J.B. Maverick is an active trader, commodity futures broker, and stock market analyst 17+ years of experience, in addition to 10+ years of experience as a finance writer and book editor. Samantha (Sam ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

One of the primary objectives of any market analyst is to determine what exactly the market is doing. Is it rising or falling, trending or consolidating? And how do you know? For most, that analysis ...

Moving averages smooth out stock price fluctuations to clarify trends. Simple and exponential are the main types of moving averages. These tools help determine optimal stock buying or selling times.

Technical indicators can make a big difference while trading. Among the most popular strategies used to indicate emerging and common trends is calculating the moving average (MA). Put simply, the MA ...

A moving average is a popular technical analysis tool used to reflect trends in the stock market and individual equities. Option traders use moving averages to determine which direction an equity’s ...

・If the price of an asset climbs above a particularly critical average, traders consider it a sign of improving sentiment, while a drop is seen as a sign of potential decline. ・Some commonly used ...