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The simple moving average, or SMA, is one of the most common pieces of technical data that investors rely on. In the case of the 200-day SMA, it shows you the stock’s average price over the past 200 ...

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 ...

Cisco Systems CSCO gapped below its 50-day simple moving average at $50.00 on Thursday and is now also well below its quarterly and monthly pivots at $50.82 and $50.00. Its nearest support is its ...

The Invesco QQQ Trust ETF QQQ represents the stocks in the Nasdaq 100. The daily chart shows that the ETF held its 200-day simple moving average at $290.06 on March 2. This chart also shows that a ...