Moving Average (MA)

  
Moving averages help measure the direction and strength of existing trends and can help determine when a trend change has taken place. The most popular moving averages are the 10- and 50-day averages.

A close below a moving average line is a warning of a potential trend change. A stock is considered to be strong by many technical analysts if it is above its 10- and 50-day moving averages.

Think of moving average as a curving trend line. It is viewed by many to serve the same purpose as a trend line by providing support during sell offs in an up trend and resistance to bounces in a downtrend.

And the breaking of a moving average line can carry the same meaning as the breaking of a trend line - a change in short-term trend.

Some of the longest, strongest up trends and down trends are established when the 10-Day Moving Average crosses up through the 50-Day Moving Average.

Day Trader need to use smaller time frame like 10 and 50 hour.

How to Calculate?

Calculation for Moving Average is very simple.
Suppose you want 10 day (length of Day) Moving Average then simply add all 10 days prices (values) and after that divide taht sum by 10(length of Day)



To get good result with Moving Average (MA), we need to use it with other technical indicators like On Balance Volume (OBV) | Percentage Price Oscillators (PPO) | Price Rate Of Change (ROC) | Relative Strength Index (RSI) | Stochastic Oscillator (STO) | Commodity Channel Index (CCI) | Chaikin Money Flow oscillator (CMF). When we use two or three technical indicators and in case of positive divergence and negative divergence it giving real good result, only you need to change time span and find out which is a better pair for you.