On Monday the dollar index closed above its 50-day moving average for the first time in almost six months after the U.S. and the E.U. agreed a trade deal. The 50-DMA is a popular tool for traders ...

A moving average represents a series of share price averages over time. A stock’s pricing chart may be characterized by spikes and declines, rather than moving in the same direction consistently.

Moving averages are the go-to tools for swing traders, helping them identify market trends, determine entry and exit points and understand market momentum. Each has its strengths and weaknesses ...

The stock market may soon face a pullback based on technical indicators, according to Jonathan Krinsky, managing director and chief market technician at BTIG. The S&P 500 is on track to close above ...

The 50-day moving average takes a stock's prior 50 closes and averages them. Do this every day in an upward-trending stock, and you'll get a line on a chart that runs below the stock's price bars ...

This can help confirm up or downtrends. Some moving averages may also act like support or resistance lines. For example, 50-, 100- or 200-day averages could act as support or resistance lines.

The best moving average to define bull and bear markets turns out to be a two hundred day average, moved downward on the price axis by 2%. Using this as the defining tool, we've been in a bull ...

Moving averages come in all kinds and flavors, but the most commonly used is simple moving average, of various lengths. Most popular on Seeking Alpha are the 20-day, 50-day, and 200-day moving ...

Moving average crossovers can also be valuable too. When the quicker-moving average (50 day for example) is above the slower-moving average (200 day), this is thought to be bullish.