Different types of MA in technical analysis. A Simple Moving Average is basically an arithmetic mean. It gives equal weight to each day's price. A Linearly ...ENFRDEITPlatformsFlowBankFlowBankProProductsStocks&ETFsCrypto-assetproductsCFDsForexPricingResearchMarketResearchResearchCenterNewslettersLiveWireTechnicalAnalysisLearnLearningCenterTradingCoursesWebinarsInstitutionalclientsPlatformsFlowBankFlowBankProProductsStocks&ETFsCrypto-assetproductsCFDsForexPricingResearchMarketResearchResearchCenterNewslettersLiveWireTechnicalAnalysisLearnLearningCenterTradingCoursesWebinarsInstitutionalclientsenEnglishFrançaisDeutschItalianoWait!Thispartofourwebsiteisonlyavailableinenglishlanguage.Clickonthelinktocontinueorgobacktothesite.BacktothesiteContinueStocksTechnologyForexAssetAllocationCryptocurrenciesCommoditiesETFCFDOptionsBondsFuturesResearchCenter/MarketResearch/ArticleMarketResearchTechnicalAnalysisDemystified:MovingAveragesByCharles-HenryMonchau・27August2020・TechnicalAnalysisInthismoduleof“TechnicalAnalysisdemystified”welookatthevarioustypesofmovingaveragesandhowthesignalsgeneratedcanbeusedbytraders. WhatareMovingAverages?Intechnicalanalysis,aMovingAverageisatrend-followingtechnicalindicator.Itneveranticipates,onlyreactstothestockmarkettrend.Technicalanalystsuseitisasmoothingdevicefortherawpriceaction.ItisusedamongprofessionaltradersincludingCTAsandittherearefamousbooksincludingontheTurtleTradersabouthowithasimprovedhedgefundperformance.Manystockandforextradersrelyheavilyon50and200-dayMovingAveragesinthemedium-term.Forlongerterm,theyuse30weekand40weekMovingAveragesontheirpricecharts.However,movingaveragesareapopulartechnicalanalysistoolinmanymarkets,includinggoldmetalmarkets.Futuregolddemandcanoftenbeforecastedbyanalysingmovingaverages. DifferenttypesofMAintechnicalanalysisASimpleMovingAverageisbasicallyanarithmeticmean.Itgivesequalweighttoeachday’sprice.ALinearlyWeightedMovingAverageiscalculatedinthefollowingway:theclosingpriceofthe10thdaywillbemultipliedby10,the9thda