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Buy AAPL when the 50-day SMA crosses above the 200-day SMA. Sell when it crosses back below. Use a 5% stop loss.

I've parsed your Golden Cross strategy for AAPL. Here's what I'll test:

Universe: AAPL
Entry: SMA(50) crosses above SMA(200)
Exit: SMA(50) crosses below SMA(200)
Stop Loss: 5%
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Golden Cross (SMA 50/200)

SPY · 2019–2024

Total Return

+47.3%

Sharpe Ratio

0.94

Max Drawdown

-18.4%

Win Rate

62%

12 trades · 8.1% annualized

RSI Mean Reversion

AAPL · 2020–2024

Total Return

+112.5%

Sharpe Ratio

1.42

Max Drawdown

-14.2%

Win Rate

68%

34 trades · 20.6% annualized

MACD Momentum

QQQ · 2019–2024

Total Return

+85.7%

Sharpe Ratio

1.18

Max Drawdown

-21.6%

Win Rate

55%

28 trades · 13.2% annualized

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