Friday, August 22, 2014

Moving averages

Moving averages are price averages during a specific timeframe. The most common moving averages take the average of the closing prices.

Simple Moving Average (SMA)

It is the average of the closing prices over a certain timeframe. Since it is a simple average, the same weight is given to all data from beginning to end.

Exponential Moving Average (EMA)

This moving average gives more weight to the latest data and less weight to the oldest data. The EMA is more commonly used due to the fact that new data is more relevant than older data.


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