Hey everyone,I've been experimenting with different technical indicators for my investment strategy lately, and I keep coming back to the 200-day moving average as a surprisingly reliable indicator for long-term trends.I built a simple web tool for myself to visualize stock prices relative to their 200DMA (and other timeframes) because I got tired of the clunky interfaces on most financial sites. It's been super helpful for my decision-making process - seeing that percentage distance from the MA really puts things in perspective. Do any of you use moving averages in your investing approach?
If so:
1. Which timeframes do you find most useful? (50-day, 200-day, something else?)
1. Do you use crossovers, or just the relative position to the MA?
1. Have you found it actually improves your returns?
I'm curious if this is just a common technical analysis placebo or if others have found genuine value in this approach. The simplicity is appealing, but I wonder if I'm missing something more sophisticated.If anyone's interested in checking out my visualization tool (completely free, no signup), I'd love some feedback. It's at [200dma.com](http://200dma.com) \- just a clean, simple chart that shows price vs MA with the percentage difference calculation.What other technical indicators do you find most valuable?
I am mainly a value investor but over the years using super basic technical analysis helped me find entry / exit points...