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Grace Crossover

The Patient One

πŸ“Š Swing Trader πŸ“… 66 years old (Born 1960)

"The fast moving average is the heartbeat. The slow moving average is the breath. When heartbeat crosses breath, the market has made its decision."

Elegant woman in her mid-60s with silver hair in a neat bun. Minimalist wardrobeβ€”black turtleneck, simple silver watch. Her desk is immaculate, containing only what is essential.

πŸ“Š View Performance: 1 Month 3 Months 6 Months YTD 1 Year 2 Years
Feb 14, 2025 β†’ Feb 14, 2026 (365 days)
🎯 Asset Class: πŸ“ˆ Stocks 102 β‚Ώ Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114

πŸ“Š Last Year Performance: Showing Grace Crossover's performance over the last year across 114 symbols. 🟒 LIVE

$10,185
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $10,170 (+$15)
+0.15%
Last Year ROI
28.8%
Win Rate
18,791
Total Trades

Quick Performance Comparison

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-6.4%
1 Month
-7.0%
3 Months
-5.7%
6 Months
-6.2%
YTD
+0.2%
1 Year

Equity Curve (Last Year)

Combined P&L across all 114 symbols

πŸ’° Trading Activity (Last Year)

Stock Volume
$150,805,375
14,130 trades
Stock Fees
$0
βœ“ Commission FREE
Crypto Volume
$14,840,670
4,661 trades
Crypto Fees
$37,102
0.25% of volume

βš™οΈ Trading Strategy

EMA crossover - 9 EMA crossing 21 EMA signals entry

Monitors the 9-period and 21-period Exponential Moving Averages. When the fast EMA (9) crosses above the slow EMA (21), it signals bullish momentum and triggers a buy. The opposite cross triggers a sell.

🎯 Best Suited For

Stocks with clean trending behavior

"The trend is your friend until it bends."

πŸ“œ Why This Strategy Works

Markets trend roughly 30% of the timeβ€”but that's where the big money is made. The crossover filters out noise and identifies when momentum has genuinely shifted.

Mathematical Formula

CODE VERIFIED β€” These formulas are extracted directly from the simulation engine and verified against the source code.
Source: scripts/run-*-simulation.php

πŸ“Š Exponential Moving Average (EMA)

EMAt = (Close Γ— k) + (EMAt-1 Γ— (1 - k))
Unlike SMA, EMA weighs recent prices more heavily. The multiplier k controls sensitivity.
k = Smoothing Factor = 2 Γ· (Period + 1)
For 9 EMA: k = 2 Γ· 10 = 0.20 (20% weight to current price)
For 21 EMA: k = 2 Γ· 22 β‰ˆ 0.0909 (9.09% weight to current price)
First EMA = SMA of first n periods (seeding)
πŸ“š Robert Goodell Brown's "Smoothing, Forecasting and Prediction" (1963)

πŸ“Š Golden Cross (Buy Signal)

Signal = (EMAfast,t-1 ≀ EMAslow,t-1) AND (EMAfast,t > EMAslow,t)
The moment the fast EMA crosses ABOVE the slow EMA indicates bullish momentum shift.
EMA_fast = 9-period EMA (the "heartbeat")
EMA_slow = 21-period EMA (the "breath")
Cross detected: previous bar fast ≀ slow, current bar fast > slow
πŸ“š Richard Donchian's trend-following system (1960s)

πŸ“Š Death Cross (Sell Signal)

Signal = (EMAfast,t-1 β‰₯ EMAslow,t-1) AND (EMAfast,t < EMAslow,t)
The moment the fast EMA crosses BELOW the slow EMA indicates bearish momentum shift.
Fast EMA falls below slow EMA = trend reversal
Exit signal overrides hold, even if target not reached
πŸ“š Classic technical analysis, popularized by John Murphy

