{"product_id":"stcov28996at","title":"Stocks \u0026 Commodities V. 28:3 (98, 96-97): At The Close by Wayne Whaley","description":"At The Close by Wayne Whaley\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eCan a simple and popular strategy such as the 200-day moving average crossover outperform a buy \u0026amp; hold strategy?\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eThe trend is your friend is one of the first rules in trading. Given the big moves in commodities in 2009, I wouldnt be surprised to discover that a lot of trend-following systems had a good year. One trend-following strategy that is followed by many technicians is the 200-day moving average crossover strategy. That is when you would go long when the tradable in question is above its n-day moving average and either move to cash or go short when it is below the average. Given that hardly a day goes by without an analyst mentioning the markets position relative to its 200-day moving average, I thought it would be worth the effort to restudy the significance, or lack thereof, for not only the 200-day moving average, but other moving average trend-following system lengths as well.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eTEST APPROACH\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI evaluated the 50‑, 100‑, 150‑, 200‑, 250‑, 300‑, and 350‑day moving average crossover strategies (prices crossing the MA) for the following Standard \u0026amp; Poors 500 strategy: (CONTINUDED)","brand":"store-traders-com","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":52134184649073,"sku":"\\V28\\C03\\058CLOS.PDF","price":2.95,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0900\/3843\/6209\/files\/unnamed_f17f2e34-feb4-48d1-b8c2-cd84234d79bb.jpg?v=1739670716","url":"https:\/\/shop.traders.com\/products\/stcov28996at","provider":"Stocks \u0026 Commodities","version":"1.0","type":"link"}