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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
Nov 15, 2025 β†’ Feb 15, 2026 (92 days)
🎯 Asset Class: πŸ“ˆ Stocks 102 β‚Ώ Crypto 12 🌐 All Assets 114

πŸ“Š Last 3 Months Performance: Showing Grace Crossover's performance over the last 3 months across 114 symbols. 🟒 LIVE

$10,078
Avg Value (per symbol)
Started at: $10,837 ($-759)
-7.00%
Last 3 Months ROI
27.4%
Win Rate
7,648
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 3 Months)

Combined P&L across all 114 symbols

πŸ’° Trading Activity (Last 3 Months)

Stock Volume
$36,456,189
3,319 trades
Stock Fees
$0
βœ“ Commission FREE
Crypto Volume
$12,338,881
4,329 trades
Crypto Fees
$30,847
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 3 Months)

πŸ“‰ Worst 5 Performing Symbols (Last 3 Months)

πŸ“Š All Symbol Results

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

πŸ“… Last 3 Months: Nov 15, 2025 β†’ Feb 15, 2026 (92 days)
Rank Symbol Return 3M Start Final Value Trades Win Rate Fees Net Max DD Avg Hold Refunds Last Refund
1 SOXL +30.44% $7,620 $9,940 24 33% - +$2,320 -51.2% 11.0h βœ“ -
2 MU +30.19% $7,660 $9,973 28 36% - +$2,313 -48.4% 10.8h βœ“ -
3 MRNA +24.97% $3,724 $4,653 30 47% - +$930 -67.6% 11.1h βœ“ -
4 RIVN +17.13% $15,952 $18,685 33 27% - +$2,733 -33.5% 10.9h βœ“ -
5 SLV +16.09% $10,631 $12,341 31 39% - +$1,711 -14.1% 11.3h βœ“ -
6 DKNG +14.59% $10,850 $12,433 36 31% - +$1,583 -25.0% 11.5h βœ“ -
7 SOFI +11.56% $24,437 $27,262 32 38% - +$2,825 -22.8% 11.5h βœ“ -
8 GS +10.67% $13,289 $14,707 32 34% - +$1,418 -8.5% 10.1h βœ“ -
9 VRTX +10.10% $11,754 $12,941 34 29% - +$1,187 -9.6% 11.3h βœ“ -
10 COST +9.59% $10,673 $11,697 34 29% - +$1,024 -8.3% 12.2h βœ“ -
11 CVX +9.37% $11,069 $12,106 35 29% - +$1,037 -10.7% 11.2h βœ“ -
12 SCHW +9.23% $13,214 $14,434 27 48% - +$1,220 -6.9% 10.9h βœ“ -
13 XLE +8.48% $9,536 $10,345 35 51% - +$809 -13.2% 11.6h βœ“ -
14 LCID +7.92% $13,194 $14,239 35 31% - +$1,045 -23.9% 10.4h βœ“ -
15 MRK +7.53% $10,064 $10,821 32 53% - +$758 -15.0% 11.4h βœ“ -
16 GME +7.47% $13,519 $14,528 34 29% - +$1,010 -22.2% 8.2h βœ“ -
17 BAC +7.13% $10,061 $10,778 31 42% - +$717 -19.3% 10.2h βœ“ -
18 JNJ +7.11% $9,229 $9,885 32 38% - +$656 -10.9% 11.3h βœ“ -
19 ABBV +6.62% $9,333 $9,951 33 42% - +$618 -20.2% 10.6h βœ“ -
20 AMGN +6.15% $12,846 $13,636 33 36% - +$790 -5.9% 10.1h βœ“ -
21 RIOT +6.14% $15,062 $15,987 33 27% - +$925 -34.2% 9.1h βœ“ -
22 C +6.01% $11,782 $12,490 30 37% - +$708 -16.6% 10.1h βœ“ -
23 XOM +5.67% $10,797 $11,409 34 35% - +$612 -7.7% 11.2h βœ“ -
24 AXP +5.37% $10,597 $11,166 33 36% - +$569 -17.9% 10.5h βœ“ -
25 UNH +5.24% $9,477 $9,974 32 34% - +$497 -17.4% 9.8h βœ“ -
26 TSLA +5.17% $8,039 $8,454 34 38% - +$416 -26.6% 10.7h βœ“ -
