EMA pair · 12/26
12/26 EMA crossover
on NIFTY & BANKNIFTY.
The MACD pair. 12/26 is what every default MACD on every charting platform uses.
12/26 is the canonical MACD setting. When you read "MACD bullish cross" on a news site or alert, 12/26 is what's underneath. Slower than 9/21 — fewer false signals, but slower to flip in genuine trend changes.
Updated 2026-05-03 15:23 IST ·
Recommended timeframes: 15m, 1h, 1d
Live 12/26 state
NIFTY 50
5m
FAST > SLOW
gap +5 bp
last cross: 2026-04-30 12:30 IST
Bullish
· 35 bars ago
15m
FAST > SLOW
gap +1 bp
last cross: 2026-04-30 15:15 IST
Bullish
· 0 bars ago
1h
FAST < SLOW
gap -16 bp
last cross: 2026-04-30 09:15 IST
Bearish
· 6 bars ago
1d
FAST > SLOW
gap +47 bp
last cross: 2026-04-16 09:15 IST
Bullish
· 10 bars ago
1h 12/26 · 30-day whipsaws
1
false signals · 30 calendar days
BANK NIFTY
5m
FAST > SLOW
gap +3 bp
last cross: 2026-04-30 12:35 IST
Bullish
· 34 bars ago
15m
FAST < SLOW
gap -9 bp
last cross: 2026-04-29 14:30 IST
Bearish
· 28 bars ago
1h
FAST < SLOW
gap -62 bp
last cross: 2026-04-23 14:15 IST
Bearish
· 36 bars ago
1d
FAST > SLOW
gap +26 bp
last cross: 2026-04-20 09:15 IST
Bullish
· 8 bars ago
1h 12/26 · 30-day whipsaws
1
false signals · 30 calendar days
Recent 12/26 crossovers
Last 10 crossovers on the 1h timeframe — the most active for this pair on Indian indices.
NIFTY 50 · 1h
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2026-04-30 09:15
Bearish · 23,828.60
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2026-04-29 11:15
Bullish · 24,293.15
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2026-04-23 12:15
Bearish · 24,216.20
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2026-04-06 14:15
Bullish · 22,989.35
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2026-03-27 13:15
Bearish · 22,911.70
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2026-03-25 11:15
Bullish · 23,440.35
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2026-03-19 10:15
Bearish · 23,220.95
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2026-03-18 10:15
Bullish · 23,785.30
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2026-02-24 09:15
Bearish · 25,484.70
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2026-02-23 14:15
Bullish · 25,710.75
BANK NIFTY · 1h
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2026-04-23 14:15
Bearish · 56,272.45
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2026-04-06 13:15
Bullish · 52,394.55
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2026-03-27 11:15
Bearish · 52,492.15
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2026-03-25 12:15
Bullish · 53,900.80
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2026-03-19 10:15
Bearish · 53,760.60
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2026-03-18 12:15
Bullish · 55,233.95
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2026-02-25 12:15
Bearish · 60,891.45
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2026-02-16 13:15
Bullish · 60,782.80
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2026-02-13 12:15
Bearish · 60,352.05
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2026-02-09 09:15
Bullish · 60,643.85
5-year backtest of the 12/26 regime classifier — daily
For each historical day, we classify the regime under 12/26 EMAs (Trending Bull / Trending Bear / Ranging),
then measure the next day's close-to-close return. Win-rate and t-stat below tell you whether the regime call has predictive value
when this specific pair is used.
NIFTY — 12/26
2021-06-16 → 2026-04-29 · 1203 days
| Regime | N |
Mean fwd 1d | Win% |
t-stat |
| Trending Bull |
542 |
+0.036% |
55.5% |
1.19 |
| Trending Bear |
296 |
-0.005% |
48.6% |
-0.08 |
| Ranging |
365 |
+0.078% |
53.4% |
1.67 |
BANKNIFTY — 12/26
2021-06-16 → 2026-04-29 · 1202 days
| Regime | N |
Mean fwd 1d | Win% |
t-stat |
| Trending Bull |
530 |
+0.051% |
52.5% |
1.24 |
| Trending Bear |
279 |
-0.004% |
54.5% |
-0.04 |
| Ranging |
393 |
+0.065% |
53.7% |
1.31 |
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