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Re: What is your Favorit Set Up?/Trades

Trades,

My big objection to the use of simple moving averages is based on principle. In computing a 200-day SMA, the price change 200 days ago is just as significant (although reversed) as yesterday's price change. With an EMA, the significance of past actions gradually and naturally recedes as time goes on.