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Re: Moving Average Alerts

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Posted by Patrick J. Chowning on April 07, 2004 at 18:29:07:

In Reply to: Re: Moving Average Alerts posted by Mark on April 07, 2004 at 14:25:46:


Mark:

A weighted moving average allows users to 'specify a period'
that the condition must satisfy before the condition is
considered true. An example might be:

1. Using a simple 30 day moving average ...
2. With a weighting factor of '3' ...

Answer:

1. Assuming that the price exceeded the 30 day moving average
for 3 days; then an alert would be raised ...
2. Assuming that the price exceeded the 30 day moving average;
but, did not exceed the average for 3 full days, then no alert
would be signaled ...



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