Support and Resistance Calculator
Identify crucial daily support and resistance levels based on previous day's High, Low, and Close prices.
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Key Levels
How to Use Support and Resistance Levels
Support and resistance levels are the absolute foundational concepts upon which almost all technical analysis and price action trading systems are built. Support acts as a psychological price floor where a prevailing downtrend tends to pause or completely reverse due to a massive concentration of demand and buying interest entering the market. Conversely, Resistance functions as a price ceiling where an aggressive uptrend tends to stall or pull back due to an overwhelming concentration of supply and selling pressure. By objectively identifying these invisible barriers using mathematical pivot formulas, day traders and swing traders can pinpoint exactly where institutions are likely to place their limit orders, allowing you to enter trades with incredibly precise, low-risk entries just before major reversals occur.
Pivot Point Methodologies
This calculator uses the previous day's High, Low, and Close to project the current day's key levels. You can choose between three distinct methodologies based on your trading style:
- Standard Pivot Points: The classic formula used by floor traders for decades. The Central Pivot Point (PP) acts as the primary bias for the day. Prices trading above the PP indicate bullishness, while prices below indicate bearishness.
- Fibonacci Pivot Points: Integrates Fibonacci ratios (38.2%, 61.8%, 100%) into the standard formula. This is highly popular in Forex and modern equities trading because markets often respect Fibonacci harmonic ratios.
- Camarilla Pivot Points: Discovered by Nick Scott in 1989, Camarilla levels are much tighter than Standard pivots. They are highly favored by extreme short-term day traders (scalpers). The most critical levels are S3/R3 (reversal zones) and S4/R4 (breakout zones).