One of the primary objectives of any market analyst is to determine what exactly the market is doing. Is it rising or falling, trending or consolidating? And how do you know? For most, that analysis ...

In this lesson, we look at another technical analysis tool that helps traders to identify market trends: moving averages. The lesson includes a step-by-step exercise for you to practise setting MAs ...

What Is A Moving Average? Moving averages are important in many time series data applications. The study of moving averages is part of the academic disciplines of statistics and mathematics.

The second way to evaluate stocks is called technical analysis, but don't let the name intimidate you. This method looks at how the stock itself performs. By studying a stock chart, technical analysts ...