This article is taken from the Trader's Journal magazine (February 2009 issue)

The author, Subrina Mahmood, is currently working on her MBA in finance at Monmouth University.

  • Moving averages are a popular technical trading tool used to generate buy and sell signals. The question is – do they work? Subrina Mahmood lead a discussion on various moving average crossover strategies using simulated tenyear stock data series.

Moving averages are a popular technical trading tool used to generate buy and sell signals depending on the relationship between a long duration and a short duration moving average. One of the most popular forms is known as the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD).

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