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Simple vs. Exponential MA periods


  • Date: Tue, 26 May 2009 07:32:16 -0700
  • From: "Philip Lane" <philtronics@xxxxxxxxxxx>
  • Subject: Simple vs. Exponential MA periods

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Hello,

This guy I know has been watching the Oliver Velez videos (have you seen them?), and consequently wants me to program 40-day and a 20-day simple moving averages for the web site.

Now we all know that there's nothing magic about these particular averages. They look great on the videos, on those particular stocks, but other stocks probably would fit better with different periods. But I'd like to give him what he wants.

Unfortunately a Simple average is not so simple to calulate. An Xma is much easier. So I was wondering if anybody knows generally how the periods would compare to get a roughly equivalent. For example, I know that a 65-period Xma is "about" equivalent to a 50-period simple average.

Thank you,

Phil
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