A line smoothing past prices to reveal trend direction.
Simple, exponential and weighted variants exist. The 50- and 200-period MAs are widely watched on daily charts; their crossover ('golden cross' / 'death cross') often makes financial headlines.
Coral Markets publishes a full trading glossary so working traders can quickly check definitions in plain English. Every term ties back to how the concept actually shows up on MetaTrader 5 and on real charts.