smoothing

Averaging prices so the line looks calmer and the tiny wiggles fade away.

The fuller meaning

Reducing noise by averaging, as in moving averages and the stochastic's smoothed %K. More smoothing means a calmer line but more lag; EMAs smooth with a weighting that favours recent closes.

smoothing.

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