Reading Charts Without Superstition·Lesson 15 of 25·12 min
Moving Averages and Trend Confirmation
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The concept A moving average (MA) smooths price into a single line by averaging closing prices over a fixed lookback window, filtering out noise so the dominant trend direction becomes easier to see. A simple moving average (SMA) weights every price in the window equally; an exponential moving average (EMA) weights recent prices more heavily, making it react faster to……
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