50 Day Moving Average

[hwaxen]

I prefer the exponential since it gives more weight to recent actioin. I use moving averages as points of support and resistance and for signs of strength. The signs of strength come from the time spent either above or below the moving average.

 

[dgabriel]

Both can be very useful, ema and sma. There are occasionally significant volumes traded around these levels as they are used as a point of entry, re-entry, or short covering, sometimes.

The more times a stocks crossed a widely used ma like the 50 day, let's say in a one month period, the less useful it will be for the time.