27 MDT +4.93% $9,695 $10,173 31 32% - +$478 -12.9% 12.0h βœ“ -
28 PM +4.89% $13,821 $14,497 30 33% - +$676 -4.1% 12.3h βœ“ -
29 ORCL +4.61% $8,547 $8,941 32 38% - +$394 -31.9% 11.8h βœ“ -
30 BIIB +4.47% $9,221 $9,633 34 29% - +$412 -21.8% 9.1h βœ“ -
31 CSCO +4.30% $12,927 $13,483 33 27% - +$556 -5.8% 11.6h βœ“ -
32 CRWD +4.05% $15,847 $16,489 33 36% - +$642 -20.9% 11.7h βœ“ -
33 LLY +3.85% $12,650 $13,137 34 29% - +$487 -13.5% 10.7h βœ“ -
34 USO +3.68% $11,142 $11,552 28 32% - +$410 -11.7% 10.8h βœ“ -
35 HD +3.47% $9,657 $9,992 31 26% - +$335 -11.0% 10.3h βœ“ -
36 ISRG +3.46% $10,446 $10,808 30 43% - +$361 -10.1% 11.6h βœ“ -
37 BRK-B +3.19% $8,867 $9,150 32 38% - +$283 -16.1% 10.0h βœ“ -
38 DIA +2.69% $9,818 $10,082 33 33% - +$264 -8.0% 11.1h βœ“ -
39 WFC +2.20% $12,098 $12,364 31 29% - +$266 -10.6% 11.2h βœ“ -
40 MCD +2.15% $8,536 $8,720 34 35% - +$184 -16.7% 11.1h βœ“ -
41 GILD +2.04% $8,822 $9,002 32 31% - +$180 -19.1% 8.9h βœ“ -
42 PG +1.59% $12,042 $12,233 32 25% - +$191 -4.6% 11.1h βœ“ -
43 BLK +1.25% $11,471 $11,615 33 21% - +$143 -8.6% 12.4h βœ“ -
44 SLB +1.23% $11,016 $11,151 30 33% - +$135 -17.0% 9.5h βœ“ -
45 PFE +0.96% $8,449 $8,531 31 35% - +$81 -20.1% 11.0h βœ“ -
46 MA +0.72% $10,533 $10,608 34 21% - +$76 -9.3% 9.0h βœ“ -
47 PEP +0.47% $11,859 $11,915 33 27% - +$56 -6.0% 11.3h βœ“ -
48 XLK -0.35% $12,220 $12,177 33 36% - -$43 -13.1% 10.5h βœ“ -
49 SPY -0.36% $11,096 $11,056 30 27% - -$40 -6.4% 9.3h βœ“ -
50 IWM -0.36% $11,346 $11,305 33 24% - -$41 -8.0% 9.6h βœ“ -
51 SQQQ -0.40% $11,262 $11,217 33 27% - -$45 -27.4% 9.4h βœ“ -
52 VOO -0.57% $11,299 $11,234 31 29% - -$64 -4.8% 8.9h βœ“ -
53 XLF -0.58% $10,853 $10,790 32 28% - -$63 -6.8% 10.7h βœ“ -
54 TMO -0.71% $10,033 $9,962 34 29% - -$71 -14.5% 9.4h βœ“ -
55 VTI -0.77% $9,929 $9,852 30 33% - -$76 -11.1% 8.5h βœ“ -
56 MARA -1.18% $20,541 $20,299 32 28% - -$242 -35.1% 9.9h βœ“ -
57 OXY -1.26% $9,747 $9,624 33 33% - -$123 -14.1% 11.1h βœ“ -
58 GOOGL -1.29% $11,574 $11,424 35 31% - -$149 -22.4% 10.5h βœ“ -
59 CRM -1.45% $12,139 $11,963 33 27% - -$176 -15.0% 9.6h βœ“ -
60 TLT -1.71% $9,696 $9,531 34 32% - -$166 -7.1% 12.0h βœ“ -
61 META -1.75% $8,967 $8,810 34 32% - -$157 -28.5% 9.8h βœ“ -
62 WMT -1.92% $13,835 $13,570 32 22% - -$266 -6.4% 14.1h βœ“ -
63 NFLX -2.10% $11,022 $10,790 31 39% - -$231 -13.6% 11.4h βœ“ -
64 JPM -2.47% $12,319 $12,015 30 27% - -$304 -9.6% 10.5h βœ“ -
65 AMZN -2.54% $9,673 $9,427 35 20% - -$246 -24.3% 11.0h βœ“ -
66 VZ -2.57% $8,526 $8,307 32 25% - -$219 -22.5% 13.2h βœ“ -
67 COIN -2.61% $14,453 $14,076 33 24% - -$377 -23.0% 10.2h βœ“ -
68 ARKK -2.73% $11,484 $11,171 34 18% - -$314 -13.9% 11.5h βœ“ -
69 REGN -2.74% $6,825 $6,638 33 24% - -$187 -33.9% 8.9h βœ“ -
70 GLD -2.87% $13,489 $13,102 35 29% - -$387 -6.1% 12.6h βœ“ -
