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by kelly price

Moving averages are a great trading tool to use in any financial market and that includes forex. Being involved in forex education for 25 years, I would say that most traders simply don't use this tool correctly - but if you do, they can enhance your forex trading success.

Moving averages (regardless of the time period used) all have the same objective:

They identify trends over specific durations and they smooth out the day-to-day price fluctuations, that are a caused by short term volatility.

This help you see the longer term trend and look for entry points for your trading signal. The equation for any moving average is:

The closing price is added up and divided by the period the moving average is covers.

Periods

200 Day moving averages are popular for tracking longer term trends and 20, 40 and 60 Day moving averages for tracking the intermediate trend.

Shorter Periods are used and many forex traders will calculate moving averages within a day in hourly or minute time frames.

Moving averages are one of the simplest and most popular used by traders interested in technical analysis. The problem most traders have is using them the right way and they normally one or all, of these common errors.

Buy On Dip to the Moving Average

They see it approach the level and simply buy - well that is not going to help them make money as they are predicting (another word is hoping) the level will hold and of course in many instances it does not. You have to combine moving averages with moving averages - to prove the level will hold on your forex chart before entering.

To do this use simple momentum oscillators like RSI and stochastic and wait for them to show the level has held and then execute your trading signal.

Moving averages give you areas of value; that's all and your forex trading system needs to prove these levels hold.

Using Them in Stupid Time Frames

With any indicator you use you have to have valid data and many forex traders trade time periods that are simply to short - stand up all forex day traders.

Moving averages, are of absolutely no use in time frames of under a day.

They don't really become useful until at least 10 days and we never use anything less than 20 days.

Another Great Use.

For moving averages is as a stop in long term trend following.

The 20 day average we use to spot normal corrections in a trend and buy dips but we exit on the 40 day moving average.

They are great for this.

Sure you miss the top but you get something more ,you stay out of the way of the random volatility and they can help you ride a big trend for months.

If you do this and keep in mind if you get 50% of every major trend you will be very rich!

Use them the right way

It's a fact that short term price spikes that move to far away from the longer term moving average will return to it, as they are the product of human emotion.

They are therefore a great tool for spotting value areas in the market on your forex charts. Use them with simple trend lines to isolate value areas and then use momentum oscillators to prove the level has held - then execute your trading signal.

Moving averages are a simple tool - but don't under estimate how powerful they can be in helping you enjoy currency trading success just remember - use them the right way.

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by Chad Surges

Moving averages are one of the most popular technical analysis tools. A moving average is an average stock price given over a specific period of time. Many swing traders will use moving averages as guide to tell them when the best time is to buy and sell stocks. Swing traders are always looking to avoid the downswings in the market that hit the typical buy-and-hold investors hard at times. Many investors prefer to use candlestick charts along with moving averages in an attempt to predict the future movement of a stock.

So moving averages are definitely more important for the short-term swing trader. Of course there are simply no guarantees when it comes to the future movement of any stock. However, with some practice and knowledge the use of moving averages can definitely give you a leg up when it comes to getting into and out of stocks with better accuracy. If you plan on being an active short-term swing trader then learning the basics of how to use candlestick charts and movings averages is a must.

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by Kenneth Aikens

Picture yourself as a successful forex trading professional. You would feel very good knowing that you knew exactly how to diagnose your indicators on your currency trading platform. Moving averages is one of many different technical indicators used by forex traders. Below we will take a look at how moving averages are used by professional forex traders.

Moving averages are one of the most popular and easy to use tools available to the forex trader. While technical analysis is largely subjective, moving averages are mathematically precise and objective. One of the reasons moving averages are so popular is that they embody some of the most common stipulations of successful forex trading. Moving averages are extremely important for not only isolating trends, momentum, and support/resistance, but more importantly, for highlighting the underlying bias of the dominant trading cycles. Because the forex market is a spot market, moving averages are used to calculate the current average of prices, and can help traders make investment decisions on the spot.

Moving averages are a useful technical tool in a trending market. The reason for this is simple; they are considered by most analysts the most basic and core trend identifying indicators. It is designed to smooth out temporary price fluctuations and reveal the true path of the underlying trend. Moving averages may also act as support and resistance levels in a trending market. Some investors prefer simple moving averages over long time periods to identify long-term trend changes. When two moving averages are used together, the longer term moving average is used to help identify the trend, and the shorter one for timing purposes. When there is no trend, the moving averages are flat and are not of much use. Fortunately for forex traders the forex market is a trending market - a perfect market for utilizing moving averages.

There are five popular types of moving averages: simple, exponential, triangular, variable, and weighted. The two major types of moving averages are "simple" and "exponential". Simple moving averages are widely used, predominately because of its ease of computation. Simple moving averages apply equal weight to the prices. A simple moving average (SMA) is formed by finding the average price of a currency or commodity over a set number of periods of time.

Exponential moving averages (EMA) are by and large preferred when charting prices on the currency markets. Exponential moving averages reduce the lag by applying more weight to recent prices relative to older prices. The method for calculating the exponential moving average is fairly complicated. The important thing to remember is that the exponential moving average puts more weight on recent prices.

History has shown that when prices begin trading above the moving average line the market is becoming bullish and traders should be looking for buy entry points. When prices begin trading below the moving average line the market is becoming bearish and traders should look for an opportunity to sell. Investors typically buy when the price of currency pair rises above its moving average and sell when the it falls below its moving average.

Start practice trading using moving averages on a demo account right away. Go out there and continue to research moving averages as well as other technical indicators. Once you master interpreting forex currency trading technical indicators profits will surely follow.

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