Tackle Today: What is Resistance?
January 26, 2022
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Traders,
Today’s commentary on resistance will mirror yesterday’s discussion on support. There is a lesson in this. If you understand one, you should easily understand the other. Resistance is support flipped on its head.
Resistance is an area where supply exceeds demand, where the balance of power shifts from buyers to sellers. Think of it as a ceiling. So which set of numbers reveals resistance?
1,2,3,4,5
1,2,3,2,1
It is, of course, the second. The number 3 is resistance, but it’s not apparent when prices rise from 1 to 2 and 2 to 3. Indeed, you need the downward move in price from 3 back to 2 before it’s confirmed that the ceiling is in.
Thus, we could say that resistance is a downward move in price.
Up, up, up is not resistance.
Up, up, down is resistance.
This is why all bearish triggers require a downward move in price. The most common technique involves selling when prices break below the previous day’s low.
Resistance is a zone and not one exact price to the penny. In that sense, it’s more like a net than a glass ceiling. Keep this in mind when placing stop losses on bear trades and analyzing if the ceiling is truly broken.
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Join us to learn more about two simple, but powerful, concepts in Technical Analysis known as Support and Resistance. Support and resistance not only represent various price levels; they also represent supply and demand on a technical price chart. Traders use these levels for a variety of important reasons, and you should spend some time learning more about them to improve your understanding of these powerful concepts.
In this webinar you are going to learn:
✅ What is Support
✅ What is Resistance
✅ Demand as Support
✅ Supply as Resistance
✅ How Traders use Support and Resistance
✅ Pivot Point Analysis in Support and Resistance
✅ Examples of Support and Resistance
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