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Moving average
11 guides in Finabase Learn
- Absolute Price Oscillator (APO): moving-average gap in dollars What the Absolute Price Oscillator measures, why Finabase’s APO uses simple averages unlike MACD, a worked example on Visa, its zero-line signals and their limits.
- Double exponential moving average (DEMA): reducing lag How Patrick Mulloy’s DEMA subtracts an EMA’s own lag, a worked example on AMD, why it overshoots at turns, and how Finabase computes it.
- Exponential moving average (EMA): formula and how to use it How the exponential moving average weights recent prices, how to compute it step by step, how it compares with the SMA, and how Finabase scans and scores it.
- Kaufman Adaptive Moving Average (KAMA): efficiency ratio explained How KAMA speeds up in clean trends and slows down in noise using the efficiency ratio, a worked calculation on QQQ, and how Finabase computes and scores it.
- MESA Adaptive Moving Average (MAMA and FAMA) explained How John Ehlers’ MAMA adapts its speed to the market’s cycle phase, why it moves in steps, how MAMA/FAMA crossovers work on Amazon, and Finabase’s settings.
- Moving averages and trend: filters, the 50/200 and golden crosses How moving averages define a trend, why the 50- and 200-day lines matter, and what golden and death crosses did on real 2023–2026 data, whipsaws included.
- Simple moving average (SMA): formula, crossovers and limits How the simple moving average is calculated, how traders read the 50-day and 200-day lines and their crossovers, and why every SMA signal arrives late.
- T3 moving average (Tillson T3): smooth with little lag How Tim Tillson’s T3 chains six EMAs with a volume factor to get a smooth, low-lag line, the coefficient arithmetic, a Meta example and Finabase’s settings.
- Triangular moving average (TRIMA): the smoothest classic average How the triangular moving average double-smooths prices, a worked example on Coca-Cola closes, why it turns late, and when its smoothness is worth it.
- Triple exponential moving average (TEMA): fast, with a catch How the TEMA combines three EMAs to cancel lag, what its overshoot looks like on a price jump and on Tesla’s 2026 slide, and how Finabase draws and scores it.
- Weighted moving average (WMA): linear weights, worked example How the linearly weighted moving average counts recent closes more heavily, a full worked calculation on Microsoft prices, and when it beats an SMA or EMA.
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