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Support and resistance

Price areas where buying or selling has repeatedly appeared, turning a level into a zone of expected reaction.

Last verified 13 September 2026 · written by the DexLadder team

What it means

Price areas where buying or selling has repeatedly appeared, turning a level into a zone of expected reaction.

Why it matters when you trade

These levels work when they encode real decisions — where positions were opened, where stops cluster, where a previous range broke — and they fail when they are drawn to fit a chart after the fact. Treat them as zones rather than lines, and expect the obvious ones to be pierced before they hold, precisely because the orders sitting there are worth hunting.

Worked example

A level rejected three times gathers stops just beyond it; the fourth approach spikes through, fills those stops, and reverses.

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