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To: Oeconomicus who wrote (19855)6/5/1998 2:49:00 PM
From: Follies  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 94695
 
In simple terms, the simple moving average weights all the past 50 days the same, whereas the exponential weighs the nearer days much more. The result is that the exponential follows much more closely the actual while still providing the smoothing.