Support & Resistance

Key price levels where buying or selling pressure historically emerges.

Part of Technical Analysis

What you will learn

This scope is designed to help you build a practical understanding of Support & Resistance. Lessons move from core definitions to real-world context and common failure points.

Lessons

Reading in order is recommended, but each lesson stands on its own.

10 min read
Intermediate

Timeframe Importance of Levels

An in-depth explanation of why support and resistance levels drawn on higher timeframes often carry greater interpretive weight, how this appears on charts, and how multi-timeframe levels help read market price behavior without prescribing strategies.

12 min read
Intermediate

Overfitting Support and Resistance

A rigorous explanation of how support and resistance can be overfitted to past price action, what it looks like on charts, and how understanding the phenomenon clarifies market behavior without implying precision or prediction. The discussion integrates statistical and behavioral viewpoints and uses practical, chart-based contexts.

10 min read
Intermediate

Why Levels Break

An in-depth explanation of why support and resistance levels eventually fail, how breaks appear on charts, and what the underlying mechanics reveal about price behavior and liquidity. The discussion focuses on structure, order flow, volatility, and context without recommending trades.

12 min read
Intermediate

Limitations of Support and Resistance

A rigorous examination of what support and resistance can and cannot tell you about price behavior, including how these levels appear on charts, why market participants watch them, and where their explanatory power breaks down in practice—without offering strategies or recommendations.

10 min read
Intermediate

Common Support/Resistance Mistakes

A clear, academically grounded overview of frequent errors traders make when drawing and interpreting support and resistance. The article explains how these mistakes appear on charts and why avoiding them improves the interpretation of market price behavior.