Markets tend to move
with support and resistance and this is especially true of the forex market.
If you've been paying attention in class, you'd know by now that you can combine the Fibonacci retracement tool
with support and resistance levels and trend lines to create a simple but super awesome trading strategy.
You've probably heard before that combining price action
with support and resistance can be very profitable.
By simply pairing candlestick formations
WITH support and resistance levels, you have increased your odds your winning.
Trading Pin Bar Signals
with Support and Resistance Confirmation, is perhaps one of the most effective ways to trade forex, if not thee most effective way to trade.
Repeatedly I see that the more confident traders rely staunchly on price action, your emphasis of this yet again echoes the necessity to understand this element especially coupled
with support and resistance.
Practice trading specific price action strategies combined
with support and resistance levels for at least 3 months on a demo account, or until you are consistently profitable, before attempting any of this on a real money account.
Most price action trading strategies make use of price patterns together
with support and resistance areas.
This video is a good example of how I trade forex price action setups
with support and resistance.
This crowd typically trades with clean charts, using only Japanese candlesticks in combination
with support and resistance.
Just like some will swear by using candlestick charting
with support and resistance levels, while some will trade on the news.
In that case, do not confuse your analysis
with support and resistance.
Not exact matches
Armed
with this information, traders may identify
support and resistance zones, which may be potential entry
and exit points.
Bollinger Bands ® are a Simple Moving Average
with standard deviations of that moving average acting as the outer «bands,» or short - term
support and resistance zones.
If the lower band is breached, a trader may exit a long position
with the understanding that the short - term
support zone is broken
and will then become a
resistance zone.
Given the favorable long - term setup, we still expect the rally to resume,
with key
resistance ahead at $ 10,000
and $ 10,500,
and strong
support at $ 8400.
Although it is bearish that SPY now has a plethora of overhead supply
and technical
resistance levels to contend
with, one potential ray of sunshine in the storm clouds is that SPY is coming into major
support of a year - long uptrend line.
The coin remains on a short - term buy signal
with support found at $ 1.9, $ 1.7,
and $ 1.5,
and resistance zones ahead near $ 2.35, $ 2.6,
and $ 3.
You are going to want to apply the 8
and 21 daily chart exponential moving averages (emas) because price will often pull back to this dynamic value or
support /
resistance area before moving on
with the trend again.
«Bitcoin price staged a strong rally to break past the short - term channel top
and aim for the longer - term
resistance... Buyers are taking control of bitcoin price action... Moving averages are in line
with the 4 - hour bullish channel
support at $ 610, adding to its strength as a floor.
Since I prefer to sell short stocks
and ETFs as they are bouncing into
resistance, rather than on their initial break of
support, the stalling action of $ EEM as it bounces into
resistance of its 50 - day moving average now presents me
with an ideal, low - risk entry point on the short side (click here to learn more about my short selling entry strategy).
Last month, $ EEM convincingly broke down below
support of a long - term uptrend line,
and is now bouncing into new
resistance of that prior
support line (which is also converging
with resistance of its declining 50 - day moving average).
As the long - term picture is now severely oversold, a spike below
support and a swift recovery could set up a major bottom in the coin here,
with resistance levels at $ 450m $ 500,
and near $ 625.
Short - term
resistance is still ahead near $ 8400
with a stronger zone found between $ 9000
and $ 9200, while primary
support below the recent swing low is between $ 6750
and $ 7000.
Support is still found near $ 42
and $ 38,
with resistance ahead at $ 46
and $ 50.
Support is found near the 0.0000575
and 0.000048 levels,
with primary
resistance ahead at 0.000075.
Figure 2 simply shows a «zoomed in» weekly chart
with the latest
support and resistance levels drawn in order to identify potential «target» levels.
The currency still faces strong
resistance near $ 0.26
and $ 0.30,
with support levels found at $ 0.2250, near $ 0.20,
and at $ 0.18.
The long - term picture remains positive, but the coin might be in for more consolidation,
with strong
support at $ 27
and $ 25,
and resistance ahead at $ 34
and $ 40.
Strong
resistance is still ahead near $ 0.24,
and $ 0.26,
and between $ 0.30
and $ 0.32,
with further
support at $ 18.
That said, long - term investors should already be buying the short - term dips,
with further
support at $ 68
and resistance at $ 125.
But what I can tell you
with the utmost confidence is that basic technical analysis concepts such as
support and resistance definitely work a majority of the time at predicting the stock market's next move.
Short - term traders should still stay away from opening new positions as the test of the $ 18 level might still be ahead in the coming days,
with further
support at $ 16
and $ 14.50, while strong
resistance is ahead near $ 23
and $ 25.
That said, the coin is still bullish both short -
and long - term
with resistance found near $ 500, $ 600,
and $ 650,
and support at $ 435, $ 400,
and $ 375.
In particular,
support and resistance levels only have meaning
with reference to the prices of things that people actively
and directly trade in financial markets.
That said, long - term investors could still add to their holdings here,
and we expect another test of the declining trendline now found near $ 800 in the coming period,
with further
resistance at $ 845
and support found near $ 650,
and $ 625.
XRP remained volatile even as the segment generally calmed down,
and the market remains undecided
with active trading near the $ 0.20
support /
resistance zone.
The best pin bar strategies occur
with a confluence of signals such as
support and resistance levels, dominant trend confirmation, or other «confirming» factors.
What we are left
with is a daily chart of SPY
with two price levels showing
support and resistance (in red),
and the 50
and 200 day moving average (in blue).
Radar helps me to identify true supply
and demand zones
with stocks
and ETF's, much more than typical
support and resistance level indicators.
Nevertheless, the stock still must contend
with an abundance of overhead
resistance because it is merely bouncing off
support of its (downward sloping) 50 - day moving average
and prior downtrend line.
The market is in a fairly well - defined trading range,
with the
support for the S&P 500 sitting down at 2,600
and overhead
resistance at 2,700.
We can see in this daily chart of GBP / USD below a beautiful pin far formed at a previous
support /
resistance level
with the up trend
and also at a Fibonacci 61.8 retrace level.
They are best played at confluent levels
with strong
support and resistance confirmation.
They can be very accurate if the formation is clear
and obvious
and combined
with solid
support or
resistance confirmation.
The currency faces
resistance near the $ 330
and $ 360 levels,
and above that above $ 400
with support below at $ 265.
XMR faces
resistance near $ 100
and $ 125,
with support at $ 80
and $ 68.
As of last week, the Market Climate for stocks was mixed - valuations remain unfavorable, technical action was mixed but tenuous,
with various indices flirting
with widely observed levels of
support and resistance (e.g. the 1100 level on the S&P 500), while leading measures of economic activity remain decidedly unfavorable.
The coin is hovering around the $ 16
support,
with another level at $ 14.50 while
resistance is ahead at $ 18, $ 20
and around $ 23.
The SPDR S&P Homebuilders ETF ($ XHB) was one of the last ETFs to break down below
support during the recent decline, but now the ETF has a lot of immediate overhead supply
and resistance to contend
with.