Investment & trading encyclopedia

Understand investment products, market mechanics, indicators and research terminology. Each entry includes an explanation, example, cautions and related learning.

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Technical analysisBeginner

Support and Resistance

Support is a price zone where declines have repeatedly slowed or reversed, and resistance is a zone where advances have repeatedly stalled. Both are drawn from past turning points and describe where trading activity previously changed direction.