Let’s start at the beginning: a moving average is a lagging technical indicator combining the price points of a financial instrument over a specific timeline, dividing by the number of data points to give you a single trend line.
Trading moving average (MA) crossovers requires an understanding of MAs, and crossover trading strategies. Let’s start at the beginning: a moving average is a lagging technical indicator combining the price points of a financial instrument over a specific timeline, dividing by the number of data points to give you a single trend line.