Plain-English guides to technical indicators, settings, chart behavior, and practical trading rules for trend following and breakout strategies.
McGinley Dynamic Moving Average is an adaptive moving average designed to stay closer to price when the market accelerates and smooth out when the market slows, so it behaves more…
ZLEMA is one of those indicators that looks like a small tweak but changes the feel of your chart. If you have ever watched a clean breakout and felt your…
Most moving averages force the same compromise: smooth the noise and accept lag, or react faster and accept more whipsaws. The Variable Index Dynamic Average (VIDYA) is one of the…
Most moving averages force you into one tradeoff: smooth the noise and accept lag, or react faster and accept more whipsaws. The Adaptive Moving Average AMA tries to cheat that…
Most traders like moving averages for one reason: they turn noisy price action into a clearer line you can react to. The problem is lag. The smoother the line, the…
Most moving average frustration comes from the same trade-off: the smoother the line, the later it reacts. Trend following accepts lag as the price of staying with the bigger move,…
What is the Hull Moving Average The Hull Moving Average HMA is a moving average designed to look smooth while reacting faster than many traditional averages. If you have used…
The Weighted Moving Average (WMA) is a moving average that smooths price while giving more influence to the most recent candles. It is still a lagging tool, but it is…
The Exponential Moving Average, or EMA, is a moving average designed to smooth price while reacting faster to recent changes than slower averages. It does that by giving more weight…
What is a simple moving average Most trading decisions get harder when you zoom in. Day-to-day price movement is noisy, and the human brain wants to explain every wiggle. A…