Definitions of the Pacific Northwest region vary, and even Pacific Northwesterners do not agree on the exact boundary. A common conception of the Pacific Northwest includes the U.S. states of Oregon and Washington as well as the Canadian province of British Columbia.
A simple, or arithmetic, moving average that is calculated by adding the closing price of the security for a number of time periods and then dividing this total by the number of time periods. Short-term averages respond quickly to changes in the price of the underlying, while long-term averages are slow to react.
The longer the moving average, the more the lag. A 10-day exponential moving average will hug prices quite closely and turn shortly after prices turn. Short moving averages are like speed boats-nimble and quick to change. In contrast, a 100-day moving average contains lots of past data that slows it down.elow is an example of a 5-day moving average evolving over three days. The first day of the moving average simply covers the last five days. The second day of the moving average drops the first data point (11) and adds the new data point (16).