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Simple Moving Average - SMA
What does it mean?
A simple, or arithmetic, moving average is calculated by adding the closing price of the security for a number of time periods and then dividing this total by the number of time periods.
In Other Words...
In other words, it's the average stock price over a period of time. Keep in mind that equal weighting is given to each daily price.
Related Links
Moving Averages Tutorial - Here we help you make moving averages a part of your set of analytical tools. You will learn the way moving averages work, the different versions of moving averages, and some of the strategies that use them.
Related Terms
EMA | Moving Average
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A | B |
C | D |
E | F |
G | H |
I | J |
K | L |
M | N |
O | P |
Q | R |
S | T |
U | V |
W | X |
Y | Z
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