A moving average is a popular technical analysis tool used to reflect trends in the stock market and individual equities. Option traders use moving averages to determine which direction an equity’s ...

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Key ingredients in many trading strategies, moving averages are very popular tools. Moving averages are typically trend-following tools that help traders determine what kind of trend, if any, a given ...