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 ...

One of the primary objectives of any market analyst is to determine what exactly the market is doing. Is it rising or falling, trending or consolidating? And how do you know? For most, that analysis ...

Institutional traders who move markets often use the simple 50, 100 and 200 Moving Average lines as key decision support tools. In this series of articles we’ll look at how to potentially capitalize ...

Stock charts can be confusing, even for veteran investors. All those lines and data points. But many stock-chart tools can be valuable even for novices—and one of the most important is something ...

The Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD) is one of the most widely used momentum indicators in trading. It helps traders identify trend direction, gauge momentum strength, and spot potential ...

In the first article of this 3-part series we looked at 50-MA line breakout patterns for active equity swing traders. In this article we’ll look at how to trade using the 100-MA lines in combination ...