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Simple Moving Average - SMA
Simple Moving Average - SMA
Image 1 A simple, sometimes called arithmetic, moving average is calculated by adding the closing price of the security for a number of time periods and then dividing this total by the number of time periods.
Image 2 In other words, it's the average stock price over a period of time. Keep in mind here equal weighting is given to each daily price.


EMA

Moving Average