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

1st Source Corporation (SRCE) reached a significant support level, and could be a good pick for investors from a technical perspective. Recently, SRCE's 50-day simple moving average broke out ...

A Golden Cross occurs when a 50-day moving average crosses through a 200-day moving average to the upside. Moving Averages are the easiest technical indicators to understand, notably the simple ...

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 ...

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.

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.

Nevertheless, a chart of the S&P 500 monthly closes since 1995 shows that a 10- or 12-month simple moving average (SMA) strategy would have ensured participation in most of the upside price ...

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 ...

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 ...

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.

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.