Moving Average Convergence Divergence Often used as a compliment to the TREND indicator,
the MACD measures differences between 2 moving averages.
MACD measures how far apart (or how close) two moving averages are.
Not exact matches
Traders use the
MACD to evaluate the momentum and the strength of a trend, rather that for estimating trend direction, because it
measures price movement speed.
One way to
measure momentum is by using the Moving Average Convergence Divergence (
MACD).
The
MACD is a momentum index that
measures accelerating and decelerating momentum.