MA of MA

MA of MA feeds one moving average into another and plots both lines on the price chart — the reference build of the MA of MA cascade. Each pass picks its own type (SMA, EMA, WMA, RMA, HMA or VWMA) and length, defaulting to an EMA 20 smoothed by a second EMA 20, and a dashboard totals the stack's nominal lag in bars. An optional lag-reduced line turns the same two passes into a DEMA-style fast line instead.

How to Trade the MA of MA?

• First MA crosses the MA of MA: the fast line turning through its double-smoothed copy approximates a slope change of the first average — the turn-detector read.
• Source crosses the MA of MA: price reclaiming or losing the slow baseline is the regime signal, with alerts both ways.
• MA of MA slope flips: with slope coloring on, the line paints by its own direction and changes state rarely by construction.
• Widening gap: the gradient fill between the fast series and the baseline deepens as a trend accelerates.

Every signal arrives later than its single-average equivalent — that is the deal; check the effective-lag row against your holding period, and compare with the other trend tools.

MA of MA Settings

• Source (default close): series fed into the first pass; jagged inputs like volume suit double smoothing.
• First Pass (default EMA, length 20): the average applied directly to the source.
• Second Pass (default EMA, length 20): the average applied to the first average rather than to price; the passes may differ in type and length.
• Lag-Reduced Line (2 × MA − MA of MA) (default off): DEMA-style combination that strips out the bulk of the stacked lag.
• Show Dashboard (default on), plus Position and Size.
• Style toggles: Slope Trend Coloring (on), Gradient Fill (First MA ↔ MA of MA) and MA Crossing Markers (off).

Frequently Asked Questions

How is the MA of MA different from TRIX?

TRIX triple-smooths an EMA, then shows its one-bar rate of change in a separate oscillator pane. This build keeps the smoothed level itself on the price chart, working as a baseline and crossover pair — reach for TRIX when you want the cascade's slope as a number.

What do the dashboard's lag figures mean?

They are nominal group-delay estimates: an N-period simple average lags price by roughly (N−1)/2 bars, and the two passes' delays roughly sum. The total is exact for simple averages, approximate for recursive types like the EMA.

Does double smoothing repaint?

No. Both passes are causal averages of current and prior bars, so plotted history is final. The trade-off is lag, not repainting — the line confirms turns late, so the crossing alerts watch the faster first-pass line.