Glossary · Entry & Exit Signals · S

SMA in plain English.

Simple moving average — the plain arithmetic mean of the last N closing prices, recalculated every day. Stable, slow, and the version used in the classic 50/200 signals.

Track

Entry & Exit Signals

27 terms in this track

Taught in

Trend first: moving averages

In the index

104 of 129

Filed under S

Connections

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Related terms mapped below

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The idea, in context

How to read the picture above and where the Academy teaches it.

Reading the illustration

Price as candles, smoothed by an average (gold) and wrapped in a band — how chart signals are read.

This definition usesLast

In French: SMA

Where it’s taught

Entry & Exit Signals

Trend first: moving averages

“Trend first: moving averages” introduces this term with worked examples, a quiz and the trades around it. The Academy is part of the YieldCove membership.

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8 terms around this one — the words its definition uses, its lesson siblings and the terms that build on it.

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Where to go next

Understand it, try it with real numbers, then track it for free.

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