The exponential moving average (EMA) is a weighted average of recent period's prices. It uses an exponentially decreasing weight from each previous price/period ...LinkedInwithBackgroundTradingDayTradingPartofAnIntroductiontoDayTradingOverviewDayTradingBasicsWhatIsDayTrading?DayTradingvs.SwingTradingDayTradingRestrictionsonU.S.StocksStartingWithPaperTradingTransitioningFromDemotoLiveDayTradingHowtoDayTradeWithLessThan$25,000DayTradingInstrumentsStocksFuturesOptionsImportantOptionsTradingTermsCallandPutOptionsPlacingOrdersTradingOrderTypesUsingLimitOrdersWhenBuyingorSellingStocksUsingStopLossOrdersStrategyTipsforBeginnersLongvs.ShortTradesTimesofDaytoBuy&SellShortSellingAnalysisCommonIntra-DayStockMarketPatternsHowtoReadaCandlestickChartUnderstandingVolumeAnalysisFreeReal-TimeStockChartsTheBestTechnicalIndicatorsforDay-TradingSimple,Exponential,&WeightedMovingAveragesRisk&MoneyManagementThe1%RiskRuleRisk-RewardRatioTheRisksofStockTradingWithLeverageTradingPsychologyMust-ReadTradingPsychologyBooksUsiingPatiencetoImprovePerformanceCostlyMentalErrorstoAvoidSimple,Exponential,andWeightedMovingAveragesDayTradingUsesandApplicationsofMovingAverages•••TradingView.comTableofContentsExpandTableofContentsSimpleMovingAverageCalculationExponentialMovingAverageCalculationWeightedMovingAverageCalculationMovingAverageTradingUsesandInterpretationByFullBioAdamMiltonspecializesinhelpingretailinvestorsunderstanddaytrading.HeisaprofessionalfinancialtraderinavarietyofEuropean,U.S.,andAsianmarkets.ReadTheBalance'seditorialpoliciesAdamMiltonReviewedbyFullBioFollowLinkedinGordonScott,CMT,isalicensedbroker,activeinvestor,andproprietarydaytrader.Hehasprovidededucationtoindividualtradersandinvestorsforover20years.HeformerlyservedastheManagingDirectoroftheCMT®ProgramfortheCMTAssociation.ArticleReviewedonJune29,2020ReadTheBalance'sFinancialReviewBoardGordonScottUpdatedJune18,2021Movingaveragesactastechnicalindicatorsthatshowtheaveragepricemovementoveracertainperiod.Theyareoftenusedtohelphighlight