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EXPONENTIAL MOVING AVERAGE (EMA) Definition & Legal Meaning

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The moving average for the prices of a security or index over a certain period of time. It focuses on recent data to predict the current trend. A 12-26 day period is used for short term and 50-200 day period is for long term trends.

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