{"id":15167,"date":"2011-10-26T15:12:10","date_gmt":"2011-10-26T19:12:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/?p=15167"},"modified":"2011-10-30T13:50:49","modified_gmt":"2011-10-30T17:50:49","slug":"questioning-50-day-200-day-ma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.smbtraining.com\/blog\/questioning-50-day-200-day-ma","title":{"rendered":"Questioning the 50-day &amp; 200-day MA&#8217;s"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignright size-full wp-image-4643\" src=\"http:\/\/www.thestockbandit.net\/wp-content\/my-images\/2011\/10\/questioning-MAs.gif\" alt=\"\" width=\"245\" height=\"189\" \/>My recent post on <a title=\"Trading with Indicators\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestockbandit.net\/2011\/10\/13\/indicatoritis\/\"><strong>Indicatoritis<\/strong><\/a> discussed how some traders rely on indicators incorrectly.<\/p>\n<p>I believe that still holds true, but I was questioned about some common moving averages on the heels of that post.<\/p>\n<p>So in this video, I want to discuss moving averages, and more specifically, two moving averages which are commonly accepted by traders as important: the 50-day and the 200-day moving averages.<\/p>\n<p>We&#8217;ll look at some big-name stocks and let the charts speak for themselves on whether it&#8217;s appropriate or not to leave these MA&#8217;s on the chart all the time.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"text-decoration: underline;\"><strong>Be sure to view in HD (720P) and full-screen mode for best quality in the video<\/strong><\/span>.<\/p>\n<p><object classid=\"clsid:d27cdb6e-ae6d-11cf-96b8-444553540000\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" codebase=\"http:\/\/download.macromedia.com\/pub\/shockwave\/cabs\/flash\/swflash.cab#version=6,0,40,0\"><param name=\"allowFullScreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"allowscriptaccess\" value=\"always\" \/><param name=\"src\" value=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/swLj8ihNi2A?version=3&amp;hl=es_ES\" \/><param name=\"allowfullscreen\" value=\"true\" \/><param name=\"wmode\" value=\"transparent\"><\/param><embed type=\"application\/x-shockwave-flash\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" src=\"http:\/\/www.youtube.com\/v\/swLj8ihNi2A?version=3&amp;hl=es_ES\" allowscriptaccess=\"always\" allowfullscreen=\"true\" wmode=\"transparent\"><\/embed><\/object><\/p>\n<p><strong>Jeff White<\/strong><br \/>\nProducer of <a title=\"The Bandit Broadcast\" href=\"http:\/\/www.thestockbandit.com\/bandithideout\/\">The Bandit Broadcast<\/a><\/p>\n<p><em>Follow TheStockBandit on <a href=\"http:\/\/twitter.com\/thestockbandit\">Twitter<\/a> or get our <a href=\"http:\/\/www.thestockbandit.com\/free-newsletter\/\">free newsletter<\/a> to keep up!<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>My recent post on Indicatoritis discussed how some traders rely on indicators incorrectly. I believe that still holds true, but I was questioned about some common moving averages on the heels of that post. 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