Moving averages are technical trading indicators for capturing trends. This post shows the backtesting data and system equity curve versus buy and hold using TrendSpider.com.
![Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ 3 Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ](https://www.newtraderu.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/moving-averages-1024x481.png)
This is the backtest based on buying $QQQ when the 5 day EMA crosses and closes over the 20 day EMA and then selling when the 5 day EMA closes back under the 20 day EMA:
![Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ 4 Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ](https://www.newtraderu.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/5-day-20-day-EMA-crosover-1024x454.png)
This is the backtest based on buying $QQQ when the 10 day EMA crosses and closes over the 50 day EMA and then selling when the 10 day EMA closes back under the 50 day EMA:
![Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ 5 Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ](https://www.newtraderu.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/10-day-50-day-EMA-crossover-1-1024x462.png)
This is the backtest based on buying $QQQ when price closes over the 200 day EMA and then selling when price closes back under the 200 day EMA:
![Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ 6 Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ](https://www.newtraderu.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/200-day-ema-1-1024x460.png)
This is the backtest based on buying $QQQ when price closes over the 250 day EMA and then selling when price closes back under the 250 day EMA:
![Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ 7 Exponential Moving Average Crossover Backtests On $QQQ](https://www.newtraderu.com/wp-content/uploads/2019/12/250-day-ema-1024x455.png)
If you are interested in learning more about using moving averages in trend trading systems here are my additional resources:
Here are my three moving average books:
Here are my two moving average eCourses: