IMPORTANT NOTES ON SUPPORT & RESISTANCE 5 TIPS TO EFFECTIVELY TRADE SUPPORT & RESISTANCE 1 SUPPLY & DEMAND The idea with support & resistance is identifying areas of high buying pressure (area of demand) or area of high selling pressure (area of supply) With this concept, support is equal to demand while resistance is equal to supply 2 PROBABILITIES Support & Resistance are not perfect. There is a level of probability that these levels might hold or break. We need to find out the highest probable outcome. This is why we need multiple confirmation before trading support & resistance 3 TRENDS In a bullish trend, support levels are likely to hold while resistance levels are likely to break. In a bearish trend, resistance levels are likely to hold while support levels are likely to break. 4 PSYCHOLOGY As far as trading is concerned, the ideal thoughts of traders is to sell for profit when price are high and invest (buy) for bigger gains when price are low (cheap). These concept are part of what makes support & resistance levels 5 BREAKOUTS Support & resistance are not always going to hold. This is where we get the concept of a breakout A breakout is simply a broken support becoming a potential resistance while a broken resistance becoming a potential support