Question about moving averages

[easymon1]

I’m playing around

What is it specifically that you are trying to do?

 

[KGTrader4]

Honestly, looking to trade on bigger picture stuff, trade less, hold longer, spend less time reading about and researching trading ideas. Want to continue using technical analysis, it’s helped me tremendously, but want to spend more time on guitar and working out

 

[Darc]

Only benefit is, like what was posted, to see what the herd is following, 50/200SMA.

Main thing I've found useful on daily candle charts eg 90d is expanding ranges.... bigger daily green candles in an uptrend are often worth trading. It's all about range Increasing, eg traders voting with price action.

And of course engulfing/hammers/shooting stars for reversals.

A really good pivot setup is to see a selloff, accompanied by ever-smaller candles, bc they often flip back up.


Badness' point about Slope of ma is a particularly smart, and correct observation

What about adding a shorter 9 EMA to those 200 SMA and 50 SMA. The 9 EMA plus the Candlesticks you mentioned help spot the shorter Trend ... plus "the KCalhoun two Vs"? Thanks.

 

[easymon1]

1) trade less, 2) hold longer, 3) spend less time, 3a)" researching trading ideas. 4) Want to continue using technical analysis, it’s helped me tremendously.

If you had a method already, what few products would you go look at tomorrow?

 

[KGTrader4]

If you had a method already, what few products would you go look at tomorrow?

Probably strictly ETFs. Index and sector, ultimately maybe ultimately some more focused ETFS, like for example KWEB , XBI, GLD, just as examples.
I think MAs have the same application to these as they do to individual stocks. But these instruments lend themselves to longer holds, in some instances.

 

[KCalhoun]

What about adding a shorter 9 EMA to those 200 SMA and 50 SMA. The 9 EMA plus the Candlesticks you mentioned help spot the shorter Trend ... plus "the KCalhoun two Vs"? Thanks.

Right, the 9 will give faster signals

 

[Smart Money]

Moving averages make me money. Every indicator and TA method looks backwards…even support and resistance and candle reading. I find ma be very reliable. The key is to cobble together a method that uses the more reliable methods.

 

[easymon1]

Probably strictly ETFs. Index and sector, ultimately maybe ultimately some more focused ETFS, like for example KWEB , XBI, GLD, just as examples.
I think MAs have the same application to these as they do to individual stocks. But these instruments lend themselves to longer holds, in some instances.

Which of these Index products initially?

 

[Darc]

Right, the 9 will give faster signals

Just remembered, Oliver Kell likes to use the 200 & 50 SMA and 10 & 20 EMAs.

 

[Andor Manly]

Moving averages make me money. Every indicator and TA method looks backwards…even support and resistance and candle reading. I find ma be very reliable. The key is to cobble together a method that uses the more reliable methods.

Even for me moving averages work and show good results, rising moving averages indicate that the security is in an uptrend and that’s reliable for me, I prefer exponential moving average as they are very reactive and helps me to understand the patterns of change by crossovers, it took a lot of practice but so far so good.