MACD
Moving Average Convergence Divergence: the difference between a 12-period and a 26-period EMA, plus a 9-period EMA of that difference (the signal line). Traders read crossovers of the MACD line and signal line, or of the MACD line and zero, as momentum shifts. Its skeleton — the 12/26 EMA relationship — can be traded directly as a long/flat switch.
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