Swing trading is a widely-used trading strategy that involves holding positions for short periods, typically a few days to a few weeks. While the short-term nature of swing trading may expose you to ...

Key ingredients in many trading strategies, moving averages are very popular tools. Moving averages are typically trend-following tools that help traders determine what kind of trend, if any, a given ...

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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 ...

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 ...

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 ...

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 price charts begin to look like jagged mountain ranges, it can be hard to map out which way stocks are headed. Enter the simple moving average. The tool is a staple of technical analysis—the ...

The S&P 500 just broke an unusually long-term streak above its 160-day moving average After that mid-week breakdown, however, the S&P finished relatively strong. The index rallied easily back above ...