Moving Average Strategies
- Gold Price Period of MA
- SMA, Exponential Moving Average, Linear Weighted Moving Average and SMMA
- Moving Average Trend Identification
- Moving Average Whipsaws in Range Markets
- Moving Average Crossover Method
- Moving Average Support & Resistance
- How to Select a MA
- Short Term & Long Term Setups
- 20 Gold Pips Price Range Strategy
About the Moving Average Strategy
Gold Moving average is one of the most widely used Gold Indicator because it is simple and easy to use.
This Gold Indicator is a trend following indicator that's used by traders for three things:
- Identify the beginning of a new market trend
- Measure the sustainability of the new trend
- Identify the ending of a trend & signal a reversal signal
The Moving Average or Moving Average is used to smooth out the volatility of trading price action. The Moving Average is an overlay indicator & it is placed on top or superimposed on the price chart.
On the example chart below the blue line represents a 15 period MA, which acts to smooth out the volatility of the price action.
Gold MA Technical Indicator - MT4 Gold Chart Indicators
Calculation of the Moving Average
The Moving Average is also known as Moving Average - is calculated as an average of trading price using the recent most trading price data.
If the Moving Average uses the 10 period to calculate the average of the price then it is known as to as a 10 period gold trading moving average, because most traders use the day as the standard trading price period we shall just refer to it as the 10 day Moving Average.
To calculate the ten day Moving Average the price of the last 10 days is averaged, the trading moving average indicator is then updated constantly after every new trading price period. So after every new trading price period is formed the moving average is then calculated afresh using the most recent 10 xauusd trading price periods, that is why it is called a moving average because the average is constantly moving when price data is updated.