πŸ“‰ Exit Conditions

β€’ TARGET: Price β‰₯ entry Γ— 1.08 (+8% gain)
β€’ STOP_LOSS: Price ≀ entry Γ— 0.95 (-5% loss)
β€’ DEATH_CROSS: Fast EMA crosses below Slow EMA
β€’ MAX_HOLD: Hold time β‰₯ 60 days

βš™οΈ Simulation Parameters

FAST_EMA_PERIOD: 9
SLOW_EMA_PERIOD: 21
TARGET_GAIN_PCT: 8%
STOP_LOSS_PCT: -5%
MAX_HOLD_DAYS: 60
STARTING_CAPITAL: 10000

πŸ“– Historical Origin

Origin: Richard Donchian, Father of Trend Following

Richard Donchian began trading in the 1930s but didn't formalize his moving average crossover systems until the 1960s. His insight was profound: you don't need to predict where markets will goβ€”you only need to recognize when they've started going there.

πŸ† Top 10 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

πŸ“‰ Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last Year)

πŸ“Š All Symbol Results

Click on any row to see detailed trade history with equity curve

πŸ“… Last Year: Feb 14, 2025 β†’ Feb 14, 2026 (365 days)
Rank Symbol Return 1Y Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund
1 SOFI +85.36% $14,708 $27,262 135 36% - +$12,555 -22.8% 11.5h βœ“ -
2 RIVN +77.73% $10,513 $18,685 138 35% - +$8,172 -33.5% 10.9h βœ“ -
3 MU +52.34% $6,547 $9,973 124 31% - +$3,426 -48.4% 10.8h βœ“ -
4 MARA +48.27% $13,690 $20,299 144 31% - +$6,608 -35.1% 9.9h βœ“ -
5 LCID +47.38% $9,662 $14,239 144 26% - +$4,578 -23.9% 10.4h βœ“ -
6 RIOT +41.11% $11,329 $15,987 136 33% - +$4,658 -34.2% 9.1h βœ“ -
7 SCHW +37.99% $10,460 $14,434 130 41% - +$3,974 -6.9% 10.9h βœ“ -
8 GOOGL +37.97% $8,280 $11,424 139 37% - +$3,144 -22.4% 10.5h βœ“ -
9 CRWD +36.52% $12,078 $16,489 136 35% - +$4,411 -20.9% 11.7h βœ“ -
10 COIN +34.23% $10,486 $14,076 138 29% - +$3,589 -23.0% 10.2h βœ“ -
11 GS +31.26% $11,204 $14,707 137 35% - +$3,502 -8.5% 10.1h βœ“ -
12 CSCO +28.86% $10,463 $13,483 139 37% - +$3,020 -5.8% 11.6h βœ“ -
13 HOOD +27.86% $12,669 $16,198 137 26% - +$3,529 -21.5% 10.9h βœ“ -
14 SLV +24.15% $9,941 $12,341 137 34% - +$2,401 -14.1% 11.3h βœ“ -
15 MRK +23.53% $8,760 $10,821 135 36% - +$2,061 -15.0% 11.4h βœ“ -
16 C +22.80% $10,171 $12,490 134 39% - +$2,319 -16.6% 10.1h βœ“ -
17 ABBV +22.00% $8,157 $9,951 139 39% - +$1,795 -20.2% 10.6h βœ“ -
18 PM +21.68% $11,914 $14,497 135 25% - +$2,583 -4.1% 12.3h βœ“ -
19 BAC +20.79% $8,923 $10,778 140 36% - +$1,855 -19.3% 10.2h βœ“ -
