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How to Calculate a 50-SMA on Binance with Python and Pandas
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The 50-SMA is a super popular trading indicator for quantitative trading analysis. With the ongoing maturation of the general crypto market and the explosion of crypto trading bots, I thought it would be a great time to share how simple it is to calculate the SMA for yourself.
Using this article, you can easily plug the indicator into your trading bot. I’ll be using Python 3, Python Panda’s, and data from Binance. Links to these resources can be found at the bottom of the article.
Update August 2023
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What is an SMA?
SMA is the acronym for a ‘Simple Moving Average’. It is the average price over a determined number of periods. The indicator is often used by traders to help predict trends in the market, with 50-day, 100-day, and 200-day indicators being the most common.
How to Calculate
The calculation for the 50-Day SMA is as follows:
Why It Might Be Useful
There are a number of common usages for an SMA, some of which I’ll cover in future…
