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Title: Calculating moving averages
Post by: Seal on October 02, 2012, 12:42:46 PM
I'm hoping to gain a better understanding of how moving averages are calculated. On bitcoincharts.com, you can choose to display a moving average in a 1 minute interval, 5 minute interval, 10 minute, 30 minute, 1 hour etc...

My question is, how is a moving average calculated at these intervals? Are all the previous trades grouped in 5 minute blocks and the moving average is taken on that???


Title: Re: Calculating moving averages
Post by: freeAgent on October 02, 2012, 12:58:29 PM
I don't have any connection to bitcoincharts, but that's how a moving average is calculated.  See: http://www.investopedia.com/terms/m/movingaverage.asp#axzz2897QFKcu