The 200-day simple moving average is a reliable indicator for determining a bullish or bearish bias in SPY. The 200-day SMA strategy has outperformed a buy and hold approach since 2000, especially ...

I use a mechanical strategy to buy or hold SPY if the S&P 500 closes above its 200-day SMA at month-end. This strategy avoids emotional decisions, keeping me long in uptrends and out of the market in ...

The daily chart for QQQ shows that the index tracked its 50-day simple moving average higher until the beginning of 2022. Note that November 22, 2021 was a key reversal day. A new high was set with ...

Moving averages (MAs) are among the most basic technical indicators commonly used by forex traders in their currency trading strategies. Among the major benefits of their use in trading forex, MAs can ...

When the 50-day moving average crosses over the 200-day moving average, it’s called a golden cross — a powerful technical pattern that indicates incoming bullish momentum. When the same moving average ...

Casey Murphy has fanned his passion for finance through years of writing about active trading, technical analysis, market commentary, exchange-traded funds (ETFs), commodities, futures, options, and ...

When discussing the numerous and varied market indicators technical traders use to build trading systems, we often point to moving averages. The moving average is one of the basic tools in technical ...

The simple moving average, or SMA, is one of the most common pieces of technical data that investors rely on. In the case of the 200-day SMA, it shows you the stock’s average price over the past 200 ...

Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

The S&P 500 closed June with a monthly gain of 6.47%, after a gain of 0.25% in May. At this point, after closing on the last day of the month, one of five Ivy Portfolio ETFs — Invesco DB Commodity ...