Market Talk – March 17, 2025
ASIA: The major Asian stock markets had a green day today: • NIKKEI 225 increased 343.43 points or 0.93% to 37,396.52 • Shanghai increased 6.57 points or 0.19% to 3,426.13 [...]
QUESTION: Mr. Armstrong; What is your view of moving averages? Can they really be used for trading?
Thank you
KL
ANSWER: No. Moving averages and stochastics are nice confirming tools. They are incapable of forecasting a high or low. They also do not reflect magnitude of a move. They can be a useful confirming tool, but nothing to actually enter a trade on that is consistent.