EMA pair · 20/50
20/50 EMA crossover
on NIFTY & BANKNIFTY.
Intermediate trend. The default 1-hour pair on most setups.
20/50 EMAs are the conventional choice on 1-hour Indian-index charts. They define the multi-day swing direction without flickering on every gap or news bar. Outside news catalysts, the 20/50 1-hour cross often coincides with a trend-leg pivot.
Updated 2026-05-03 15:23 IST ·
Recommended timeframes: 1h
Live 20/50 state
NIFTY 50
5m
FAST > SLOW
gap +10 bp
last cross: 2026-04-30 13:45 IST
Bullish
· 20 bars ago
15m
FAST < SLOW
gap -14 bp
last cross: 2026-04-30 09:45 IST
Bearish
· 22 bars ago
1h
FAST < SLOW
gap -15 bp
last cross: 2026-04-30 09:15 IST
Bearish
· 6 bars ago
1d — insufficient data
1h 20/50 · 30-day whipsaws
1
false signals · 30 calendar days
BANK NIFTY
5m
FAST > SLOW
gap +4 bp
last cross: 2026-04-30 13:50 IST
Bullish
· 19 bars ago
15m
FAST < SLOW
gap -44 bp
last cross: 2026-04-29 14:00 IST
Bearish
· 30 bars ago
1h
FAST < SLOW
gap -72 bp
last cross: 2026-04-28 11:15 IST
Bearish
· 18 bars ago
1d — insufficient data
1h 20/50 · 30-day whipsaws
1
false signals · 30 calendar days
Recent 20/50 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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2026-04-24 14:15
Bearish · 23,895.45
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2026-04-07 15:15
Bullish · 23,129.95
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2026-02-13 11:15
Bearish · 25,573.40
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2026-02-09 10:15
Bullish · 25,857.95
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2026-02-05 14:15
Bearish · 25,647.80
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2026-02-03 10:15
Bullish · 25,784.20
BANK NIFTY · 1h
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2026-04-28 11:15
Bearish · 55,666.50
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2026-04-08 09:15
Bullish · 55,181.05
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2026-02-27 10:15
Bearish · 60,773.00
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2026-02-03 10:15
Bullish · 60,129.30
5-year backtest of the 20/50 regime classifier — daily
For each historical day, we classify the regime under 20/50 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 — 20/50
2021-07-20 → 2026-04-29 · 1179 days
| Regime | N |
Mean fwd 1d | Win% |
t-stat |
| Trending Bull |
541 |
+0.064% |
57.5% |
2.04 |
| Trending Bear |
252 |
+0.035% |
50.0% |
0.49 |
| Ranging |
386 |
+0.010% |
49.7% |
0.24 |
BANKNIFTY — 20/50
2021-07-20 → 2026-04-29 · 1178 days
| Regime | N |
Mean fwd 1d | Win% |
t-stat |
| Trending Bull |
553 |
+0.020% |
52.4% |
0.5 |
| Trending Bear |
240 |
+0.050% |
57.5% |
0.59 |
| Ranging |
385 |
+0.079% |
52.7% |
1.4 |
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