The chart above is an example of a simple moving average on a stock chart of Google Inc. (GOOG). The blue line represents the stock price, while the orange line represents the 50-day moving average.

Good things could be on the horizon when a stock experiences a golden cross event. How should investors react?

Moving averages can be assembled based on various periods, the most common which are the 200-day, 100-day, 50-day, and 21-day moving average. The above chart contains both a 20-day and 50-day ...

Good things could be on the horizon when a stock experiences a golden cross event. How should investors react?

Understanding Simple Moving Average A simple moving average calculates the average of a set number of asset past prices over a defined time frame. You add up the price values over that range and ...

Amazon.com AMZN -1.5% is trying to hold its 200-day simple moving average at $3,273.07. The stock has a negative weekly chart, which indicates that this key average will not hold today or tomorrow.

The simple moving average, or SMA, is one of the most common pieces of technical data that investors rely on. In the case of the 200-day SMA, it shows you the stock's average price over the past ...

The Nasdaq Composite (IXIC) set its all-time intraday high of 16,212.23 on November 22. It gapped below its 200-day simple moving average at 14,735 on January 18. Its weekly chart is negative.

A moving average ribbon consists of a series of MAs plotted on an exchange rate chart. As shown in the image below, the MAs typically have durations ranging from very short-term to long-term.