What does it mean when a stock hits resistance?
Resistance in technical analysis is a price level that a rising stock can't seem to overcome. Once a stock reaches its resistance level, it often stalls and reverses. Resistance is caused by heavy selling that overpowers buying, and typically occurs at specific resistance price levels.
Do you buy or sell at resistance?
The basic trading method for using support and resistance is to buy near support in uptrends or the parts of ranges or chart patterns where prices are moving up and to sell/sell short near resistance in downtrends or the parts of ranges and chart patterns where prices are moving down.
How do you identify support and resistance?
Support is a price point below the current market price that indicate buying interest. Resistance is a price point above the current market price that indicate selling interest. S&R can be used to identify targets for the trade. For a long trade, look for the immediate resistance level as the target.
Which time frame is best for support and resistance?
The most common time frames are 10, 20, 50, 100, and 200 period moving averages. The longer the time frame, the greater its potential significance. A 200 period moving average is going to have greater significance than a 10 period, and so on.