Death Cross
Bear signal: 50-day MA crosses below 200-day MA.
Death Cross: MA50 crosses below MA200 = bearish trend confirmation. Works better in trending than ranging markets. Lagging in crypto but historically precedes ~20% more downside.
In plain words
The 50-day average price drops below the 200-day average. Signal that the short-term trend turned worse than the long-term trend, as the uptrend flips into a downtrend. Lags, but historically confirms entry into a bear market.
Example
BTC Jan 2022: Death Cross at 35k. Bottom 15.5k (-55%) by Nov. ETH Sep 2022: cross at 1500. Bottom 880 (-41%) by Nov.
Also known as: death cross, krzyż śmierci