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MACD

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MACD (Moving Average Convergence Divergence) is the difference between a 12 and a 26 EMA, plus a 9-period signal line and a histogram showing the gap between them. It tells you trend direction and whether momentum is speeding up or slowing down.

The full lesson covers the three signals, the zero-line filter, and histogram divergence.

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