Sentences with phrase «moving averages»

Over the past four days, we have been tracking the inversely correlated ProShares UltraShort Oil and Gas ETF ($ DUG) for a possible long entry on pullback into the 20 - day and 200 - day moving averages.

The Nasdaq 100 doesn't have to lead the broad market higher, but we certainly do not want the price to break down below the 50 and 200 - day moving averages (teal and orange lines, respectively, on the chart above).

The key moving averages we monitor (20 - day EMA, 50 - day MA, and 200 - day MA) are confirming the recent strength in $ RSX.

The Nasdaq Composite, which had been quite the laggard in December, closed out the year with a strong 2.0 % advance, and is now back above the 50 and 200 - day moving averages.

Despite the gain, FB is down almost 15 % from its all - time high and its current price point lags behind the 50 - day and 200 - day moving averages.

Specifically, they retraced to test or «undercut» their 20 - day exponential moving averages.

On the daily chart below, notice that the 20 day moving averages recently crossed above the 50 day moving average, which is a bullish signal, although the 200 - day moving average (orange line above the current price) has not yet started sloping higher.

Day traders often use moving averages based on very short time frames — sometimes as short as one minute — while longer - term investors refer to 50 - day and 200 - day moving averages to spot opportunities.

In the May 30 issue of The Wagner Daily stock newsletter and on this blog post, we stated that the S&P 500 SPDR ($ SPY) and PowerShares Nasdaq 100 ETF ($ QQQ), two common ETF proxies for the broad market, would likely need to «undercut» support of their respective 200 - day moving averages before a significant bottom and reversal -LSB-...]

Longer - term moving averages typically are better predictors of significant trend changes.

In «sell» mode, I avoid establishing new long positions because all major indices are trading well below support of their respective 50 - day moving averages.

Big - money players such as banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other institutions are also more confident buying stocks when the S&P, Dow, and NASDAQ are all above their 50 - day moving averages.

After several days of encouraging price action, the NASDAQ Composite edged back above key resistance of its 20 and 50 - day moving averages, while the benchmark S&P 500 simultaneously marginally rallied to a fresh all - time high.

A Guide To Trading Moving Averages Moving averages smooth out price action and can be useful for picking out trends.

The following chart also includes the option to compare the performance of GDX relative to other ETFs and benchmarks or to include indicators such as Bollinger Bands, relative strength, and moving averages.

As with the Nasdaq, the 50 - day, 20 - day and 200 - day moving averages are significant support levels on the S&P 500:

Not every short selling setup will be as explosive to the downside as $ CROX was on the initial drop, but the idea is that the stock should have clearly and convincingly sliced through both its 10 - week and 40 - week moving averages before finding support.

Yamana Gold closed at $ 2.96 on Monday, down 26.4 % year to date, with the stock below its 50 - day and 200 - day simple moving averages of $ 3.54 and $ 4.17, respectively.

To recap the video, our preset breakout scan is designed to find stocks trading within 20 % of a 52 - week high, trading sideways above their 50 - day moving averages.

This is because several of the major indices are now running into new overhead resistance of their 20 and 50 - day moving averages (remember that a prior level -LSB-...]

Aside from price and volume, moving averages are one of the most important indicators of our trading strategy.

A great example of just how ineffective major moving averages when the bulls rush to the exit door can be seen on the daily chart of Charles Schwab ($ SCHW) below.

The bullish recovery was led by the NASDAQ Composite (for a change), which enabled the tech - dominated index to reclaim both is 20 and 50 - day moving averages (the sibling NASDAQ 100 did so as well).

The Russell 2000 is also is back in business, as the small - cap index closed above both its 20 and 50 - day moving averages as well.

The results below are specific to methods we actually use, but I expect that they could be broadly replicated using any basic combination of valuations (say, Shiller PEs), and market action (say, moving averages or breadth measures).

When a clear market uptrend is in place and market volatility is smooth and steady, a pullback to the 50 - day or 200 - day moving averages typically presents a low - risk buy entry point in a strong stock.

