Moving averages may be the most common and simplest technical indicators. They can be used to determine the direction and strength of trend development, and their accuracy is relatively high. If the moving average is trending upwards, it indicates that the market is rising and the trend is also considered upward; if the moving average is trending downwards, it implies that the market is falling and the trend is also considered downward. The upward or downward movement of moving averages is a slow process, and getting too absorbed in it can lead to being 'boiled like a frog in warm water', because every technical indicator has its pros and cons, and the key is to make money in trading.
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Like other technical indicators, moving averages are lagging indicators and cannot be used to predict future trends. The rise in price is not determined by a golden cross of a technical indicator, nor is the fall in price determined by a death cross of a technical indicator; it is due to changes in volume that the price rises or falls. This is what is referred to as 'price precedes volume', meaning that there must be volume before there can be a rise or fall in price. In other words, there must first be a rise or fall in price before there can be a golden cross or death cross of a technical indicator.