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Moving Average

A technical indicator that smooths price data over a specific period.

Moving averages calculate the average price over a set number of periods, smoothing out short-term fluctuations. Simple moving averages (SMA) weight all periods equally, while exponential moving averages (EMA) give more weight to recent prices. Common periods include 50-day and 200-day moving averages.

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