MarketVolume® has created volume moving averages (VMA) ranging from periods of 5-minutes to 120-days, for all of it's indicators. These VMAs are used to smooth out volume surges so that you can see volume as a trend and not just random surges.

Below is a list of recommended VMA settings for every period in our charts. We recommend these settings because they tend to work the best in showing signals of future market trends.

Correlate VMA (minutes) chart settings to VMA (bar period) chart settings:

Chart View VMA in Min   VMA in Bars 2 Hours1 Day5 Days15 Days30 Days60 Days3 Months6 Months1 Year1.5 Year2 Years3 Years4 Years5 Years7 Years10 YearsWeeklyMonthly 1 min3 min5 min10 min15 min30 min60 min120 min240 min1 day2 days3 days5 days10 days15 days20 days30 days40 days60 days80 days120 days250 days 1 bar

Table #1: Recommended VMA settings

Period SBV VMA Period Fast VMA Slow VMA 1 bar value Intraday Indicators  2-Hour Period 1-20 bars 1-20 bars 40-100 bars 1 minute  1-Day Period 5-30 bars 5-30 bars 60-100 bars 1 minute Short-Term Indicators  5-Day Period 7-25 bars  7-25 bars 70-200 bars 5 minutes  15-Day Period 7-25 bars 7-25 bars 70-200 bars 15 minutes  30-Day Period 7-25 bars 7-25 bars 70-200 bars 30 minutes  60-Day Period 7-25 bars 7-25 bars 70-200 bars 1 hour Mid-Term Indicators  3-Months Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 1 day  6-Months Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 1 day  1-Year Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 1 day  1.5-Year Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 1 day  2-Year Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 2 days Long-Term Indicators  3-Year Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 3 days  4-Year Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 3 days  5-Year Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 5 days  7-Year Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 7 days  10-Year Period 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 10 days  Weekly 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 1 week  Monthly 3-8 bars 3-8 bars 40-80 bars 1 month