When you look at a crypto chart, you’ll often hear traders talk about Support and Resistance.
But what do these terms actually mean?
🟢 What is Support?
Support is a price area where buying interest may increase, making it harder for the price to move lower.
Think of it as a potential floor.
🔴 What is Resistance?
Resistance is a price area where selling pressure may increase, making it harder for the price to move higher.
Think of it as a potential ceiling.
📍 They are zones, not exact prices
One important thing to understand:
Support and resistance aren’t always a single price point.
They’re better viewed as zones where price has previously shown stronger buying or selling activity.
That’s why price can move slightly above or below a level without automatically invalidating it.
🔄 When levels switch roles
A support zone can later become resistance.
For example:
Support → Price breaks below → Retest → Resistance
The opposite can happen too:
Resistance → Price breaks above → Retest → Support
This is often called a support-resistance flip.
The simple takeaway
Support = potential floor
Resistance = potential ceiling
They can help you understand how price has behaved around certain areas, but they don’t guarantee that price will hold or reverse.
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