Exponential moving average

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Fund my Mutual Fund  Jul 16  Comment 
While many had their fur up as we broke above the 200 day simple moving average, as I've stated I'm an exponential moving average kind of guy. The 200 day has slowly descended from S&P 940 to 936 of late and that is a very key line for me. If...
Fund my Mutual Fund  Jun 3  Comment 
I often get asked why do you use exponential moving average versus simple moving average. I have no good reason other than "it works for me". I think more people use the simple moving average just from speaking to so many traders over the years,...
The Curious Investor  Nov 28  Comment 
Another moving average that is often used when evaluating potential stocks is the exponential moving average (EMA). EMAs are different from the simple moving averages that we have discussed in that they are exponentially weighted towards recent...
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An exponential moving average is a variant of the simple moving average calculation which assigns more weight to the most recent data points in the average, making the moving average more responsive to recent changes in stock price.

Exponential moving averages are used in MACD technical analysis.

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