Momentum

Measure speed and strength of price movement

Moving Average Convergence Divergence (MACD)

A momentum oscillator built from two EMAs. Shows when trend momentum is accelerating or decelerating.

Trend

Identify and follow directional moves

Simple Moving Average (SMA)

The arithmetic mean of closing prices over N periods. The foundational trend indicator.

Exponential Moving Average (EMA)

A moving average that gives exponentially more weight to recent prices. Reacts faster than SMA.

Weighted Moving Average (WMA)

A moving average with linear weighting — recent bars matter more, in a predictable arithmetic way.

Double Exponential Moving Average (DEMA)

A moving average that applies EMA smoothing twice to reduce lag while maintaining smoothness.