Different moving averages.

[Michel Dussault <mdussault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>]

Jim, Guy & all,

Thanks for sharing your observations on preferred MA.
What do you think about using the exponential MA (The method used to
calculate an exponential moving average puts more weight toward recent
data and less weight toward past data than does the simple moving
average method.  This method is often called exponentially weighted.)
vs using the Simple MA.

-----Original Message-----
From: Guy Tann <grtann@xxxxxxxxxxx>
>In the past, we've found that 14 day and 50 day moving averages
worked best
>with a lot of our indicators.


>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: owner-metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
>> On Behalf Of Jim Greening


>>      As just about everybody knows by now, I use trend channels for
that
>> <G>.  In the past I also used moving averages, buying on crossovers
of the
>> 21 day moving average as long as the crossover was in the direction
of the
>> 55 day moving average.