Moving averages are technical indicators used by investors in the stock market. A moving average (MA) represents the sum of the closing prices of a security over a specific number of periods divided ...

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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 ...

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