71 PYPL -3.01% $9,923 $9,625 31 23% - -$299 -14.2% 12.0h βœ“ -
72 AAPL -3.46% $9,395 $9,070 32 19% - -$325 -16.9% 8.9h βœ“ -
73 SPXU -3.51% $8,752 $8,444 29 24% - -$307 -29.7% 20.5h βœ“ -
74 ARM -3.74% $5,296 $5,098 31 26% - -$198 -53.7% 10.4h βœ“ -
75 PLTR -4.00% $18,289 $17,557 32 28% - -$732 -23.6% 12.0h βœ“ -
76 CMCSA -4.10% $10,865 $10,420 32 31% - -$445 -8.3% 10.3h βœ“ -
77 V -4.13% $9,443 $9,053 34 21% - -$390 -12.2% 10.0h βœ“ -
78 NVDA -4.14% $10,619 $10,180 35 26% - -$440 -30.4% 9.6h βœ“ -
79 QQQ -4.28% $11,878 $11,370 33 24% - -$508 -9.3% 11.6h βœ“ -
80 ADBE -4.36% $9,298 $8,893 36 39% - -$405 -20.5% 12.0h βœ“ -
81 KO -4.44% $11,106 $10,612 25 36% - -$493 -6.4% 13.1h βœ“ -
82 MSFT -4.52% $10,399 $9,929 34 24% - -$470 -19.0% 11.5h βœ“ -
83 AVGO -4.60% $11,031 $10,524 32 41% - -$507 -26.2% 12.5h βœ“ -
84 SMCI -4.65% $14,299 $13,635 35 14% - -$665 -43.0% 10.0h βœ“ -
85 BMY -5.47% $9,167 $8,665 32 25% - -$501 -14.5% 9.3h βœ“ -
86 PANW -5.71% $13,753 $12,968 31 19% - -$785 -10.2% 10.2h βœ“ -
87 ACN -5.77% $10,544 $9,935 33 12% - -$608 -7.8% 11.9h βœ“ -
88 COP -5.87% $11,218 $10,560 36 19% - -$659 -13.6% 9.7h βœ“ -
89 IBM -6.18% $9,687 $9,088 33 27% - -$599 -12.8% 9.8h βœ“ -
90 DIS -7.11% $9,783 $9,087 35 20% - -$696 -15.9% 8.6h βœ“ -
91 NIO -7.19% $6,290 $5,837 32 19% - -$452 -42.7% 8.8h βœ“ -
92 HOOD -7.21% $17,457 $16,198 31 23% - -$1,259 -21.5% 10.9h βœ“ -
93 MS -7.29% $11,499 $10,661 34 21% - -$838 -12.1% 8.7h βœ“ -
94 RBLX -10.14% $10,731 $9,643 35 26% - -$1,088 -23.0% 10.9h βœ“ -
95 NET -10.51% $10,575 $9,464 34 24% - -$1,111 -27.1% 9.4h βœ“ -
96 SNOW -10.96% $9,333 $8,310 35 20% - -$1,023 -21.1% 10.3h βœ“ -
97 INTC -11.05% $10,961 $9,749 34 26% - -$1,211 -21.5% 7.8h βœ“ -
98 UVXY -11.41% $18,288 $16,201 37 14% - -$2,087 -23.5% 7.4h βœ“ -
99 VXX -13.44% $9,842 $8,519 37 11% - -$1,323 -42.2% 8.2h βœ“ -
100 TQQQ -16.35% $10,815 $9,046 34 21% - -$1,768 -36.1% 10.2h βœ“ -
101 AMC -16.49% $4,351 $3,633 32 13% - -$717 -67.5% 9.0h βœ“ -
102 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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103 AMD -23.96% $9,722 $7,393 33 24% - -$2,329 -38.6% 8.9h βœ“ -
104 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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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 -96.90% $8,602 $267 634 11% $8,462 -$8,335 -99.0% 1.7h 5 Nov 12, 2025
111 XRPUSD β‚Ώ -96.92% $5,669 $175 622 11% $8,779 -$5,494 -99.0% 1.8h 5 Oct 29, 2025
112 BTCUSD β‚Ώ -97.39% $3,936 $103 656 8% $8,785 -$3,833 -99.1% 1.8h 5 Oct 22, 2025
113 ETHUSD β‚Ώ -97.67% $10,100 $235 655 11% $8,495 -$9,864 -99.0% 1.8h 5 Nov 16, 2025
114 AVAXUSD β‚Ώ -97.81% $7,634 $167 672 10% $8,490 -$7,467 -99.1% 1.7h 5 Nov 7, 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.