NEW YORK (Reuters)- Wall Street shares plunged on Monday as investors fled technology stocks amid resurgent trade war worries, with key indexes trading below their 200 - day moving averages and the S&P 500 closing below that pivotal technical level for the first time since Britain's vote to leave the European Union in June 2016.

When the major averages subsequently get back above their 20 - day exponential moving averages and hold, we can then get excited about new long setups because the potential for a new uptrend (or resumption of the previous uptrend) increases.

Well, for a simple but effective strategy, consider using the 10, 20, and 50 - period moving averages on the hourly chart.

Overall, we can step on the gas pedal again when all the major indices move back above their 20 and 50 - day moving averages (and hold for more than a day or two) after a substantial correction.

Moving averages work really well in a bull market, but not so much when conditions turn sour.

There are two moving averages to follow; the 50 - day simple moving average is in blue, and the 200 - day simple moving average is in green.

Last Friday's (July 5) rally pushed each of the main stock market indexes back above their respective 50 - day moving averages.

Goldcorp closed at $ 16.70 on Monday, down 9.8 % year to date, with the stock below its 50 - day and 200 - day simple moving averages of $ 17.78 and $ 20.10, respectively.

Barrick Gold closed at $ 10.85 on Monday, up 0.9 % year to date, with the stock below its 50 - day and 200 - day simple moving averages of $ 12.00 and $ 12.24, respectively.

Have you done any studies or had any success with looking at stocks like ACIA or WB that are trending just above their 10 dma moving averages?

Moving averages play a very big role in our daily stock analysis, and we rely heavily on certain moving averages to locate low - risk entry and exit points for the stocks and ETFs we swing trade.

It uses the full stochastic and and three moving averages (2 WMA and 1 SMA).

As long as the major averages remain above their 50 - day moving averages, and leadership stocks continue holding above pivotal support levels, our stock market timing model will remain in «buy» mode.

Despite weakening performance in leading stocks and recent broad market distribution (higher volume selling) that sparked the new «sell» signal, it's important to note that both the S&P 500 and Dow Jones Industrial Average are still trading firmly above key, intermediate - term support of their 50 - day moving averages.

Since the idea is to avoid buying stocks that are too far extended above their 10 - week moving averages, when exactly should you buy strong stocks based on the weekly charts?

Nevertheless, unless leading stocks begin breaking down below their 50 - day moving averages en masse, we are not concerned about a healthy pullback and normal sector rotation in the market.

Leading stocks like $ TSLA (we are still holding with an unrealized gain of 48 %), $ FB (we recently sold for a 49 % gain), and $ KORS must hold on to their rising 50 - day moving averages / 10 - week moving averages to keep the dominant stock market rally alive.

For trend traders, no stocks or ETFs should be sold while they are still trading above their 10 - day moving averages following a strong breakout.

You can also sort by dividend rate, yield, and average if you're looking for a solid dividend - paying income stock, and make use of advanced metrics like EBITDA margin, 50 and 200 - day moving averages, and post-tax profit margin for continued operations.

Although $ PCLN and $ AMZN had a rough day, both stocks are still trading above their respective 50 - day moving averages (an intermediate - term «line in the sand» for many retail and institutional traders / investors).

However, there is still an abundance of overhead supply (resistance) stocks must contend with, such as their 20 and 50 - day moving averages, as well as horizontal price resistance levels.

I therefore would like to ask you if you can provide me with a scanner that, once my strategy (parameters of the moving averages and stochastic) is defined, I simply have to run it at any time of the day to fined if any stock has met the defined preliminary trading conditions.

Since banks, mutual funds, hedge funds, and other institutions frequently utilize program trading to buy pullbacks to the 50 - day moving averages, it was not surprising to see buyers stepping in each time the NASDAQ brothers neared that pivotal price level in recent days.

A sharp drop after the open had pushed the S&P 500 and the Dow Jones Industrial Average below their 200 - day moving averages, a key technical indicator of longer - term momentum.