
Moving avearge shows a mean price for a certain period of time of a certain instrument.
There are four types of moving averages: Simple, Exponential, Smoothed and Linear Weighted. Moving average can be calculated for any set of data (numbers), including opening / closing or highest / lowest prices as well as for other indicators.
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