A golden cross occurs when a 50-day moving average tops a 200-day average, signaling a bull market. Its opposite, a death cross, represents a bearish trend with the short-term average falling below ...

Swing trading is a widely-used trading strategy that involves holding positions for short periods, typically a few days to a few weeks. While the short-term nature of swing trading may expose you to ...

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 ...

Natural gas futures rally toward $4 as cold weather drives demand. Traders eye key moving averages and Feb. 1–3 forecast for ...

If we get a hard landing, expect speculative assets to do poorly again. For a recession, we recommend exposure to BTC-USD ETFs (short). Bitcoin historically has responded well to the 23-day moving ...

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 ...

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 ...

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A moving average is not the bearish omen it used to be The S&P 500 slid below its 200-day moving average on Monday into what many stock-market technicians see as a "danger zone." But in truth, ...

The market may remain range-bound until it decisively breaks the current week’s high–low range. Below are some short-term trading ideas to consider.

What Is A Moving Average? Moving averages are important in many time series data applications. The study of moving averages is part of the academic disciplines of statistics and mathematics.