A moving average is a type of trendline that smoothes out values of adjacent statistical observations and thereby eliminates minor or irregular fluctuations (called "noise"). A moving average is one ...

Moving averages are technical indicators used by investors in the stock market. A moving average (MA) represents the sum of the closing prices of a security over a specific number of periods divided ...

Moving averages (MA) are one of the most common technical indicators available to traders. This tool comes in many forms: simple, exponential, and weighted. Moving averages make it easier to spot ...

In this lesson, we look at another technical analysis tool that helps traders to identify market trends: moving averages. The lesson includes a step-by-step exercise for you to practise setting moving ...

There'a an ominous looking chart going around the internet that shows a stock market on the verge of collapse. As with many scary market charts, what you choose to show--or leave out--can change the ...

Readers and students are constantly asking for some sort of an indicator from which they could discern the potential price direction of a stock or market index. As I have pointed out repeatedly, ...

When discussing the numerous and varied market indicators technical traders use to build trading systems, we often point to moving averages. The moving average is one of the basic tools in technical ...

This report presents a simple, 30 year study on the best moving average to use to define bull and bear markets. A study like this is necessary since most moving averages in use are based on nothing ...

Samantha (Sam) Silberstein, CFP®, CSLP®, EA, is an experienced financial consultant. She has a demonstrated history of working in both institutional and retail environments, from broker-dealers to ...

Forbes contributors publish independent expert analyses and insights. John Navin is a Colorado-based journalist who writes about stocks. That’s about it. Well-known name brand components are sliding ...