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# WMA

​The WMA is a moving average that places more emphasis on recent price closes and less on past price closes.

When calculating this average, it assigns a multiplier to each price close during the period, which changes the weight and significance of the close. This multiplier is formed to give more importance to the final data.

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A 5 period WMA;

> WMA = (P1 \* 5) + (P2 \* 4) + (P3 \* 3) + (P4 \* 2) + (P5 \* 1) / (5 + 4+ 3 + 2 + 1)

P1 = last price close in the period&#x20;

P5 = first price close in the period