over the past: for each historical death cross on a given name it can measure the drop that followed and the forward return, so you read the signal with that stock's history in front of you rather than a generic rule of thumb.

How to use it

Use the cross as a risk filter or regime filter, not a standalone short signal. It is most useful for cutting weak names out of a long watchlist, or for staying cautious on a stock until price reclaims its averages. The strongest reads pair a fresh death cross with weak relative strength and a poor track record after that name's past crosses. Read the concept in full in what is a death cross, and compare it against the opposite signal with the golden cross screener.

FAQ

What is a death cross?

When a stock's 50-day moving average crosses below its 200-day moving average, a widely watched sign the long-term trend has turned down. See the full explainer.

Is a death cross always bearish?

No. It is a lagging signal that often prints near a bottom after most of the decline is done, and it can whipsaw. That is why each name shows its own history after past crosses rather than a blanket read.

Daily vs weekly death cross?

The screener works from daily closes (50-day and 200-day averages). A weekly death cross uses the 50-week and 200-week averages: slower and rarer, but it filters out more noise. Both are tracked per stock.