Support & Resistance Levels

This is one of the most widely used concepts in trading and it refers to levels on a chart that tend to act as barriers that prevent the price of an asset from getting pushed beyond a certain point in a particular direction.

Support

This level prevents the price of an asset from getting pushed downwards and therefore it is regarded as the floor because it prevents the btcusd trading market from moving downwards past a certain point.

Example:

On the trading example illustrated below you can see that price moved down until it hit a support

Once price hit this level it slightly bounced back up, then resumed going down until it hit the support again.

This process of hitting a level & bouncing back is called testing the support.

The more times a support is tested and the btcusd market bounces up the stronger it is - the cryptocurrency trading example illustrated below this level was tested three times without breaking. Finally the btcusd market trend reversed and started moving in opposite direction.

Once this level has been determined traders use it to place their orders to buy bitcoin at the same time putting a stop loss a few pips below it.

In the trading example above the btcusd trading market did not move below this area. It is an area where price cannot break lower.

These regions form good points where price trend in a downward trend is likely to reverse and get support and start moving upwards.

The demand to buy bitcoin at this point will be greater and therefore providing a good point to start a buy bitcoin trade, while placing stops some pips just below.

This support is also use by short bitcoin sellers as a target where to set their take profit for their short sell cryptocurrency trades.

This is another reason why the trend is likely to reverse or consolidate at this level because once the sellers close their sell trades then momentum of the downward trend reduces and a consolidation will happen after which the direction is likely to reverse.

Resistance

This level prevents the price of an asset from getting pushed upwards these levels are therefore regarded as the ceiling because these levels prevent the btcusd market from moving upwards

Example:

On the cryptocurrency trading example illustrated below you can see that price moved up until it hit a resistance.

Once price hit this level it retraced slightly the resumed going up until it hit the resistance again.

The resistance holds and is tested five times without breaking.

More times a resistance area is tested the stronger the it is.

Once this level has been determined traders put their orders to sell at this level & at the same time putting a stop loss a few pips above it.

In the cryptocurrency trading example above the btcusd market did not move above this area. This region shows an area where price cannot break above.

These levels form good points where a price in an upward trend is likely to reverse after some resistance and start moving downwards in opposite direction.

This shows that the demand to sell bitcoin at this region will be greater and therefore providing a good point to start a sell bitcoin trade, while placing stops some pips just above this level.

This resistance level is also used by buyers as a target where to set their take-profit orders for their bullish trades. T

His is another reason why the trend is likely to reverse or consolidate at this level because once the buyers close their sell trades then momentum of the upward trend reduces and a consolidation will happen after which the direction is likely to reverse and start moving down.