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 ...

Stella Osoba is the Senior Editor of trading and investing at Investopedia. She co-founded and chaired Women in Technical Analysis. She has 15+ years of experience as a financial writer and technical ...

Deciding when to enter or exit a market can be challenging. If you’re looking for clues on when to trade, the 200-day moving average (MA) is a simple but powerful tool you can integrate into your ...

A moving average is a technical indicator that measures historical and current price movements to show future market direction. Discover what a moving average is and the strategies you can use before ...

The term “Moving Average” might sound complex, but at its core, it’s a remarkably straightforward concept. Think of it as a financial tool that helps you cut through the noise and get to the heart of ...

The market price of a security is the value of the security placed by the buyers and sellers in the market. Historical data relating to the market price of an asset proves to be an indicator for ...

The 200-day moving average strategy has increased risk-adjusted returns since 1951, but underperforms the S&P 500 on a price return basis. In this article, I show that the 225-day moving average ...