20 AMGN +20.45% $11,321 $13,636 142 37% - +$2,315 -5.9% 10.1h βœ“ -
21 WFC +17.94% $10,483 $12,364 138 34% - +$1,881 -10.6% 11.2h βœ“ -
22 CVX +16.25% $10,414 $12,106 140 31% - +$1,692 -10.7% 11.2h βœ“ -
23 UVXY +16.24% $13,938 $16,201 151 25% - +$2,263 -23.5% 7.4h βœ“ -
24 SLB +15.85% $9,626 $11,151 141 33% - +$1,526 -17.0% 9.5h βœ“ -
25 WMT +15.45% $11,754 $13,570 138 32% - +$1,816 -6.4% 14.1h βœ“ -
26 XLK +15.40% $10,552 $12,177 136 34% - +$1,625 -13.1% 10.5h βœ“ -
27 PEP +15.31% $10,333 $11,915 137 34% - +$1,582 -6.0% 11.3h βœ“ -
28 USO +14.50% $10,089 $11,552 132 34% - +$1,463 -11.7% 10.8h βœ“ -
29 SMCI +14.17% $11,942 $13,635 143 25% - +$1,692 -43.0% 10.0h βœ“ -
30 LLY +14.03% $11,521 $13,137 139 37% - +$1,616 -13.5% 10.7h βœ“ -
31 XOM +13.69% $10,035 $11,409 143 31% - +$1,374 -7.7% 11.2h βœ“ -
32 GME +13.09% $12,847 $14,528 146 27% - +$1,682 -22.2% 8.2h βœ“ -
33 ISRG +12.79% $9,582 $10,808 134 34% - +$1,226 -10.1% 11.6h βœ“ -
34 MA +11.65% $9,502 $10,608 139 25% - +$1,107 -9.3% 9.0h βœ“ -
35 AXP +11.32% $10,030 $11,166 138 33% - +$1,135 -17.9% 10.5h βœ“ -
36 VRTX +11.28% $11,629 $12,941 144 34% - +$1,312 -9.6% 11.3h βœ“ -
37 NFLX +11.16% $9,707 $10,790 138 38% - +$1,083 -13.6% 11.4h βœ“ -
38 IWM +10.97% $10,187 $11,305 142 30% - +$1,118 -8.0% 9.6h βœ“ -
39 ORCL +10.93% $8,060 $8,941 136 35% - +$881 -31.9% 11.8h βœ“ -
40 SPY +10.56% $10,000 $11,056 133 32% - +$1,056 -6.4% 9.3h βœ“ -
41 BIIB +10.36% $8,729 $9,633 143 28% - +$904 -21.8% 9.1h βœ“ -
42 BLK +9.87% $10,571 $11,615 136 30% - +$1,043 -8.6% 12.4h βœ“ -
43 HD +9.87% $9,094 $9,992 139 29% - +$898 -11.0% 10.3h βœ“ -
44 VOO +9.24% $10,284 $11,234 136 32% - +$950 -4.8% 8.9h βœ“ -
45 GLD +8.68% $12,055 $13,102 134 33% - +$1,046 -6.1% 12.6h βœ“ -
46 PG +8.55% $11,269 $12,233 141 30% - +$964 -4.6% 11.1h βœ“ -
47 ARKK +8.41% $10,304 $11,171 137 29% - +$867 -13.9% 11.5h βœ“ -
48 COST +8.02% $10,828 $11,697 145 28% - +$868 -8.3% 12.2h βœ“ -
49 MSFT +7.54% $9,233 $9,929 137 35% - +$696 -19.0% 11.5h βœ“ -
50 XLE +6.74% $9,692 $10,345 144 31% - +$653 -13.2% 11.6h βœ“ -
51 CMCSA +6.02% $9,828 $10,420 140 34% - +$592 -8.3% 10.3h βœ“ -
52 QQQ +5.28% $10,799 $11,370 133 34% - +$570 -9.3% 11.6h βœ“ -
53 SOXL +5.03% $9,464 $9,940 127 30% - +$476 -51.2% 11.0h βœ“ -
54 ADBE +4.47% $8,512 $8,893 143 38% - +$380 -20.5% 12.0h βœ“ -
