{"id":170293,"date":"2025-12-17T00:06:03","date_gmt":"2025-12-17T00:06:03","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/how-you-can-code-a-simple-trading-algorithm-in-python-sma\/"},"modified":"2025-12-17T00:06:03","modified_gmt":"2025-12-17T00:06:03","slug":"how-you-can-code-a-simple-trading-algorithm-in-python-sma","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ushopwell.com\/ublog\/how-you-can-code-a-simple-trading-algorithm-in-python-sma\/","title":{"rendered":"How YOU Can Code a Simple Trading Algorithm in Python (SMA)"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"youtubomatic-video-container\"><iframe loading=\"lazy\" width=\"580\" height=\"380\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/lzu9t-T6Gh8?autoplay=1&#038;controls=1&#038;hl=en\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Learn how to build a Simple Moving Average (SMA) trading bot from scratch using Python. 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