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Support and resistance

Price levels traders watch, and why they're imperfect.

5 min · Intermediate · Lesson 6 of 12

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Levels on a chart

Support is a price level where a falling stock has repeatedly stopped falling. Resistance is a level where a rising stock has repeatedly stopped rising. Traders draw these as horizontal lines across past turning points.

For entertainment and education, not investment advice.