Regulators could instruct lenders that the combined maximum loan amount should not exceed 85% of the moving-average value of a property, offered as collateral, over the preceding four to six years.

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Under this rule supervisors should require financial institutions to value assets using a long-term moving average when they are pledged (explicitly or implicitly) as collateral for new credit.

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That concept and the value of using the 8-day moving average as key indicators for levels of support and resistance are both covered well in our trader education courses.

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In general, I think a 12-month moving average is probably not a bad place to begin thinking about an appropriate value.

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As a minor variant of this, especially if there has been a dramatic recent move in currency value, you could pick something closer to the 1-year trailing moving average.

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When you look at the weekly graph for the Philadelphia Semiconductor Index (SOX) you see that semiconductors are on the cusp of its 200-week simple moving average at 341.34 and that a trend below that key technical level indicates risk to its annual value level at 270.98.

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The yield on the 10-Year U.S. Treasury note ended last week above its five-week modified moving average at 1.600 confirming a trend towards higher yields, which should rise to my semiannual and quarterly value levels at 1.853% and 1.869%.

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