A moving average is a popular technical analysis tool used to reflect trends in the stock market and individual equities. Option traders use moving averages to determine which direction an equity’s ...

One of the most straightforward tools in an investor’s toolkit is the simple moving average (SMA). The SMA is a fundamental technical indicator that smooths out volatility from price data to help ...

What Is A Moving Average? Moving averages are important in many time series data applications. The study of moving averages is part of the academic disciplines of statistics and mathematics.

Casey Murphy has fanned his passion for finance through years of writing about active trading, technical analysis, market commentary, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, futures, options, and ...

J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Samantha (Sam ...

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 ...

I take a “toolbox” approach to analyzing and trading markets. The more technical and analytical tools I have in my trading toolbox at my disposal, the better my chances for success in trading. One of ...