Market structure & SMC/ICT

Support and resistance

Also known as: S/R, supply and demand

Support is a price level where buying tends to halt declines; resistance is a level where selling tends to halt advances.

These zones form where price has repeatedly reversed, leaving memory in the market. A broken resistance often becomes support and vice versa. They are used for entries, stop placement and targets across virtually every trading style.

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