Daily timeframe - what moving averages do you use?

[inersha]

A few basic ones for you. I’m mostly looking for tips from daily timeframe swing traders, but happy to hear a wide range of inputs. Just let me know your timeframes and trading style!

1. What moving averages do you use any why?
2. What are you looking to learn from the moving average you use?
3. How much of a role does it play in your decision to take trades? (e.g. A 10% influence? more?)
4. What do you like to use them in conjunction with (if at all)?

Also, what’s the significance of 4 9 and 18? Why not just 5 10 and 20?

[MeiHua]

A few basic ones for you. I’m mostly looking for tips from daily timeframe swing traders, but happy to hear a wide range of inputs. Just let me know your timeframes and trading style!

1. What moving averages do you use any why?
   [B]50 SMA and 200 SMA. Because they are the most popularly watched and they are slow to change. We dont want our trend biases to switch back and forth a lot, that inherently induces whipsaws[/B].
2. What are you looking to learn from the moving average you use?
   [B]Blatantly obvious trend direction and momentum. IE the distance between the moving averages (this is why MACD was invented) is it growing or shrinking[/B]
3. How much of a role does it play in your decision to take trades? (e.g. A 10% influence? more?)
   [B]I cant give you a score number. But it is used to make a trend direction choice. I wont trade against this bias. [/B]
4. What do you like to use them in conjunction with (if at all)?
   [B]Any of my other tools, price action, S/R, or any of the other stuff i have developed for my own use. Remember i use these MAs as a bias/directional indicator. Not to make entry/exit decisions you need to use other tools for that. MAs are not stand alone. [/B]
   Also, what’s the significance of 4 9 and 18? Why not just 5 10 and 20?
   [B]4 9 18 doesn’t really have meaning. But usually people use fib numbers like 3, 5 ,8 ,13, 21 is common. [/B]

If your swing trading how long is your hold time? that will also influence what type of trend measurements/ entry exit rules you want to use and time frames either bigger or smaller to reference

[anon88459104]

I use a 25EMA on a 1H TF for guidance of buy and sell signals. For example I will only take sell trades when above the 25EMA, and buy trades when below the 25EMA. Although this may seem contrary to trading with the trend it does prove useful when considering the daily mean price, aka the current days 50.0 Fib level.