200 Period Moving Average - What's the Deal?

[NormanA]

Here’s one fairly tried-and-true application of the 200-period moving average to forex trading:
The 4hr200SMA is at the heart of Dennis’ very successful trend-following methodology.

the 200 ma can be a very powerful point of support or resistance,

Aloha Clint and Dennis,

Clint,

Thank you much for pointing me to Dennis’ thread.

Dennis,

Your strong vs. weak analysis combined with what to look for as the pairs relate to the 200MA looks very promising. I’ll be reading your entire thread as well as your daily strong-weak analyses, and will definitely follow up on the charts.

For all of you eavesdroppers who’d like to check out Dennis’ thread, here it is: Trading the Trend with Strong Weak Analysis.

Thanks guys.

With much appreciation,
Norm