RSI calculator
RSI and moving averages from your closing prices.
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MACD calculator
The MACD line, signal line and histogram of any market, from its closing prices.
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MACD is -0.2356, above its signal line of -0.3929: the histogram is +0.1573.
- The cross
- No cross of the signal line in the closes you typed.
- The zero line
- MACD is below zero: the fast average is under the slow one (99.33 last close).
- Momentum
- The histogram is shrinking: the gap to the signal line is narrowing.
- Read it with care
- MACD is made of moving averages, so it confirms a move late. Crosses in a sideways market flip back and forth.
The last 5 closes. The last close is marked.
| Close price | MACD | Signal | Histogram |
|---|---|---|---|
| 99.80 | -0.3474 | -0.6065 | +0.2591 |
| 99.95 | -0.2843 | -0.5420 | +0.2578 |
| 99.82 | -0.2419 | -0.4820 | +0.2401 |
| 99.48 | -0.2332 | -0.4322 | +0.1991 |
| 99.33 | -0.2356 | -0.3929 | +0.1573 |
Education only, not investment advice. The answer comes from the numbers you typed in, not from your account or the market. Simulated results are hypothetical and have limits: real trading has slippage, gaps, changing results and emotions. Trading leveraged products can lose money quickly, including all of it. Risk warning
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Two averages and the gap between them
MACD is the 12-close exponential average minus the 26-close one. Above zero, the short-term average is over the long-term one; below, under it. The signal line is a 9-close average of MACD itself, and the histogram is the gap between the two, which shrinks before a cross.
Because every part is an average, MACD describes a move after it has started. Crosses work best in clear trends and give many false starts in a range, so test any rule on your own market and count the costs. Compare with the RSI calculator and the Bollinger bands calculator, and see what a plain moving average did over a century in the trend filter lesson.
Not advice. Arithmetic on the prices you type; an indicator describes the past.
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