ARTICLE SYNOPSIS ...Weighted Moving Averages by Thomas Hutchinson and Peter G. Zhang, PhD. The moving average is well known and much used in the field of technical analysis, but it also has a flaw: its lack of flexibility. But it need not be fatal. First-time STOCKS & COMMODITIES contributors Thomas Hutchinson and Peter Zhang of MMS International present variations of moving averages to combat the lack of flexibility in simple moving averages and linearly weighted moving averages by introducing the general weighted moving average (GWMA). Moving averages are used in most forms of technical analysis to forecast t...