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Support and Resistance
Chart points are probably the most important part of technical analysis. Sometimes, it tells you where the medium to long-term direction is if a major support or resistance point is broken. Traders open long position right above the support level and open short position right beneath the resistance level. Stop loss sell orders are executed once the support level is broken or stop loss buy orders are executed if the resistance level is broken. Many program trading are based on this logic. We're going to briefly explain what make a price level to become a support level and what make it to become a resistance level. If you get the chance to see the share price of company ABC trading at $35.00 while it's trading around $50.00. You'd like to buy it when it hits $35.00 again given that the fundamental of company ABC hasn't changed since the appreciation from $35.00 to $50.00. Similarly, you might have bought some shares right before the market was crash. You probably like to get rid of the stock when the share price bounce back to that level given that the fundamental hasn't improved yet. Also, breaking of resistance level will turn the resistance line into support line as stop loss buying usually push the price a lot higher. The same logic applies to support level. Learning stop loss is probably the first lesson of any trader. Chart point is the most useful reference of where to stop.
Retracement or rebound target The peak of NASDAQ was about 5048 as of 6 March 2000. It dropped to 5200 as of 22 May 2000. Afterwards, it rebounds back to about 4300 level. Try to work out all these retracement or rebound targets by yourself using our Fibonacci calculator after this lesson. You might want to do some homework as well. You may be very amazed by the accuracy of the golden ratio in the financial market. USD/DEM exchange rate had so many classical examples. It's worth doing some exercises. Remember to choose a security that has a high volume of transaction or high liquidity.
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Support and Resistance at projection targets
Trend lines support and resistance This lesson has taken you through different ways of calculating supports and resistances. It's very helpful to open a position, to close a transaction and to stop loss. You may find a support or resistance level that is a combination of both trend line, Fibonacci ratio as well as previous peak or bottom. It's usually very reliable.
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