Wednesday, December 10, 2008

calculating a moving average


As Moving Average is an indicator that shows the average value of a security's price over a period of time. During using Forexgen platform and calculating a moving average, a mathematical analysis of the security's average value over a predetermined time period is made. As the securities price changes, its average price moves up or down.

There are five popular types of moving averages: simple (also referred to as arithmetic), exponential, triangular, variable, and weighted. Moving averages can be calculated on any data series including a security's open, high, low, close, volume, or another indicator. A moving average of another moving average is also common.

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