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Forex Support and Resistance

June 28th, 2010 by Philipe Steward in Forex, Uncategorized

There are many forex technical indicators that you can effectively use to trade the currency market.  One of the most used indicator is looking at the support and resistance of the price movements.  I will first talk about what it is and then how it is used.

There are two types of analysis in forex trading.  There is technical analysis and fundamental analysis.  Technical analysis is looking at chart patterns of price movements and predicting where it will go based on market factors.  Usually the best forex trading strategies involve some kind of technical analysis.  Fundamental analysis is looking at the inherent value of an asset and not so much on the markt price.

What is Support and Resistance?

Support is the bottom price level that the currency hits before bouncing back up.  Resistance is the upper price level that the currency hits before bouncing back down.  Generally, you would draw a line at where you think the resistance and support is.  You want to make sure there is enough repetition to make sure that it is indeed a true support and resistance line.

There are two ways that a support and resistance generally looks.  It can be a trend or channel.  A channel is when the support and resistance is the same price or a single number.  You can also say that the price is moving sideways.  In a trend, the support and resistance is rising or falling, but consistently along the support and resistance lines.

How To Trade Them

It’s a pretty simple concept.  Once a price breaks out of a support or resistance, there is a good chance that the price will begin to move in the direction of the break out.  If it breaks out of the support, than you might be seeing a decline in prices for the next period.  If it breaks out of a resistance, you might see a bull coming your way.  In trend, it’s pretty straightforward what you should do.

There is a million and one things you can do with support and resistance trading.  For more currency trading tips, stay tuned to this website for more advice.  No matter how experienced you get, you can always get better.

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