Apply Exponential Moving Average Indicator

The exponential moving average gives more weight to the latest prices and includes all of the price data in the life of the instrument. It is defined by taking:

(previous period's exponential moving average)/(N+1) and adding (current price)*2/(N+1). For the first period we take the simple average as above.

To apply a Exponential Moving Average

  1. Create a realtime interactive chart.

  2. On the Charts menu select Add Study.

  3. From the list of study indicators, select Exponential Moving Average.