• ALoafOfBread@lemmy.ml
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      4 days ago

      Basically it is a “technical analysis” thing. Which basically means divination based on “shapes stonk line make”.

      Death cross scary shape when stonk line cross other line

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        Biggest issue I’ve seen with technical analysis like this is that it’s more a measure of market sentiment, not fundamentals. You’re using the crowd as an indicator without any idea of whether the crowd knows anything you don’t or not.

        So it’s a little more meaningful than dowsing rods and tarot cards, but only barely. Market sentiment can change on a whim.

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      5 days ago

      I found a definition.

      The “death cross” market chart pattern refers to the drop of a short-term moving average—meaning the average of recent closing prices for a stock, stock index, commodity, or cryptocurrency over a set period of time—below a longer-term moving average. The most closely watched stock-market moving averages are the 50-day and the 200-day.

      https://www.investopedia.com/terms/d/deathcross.asp