Moving Average
Also called: SMA, EMA, 50-day moving average, 200-day moving average
A line that smooths price over a chosen lookback (e.g. 50 or 200 days) to reveal the underlying trend and act as dynamic support or resistance.
A simple moving average (SMA) averages closing prices over N periods; an exponential moving average (EMA) weights recent prices more heavily. Rising averages signal an uptrend; falling ones a downtrend.
Common uses: the 50-day and 200-day as trend filters, price reclaiming or losing a key average as a momentum shift, and a 'golden cross' (50-day crossing above 200-day) as a longer-term bullish signal.
On StockSetups
Every StockSetups signal carries price-vs-50-day and price-vs-200-day distances plus moving-average crosses, and the Minervini-style trend template checks a stock's alignment to its key averages.
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