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• Moving Average Crossovers Part II, by Dimitris Tsokakis

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:3 (26-34): Moving Average Crossovers Part II, by Dimitris Tsokakis In the first part, we examined how to overcome the lagging tendency of the moving average crossover. In part II, we look at trading opportunities presented by decreasing the lag of a moving average crossover. In the first part of this series, I applied the 20-day and 30-day simple moving average (SMA) on the stocks in the NASDAQ 100 index. This time, I will use the same 100 stocks and look at them from a different perspective. I will calculate the number of moving average crossover predictions and t...

AUTHOR: Dimitris TsokakisDATE: MAR 2007SUBJECT: Indicators

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• Anticipating Moving Average Crossovers by Dimitris Tsokakis

  ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Stocks & Commodities V. 25:2 (20-26): Anticipating Moving Average Crossovers by Dimitris Tsokakis Although simple moving averages may be a technical analyst's best friend, they do tend to lag. Here's how you can overcome this problem. Moving averages are excellent indicators to confirm existing trends in spite of their lag. To overcome this lag, several alternatives such as the exponential moving average (EMA) and the weighted moving average (WMA) have been applied to price charts. In this article, I will not tweak the simple moving average (SMA). Instead, I will decrease the lag of the SMA ...

AUTHOR: Dimitris TsokakisDATE: FEB 2007SUBJECT: Indicators