™A chart may display moving average differently on daily and weekly timeframes, so the timeframe and calculation method should always be identified.
Technical Analysis
Moving average
The average price over a rolling number of periods, used to smooth price data.
Plain-English context
Why it matters
Chart terms organize observed price and volume behavior, but they remain descriptions rather than guarantees.
Treating Moving average as a prediction instead of one piece of historical context.
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