Adam Hayes, Ph.D., CFA, is a financial writer with 15+ years Wall Street experience as a derivatives trader. Besides his extensive derivative trading expertise, Adam is an expert in economics and ...

One of the primary objectives of any market analyst is to determine what exactly the market is doing. Is it rising or falling, trending or consolidating? And how do you know? For most, that analysis ...

A moving average is a popular technical analysis tool used to reflect trends in the stock market and individual equities. Option traders use moving averages to determine which direction an equity’s ...

It tends to be a positive, but returns aren't necessarily anything to write home about Nothing good happens below the 200-day moving average, according to a widely cited quote typically attributed to ...

A moving average is not the bearish omen it used to be The S&P 500 slid below its 200-day moving average on Monday into what many stock-market technicians see as a "danger zone." But in truth, ...