How To Trade Moving Averages In a Volatile Market
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Bitcoincash has made a swift recovery of over 70% from its lows this year on the 13th of March. The markets have been very volatile over the past month, and Bitcoincash is no exception. Over the past days however, the price has entered in a consolidation phase between $180 and $225. Trend following indicators tend to work very well in volatile markets. Moving averages are a good example of a trend following indicator.
Let’s dive into how you could have used moving averages to trade this volatile market!
Different Types of Moving Averages
As you probably know there are many types of moving averages, but what are the best ones, and how to use them? This is what we will explore in this week’s technical analysis.
Generally the slower and longer moving averages are used in order to catch the bigger moves in the markets. The slower and longer a moving average is, the more reliable its signal is considered. The disadvantage however is that you may enter positions too late, or that you exit positions too late as well giving back most of your profits. The slowest moving average usually used by traders is the SMA (simple moving average). This moving average gives the same weight to all of the past closing prices.
Faster and shorter moving averages are then used in order to catch every movement of the price. The advantage of the faster and shorter moving averages is that you will be able to capture all of the market moves early on; at least earlier than the slower moving averages. However the disadvantage to these is that they give a lot of fake signals, so a trader may enter positions on trades that never comes to fruition. The fastest-moving average that is generally used by traders is the TEMA (triple exponential moving average). This moving average reacts faster to price movements as it gives a lot more weight to the most recent data.
So, how can we create a trading system based only on moving averages, that works? This is what we will explore in the next section.
Moving Average trading system
As slower moving averages tend to give fewer and more reliable signals we can use one in order to time our entries in the market. This way we will limit the number of fake signals and as such our % of winning trades should increase. We can thus use the cross between the 10 EMA and the 30 EMA for this purpose. The EMA is slightly faster than the simple moving average as it gives more weight to the most recent data.
We can then use the TEMA in order to time our exits in the market. A TEMA can be useful as a sell signal, as it reacts faster than the other moving averages and will thus take the profit sooner. The advantage of using a TEMA is that you will exit the trade sooner, and as such you will not be giving as much profit back.
Both the EMA and the TEMA are available at Cryptohopper, along with many other different types of moving averages. Create your fully automated trading system with moving averages today, by joining us on Cryptohopper!
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Bitcoincash has made a swift recovery of over 70% from its lows this year on the 13th of March. The markets have been very volatile over the past month, and Bitcoincash is no exception. Over the past days however, the price has entered in a consolidation phase between $180 and $225. Trend following indicators tend to work very well in volatile markets. Moving averages are a good example of a trend following indicator.
Let’s dive into how you could have used moving averages to trade this volatile market!
Different Types of Moving Averages
As you probably know there are many types of moving averages, but what are the best ones, and how to use them? This is what we will explore in this week’s technical analysis.
Generally the slower and longer moving averages are used in order to catch the bigger moves in the markets. The slower and longer a moving average is, the more reliable its signal is considered. The disadvantage however is that you may enter positions too late, or that you exit positions too late as well giving back most of your profits. The slowest moving average usually used by traders is the SMA (simple moving average). This moving average gives the same weight to all of the past closing prices.
Faster and shorter moving averages are then used in order to catch every movement of the price. The advantage of the faster and shorter moving averages is that you will be able to capture all of the market moves early on; at least earlier than the slower moving averages. However the disadvantage to these is that they give a lot of fake signals, so a trader may enter positions on trades that never comes to fruition. The fastest-moving average that is generally used by traders is the TEMA (triple exponential moving average). This moving average reacts faster to price movements as it gives a lot more weight to the most recent data.
So, how can we create a trading system based only on moving averages, that works? This is what we will explore in the next section.
Moving Average trading system
As slower moving averages tend to give fewer and more reliable signals we can use one in order to time our entries in the market. This way we will limit the number of fake signals and as such our % of winning trades should increase. We can thus use the cross between the 10 EMA and the 30 EMA for this purpose. The EMA is slightly faster than the simple moving average as it gives more weight to the most recent data.
We can then use the TEMA in order to time our exits in the market. A TEMA can be useful as a sell signal, as it reacts faster than the other moving averages and will thus take the profit sooner. The advantage of using a TEMA is that you will exit the trade sooner, and as such you will not be giving as much profit back.
Both the EMA and the TEMA are available at Cryptohopper, along with many other different types of moving averages. Create your fully automated trading system with moving averages today, by joining us on Cryptohopper!