55 KO +3.97% $10,207 $10,612 128 34% - +$405 -6.4% 13.1h βœ“ -
56 JPM +3.52% $11,606 $12,015 139 29% - +$409 -9.6% 10.5h βœ“ -
57 DIA +3.52% $9,739 $10,082 137 31% - +$343 -8.0% 11.1h βœ“ -
58 PANW +3.13% $12,574 $12,968 136 32% - +$394 -10.2% 10.2h βœ“ -
59 META +3.08% $8,547 $8,810 143 28% - +$263 -28.5% 9.8h βœ“ -
60 VTI +2.75% $9,589 $9,852 136 30% - +$264 -11.1% 8.5h βœ“ -
61 RBLX +2.32% $9,425 $9,643 142 33% - +$219 -23.0% 10.9h βœ“ -
62 MS +2.24% $10,427 $10,661 143 36% - +$234 -12.1% 8.7h βœ“ -
63 VZ +0.87% $8,235 $8,307 137 27% - +$72 -22.5% 13.2h βœ“ -
64 OXY +0.57% $9,569 $9,624 147 27% - +$55 -14.1% 11.1h βœ“ -
65 MDT +0.41% $10,131 $10,173 140 28% - +$42 -12.9% 12.0h βœ“ -
66 NET +0.22% $9,443 $9,464 135 30% - +$21 -27.1% 9.4h βœ“ -
67 PFE +0.11% $8,521 $8,531 136 29% - +$9 -20.1% 11.0h βœ“ -
68 XLF -0.32% $10,825 $10,790 139 29% - -$35 -6.8% 10.7h βœ“ -
69 V -0.42% $9,091 $9,053 138 30% - -$38 -12.2% 10.0h βœ“ -
70 TSLA -0.42% $8,490 $8,454 141 33% - -$36 -26.6% 10.7h βœ“ -
71 CRM -0.73% $12,050 $11,963 143 28% - -$88 -15.0% 9.6h βœ“ -
72 TLT -0.74% $9,602 $9,531 140 36% - -$71 -7.1% 12.0h βœ“ -
73 GILD -1.85% $9,171 $9,002 142 27% - -$170 -19.1% 8.9h βœ“ -
74 INTC -2.28% $9,977 $9,749 147 26% - -$227 -21.5% 7.8h βœ“ -
75 TMO -2.68% $10,237 $9,962 144 30% - -$274 -14.5% 9.4h βœ“ -
76 JNJ -2.74% $10,163 $9,885 138 29% - -$278 -10.9% 11.3h βœ“ -
77 NVDA -3.17% $10,513 $10,180 145 28% - -$333 -30.4% 9.6h βœ“ -
78 NIO -3.20% $6,030 $5,837 139 29% - -$193 -42.7% 8.8h βœ“ -
79 BRK-B -3.32% $9,464 $9,150 141 26% - -$314 -16.1% 10.0h βœ“ -
80 IBM -3.34% $9,402 $9,088 137 34% - -$314 -12.8% 9.8h βœ“ -
81 DKNG -3.35% $12,864 $12,433 145 28% - -$431 -25.0% 11.5h βœ“ -
82 TQQQ -4.45% $9,468 $9,046 133 35% - -$421 -36.1% 10.2h βœ“ -
83 AMZN -4.80% $9,903 $9,427 137 32% - -$475 -24.3% 11.0h βœ“ -
84 ARM -5.13% $5,374 $5,098 139 29% - -$276 -53.7% 10.4h βœ“ -
85 PYPL -5.24% $10,157 $9,625 134 25% - -$532 -14.2% 12.0h βœ“ -
86 AVGO -5.50% $11,136 $10,524 139 32% - -$613 -26.2% 12.5h βœ“ -
87 SQQQ -5.67% $11,891 $11,217 139 27% - -$674 -27.4% 9.4h βœ“ -
88 MCD -5.78% $9,255 $8,720 144 28% - -$535 -16.7% 11.1h βœ“ -
89 COP -5.81% $11,211 $10,560 144 27% - -$651 -13.6% 9.7h βœ“ -
90 ACN -5.97% $10,566 $9,935 139 35% - -$631 -7.8% 11.9h βœ“ -
91 MRNA -6.64% $4,984 $4,653 144 29% - -$331 -67.6% 11.1h βœ“ -
