Stock market moves are often telegraphed through macro instruments, making this week’s action particularly noteworthy.

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 ...

Casey Murphy has fanned his passion for finance through years of writing about active trading, technical analysis, market commentary, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, futures, options, and ...

Iamgold (IAG) reached a significant support level, and could be a good pick for investors from a technical perspective. Recently, IAG broke through the 20-day moving average, which suggests a ...

The Moving Average Convergence-Divergence (MACD) indicator highlights shifts in the direction of price momentum. That makes it a useful indicator to time trade entries since long traders are more ...

The 200-day simple moving average is a reliable indicator for determining a bullish or bearish bias in SPY. The 200-day SMA strategy has outperformed a buy and hold approach since 2000, especially ...

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Moving averages (MA) are one of the most common technical indicators available to traders. This tool comes in many forms: simple, exponential, and weighted. Moving averages make it easier to spot ...

Discover how to day trade using this simple moving average crossover strategy (with backtests and examples) The golden cross and the death cross are both highly consistent medium-to-long-term ...

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 ...