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Michel,
Actually I never used simple moving averages. I started out using
exponential then changed to variable. I still use variable moving averages
in some of my Metastock system tests.
JimG
-----Original Message-----
From: Michel Dussault <mdussault@xxxxxxxxxxxx>
To: Metastock <metastock@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Friday, January 29, 1999 4:07 AM
Subject: Different moving averages.
>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.
>
>
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