92 AAPL -7.85% $9,843 $9,070 140 26% - -$773 -16.9% 8.9h βœ“ -
93 BMY -8.54% $9,474 $8,665 146 27% - -$809 -14.5% 9.3h βœ“ -
94 UNH -8.78% $10,934 $9,974 138 27% - -$960 -17.4% 9.8h βœ“ -
95 PLTR -9.85% $19,475 $17,557 142 29% - -$1,918 -23.6% 12.0h βœ“ -
96 SNOW -10.06% $9,240 $8,310 146 31% - -$930 -21.1% 10.3h βœ“ -
97 DIS -12.20% $10,350 $9,087 144 31% - -$1,263 -15.9% 8.6h βœ“ -
98 REGN -12.93% $7,624 $6,638 142 27% - -$986 -33.9% 8.9h βœ“ -
99 SPXU -15.67% $10,014 $8,444 58 22% - -$1,569 -29.7% 20.5h βœ“ -
100 SHIBUSD 🚫 PROBATION β‚Ώ -19.44% $10,099 $8,136 48 15% $2,167 -$1,963 -99.1% 1.7h 6 Feb 5, 2026
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101 AMD -24.32% $9,769 $7,393 143 25% - -$2,376 -38.6% 8.9h βœ“ -
102 VXX -27.41% $11,736 $8,519 151 22% - -$3,217 -42.2% 8.2h βœ“ -
103 DOTUSD 🚫 PROBATION β‚Ώ -36.23% $10,100 $6,441 70 16% $2,786 -$3,659 -99.1% 1.7h 6 Feb 1, 2026
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104 AMC -37.29% $5,794 $3,633 148 18% - -$2,161 -67.5% 9.0h βœ“ -
105 LTCUSD 🚫 PROBATION β‚Ώ -50.21% $10,100 $5,029 115 10% $4,064 -$5,071 -99.1% 1.7h 6 Jan 26, 2026
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106 UNIUSD 🚫 PROBATION β‚Ώ -59.84% $10,101 $4,057 157 10% $4,751 -$6,045 -99.0% 1.6h 6 Jan 21, 2026
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107 PEPEUSD 🚫 PROBATION β‚Ώ -63.47% $10,101 $3,690 145 13% $4,569 -$6,411 -99.3% 1.6h 7 Jan 22, 2026
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108 LINKUSD 🚫 PROBATION β‚Ώ -63.63% $10,098 $3,673 148 8% $4,628 -$6,426 -99.0% 1.7h 6 Jan 22, 2026
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109 SOLUSD β‚Ώ -90.60% $10,099 $949 407 10% $8,186 -$9,149 -99.1% 1.8h 5 Dec 20, 2025
110 DOGEUSD β‚Ώ -97.36% $10,101 $267 654 11% $8,462 -$9,834 -99.0% 1.7h 5 Nov 12, 2025
111 ETHUSD β‚Ώ -97.67% $10,100 $235 655 11% $8,495 -$9,864 -99.0% 1.8h 5 Nov 16, 2025
112 XRPUSD β‚Ώ -98.27% $10,092 $175 726 11% $8,779 -$9,917 -99.0% 1.8h 5 Oct 29, 2025
113 AVAXUSD β‚Ώ -98.34% $10,071 $167 719 10% $8,490 -$9,904 -99.1% 1.7h 5 Nov 7, 2025
114 BTCUSD β‚Ώ -98.98% $10,072 $103 817 8% $8,785 -$9,969 -99.1% 1.8h 5 Oct 22, 2025

πŸ‘€ Personality

Zen-like patience. Never chases trades. Believes rushing leads to ruin. Speaks slowly and deliberately. Has been known to wait months for the perfect entry.