Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

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 ...

Please Note: Blog posts are not selected, edited or screened by Seeking Alpha editors. Technical Chart trading is very popular among experienced trading where they use it to determine the support and ...

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 ...

Moving averages (MAs) are among the most basic technical indicators commonly used by forex traders in their currency trading strategies. Among the major benefits of their use in trading forex, MAs can ...

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 ...

In your school life, you have learned about average and the method to calculate it. The formula to calculate the average is very simple. You just have to add all the values in the given data and ...

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 ...