September 1, 2016 By Rayner — 54 Comments

Support and Resistance Trading

Strategy — The Advanced Guide

The more times Support is tested, the stronger it becomes.

Support and Resistance are lines on your chart.

You should place your stop loss at Support and Resistance.

If you follow the “theories” above, it would cost you money in the long run. Because
these are the biggest lies about Support and Resistance trading strategy.

And it’s not your fault because these are stu that’s being taught in trading books and
courses.

But don’t worry.

A er reading this trading guide, you’ll never make these mistakes again.

Specifically, here’s what you’ll learn:

The 5 things about Support and Resistance (losing traders are not aware of)
How to find favorable risk to reward trades
How to tell when Support or Resistance will break, so you don’t enter trades at
the wrong time
A Support and Resistance trading strategy — that lets you profit from losing
traders

Are you ready?

Then let’s get started.

Truth #1: The more times Support or Resistance

(SR) is tested, the weaker it becomes
First, let’s define Support and Resistance:

Support – Area on your chart with potential buying pressure

Resistance – Area on your chart with potential selling pressure

An example:

Now:
You’ve probably read trading books that say… the more times Support or Resistance
is tested, the stronger it becomes.

But the truth is…

The more times Support or Resistance is tested, the weaker it becomes.

Here’s why…

The market reverses at Support because there is buying pressure to push the price
higher. The buying pressure could be from Institutions, banks, or smart money that
trades in large orders.

Imagine this:

If the market keeps re-testing Support, these orders will eventually be filled. And
when all the orders are filled, who’s le to buy?

Here’s what I mean…

Pro Tip:

Higher lows into Resistance usually result in a breakout (ascending triangle). Lower
highs into Support usually results in a breakdown (descending triangle).
Let’s move on…

Truth #2: Support and Resistance are areas on

your chart (and not lines)
This is a mistake I’m guilty of. Treating Support and Resistance (SR) as lines on my
chart.

Why?

Because you’ll face these two problems:

Price “undershoot” and you miss the trade

Price “overshoot” and you assume SR is broken

Let me explain…

Price “undershoot” and you missed the trade

This occurs when the market comes close to your SR line, but not close enough.

Then, it reverses back into the opposite direction. And you miss the trade because
you were waiting for the market to test your exact SR level.

An example:
Price “overshoot” and you assume SR is broken

This happens when the market breaks your SR level and you assume it’s broken.

Thus, you trade the breakout… but only to realize it’s a false breakout.

So, how do you solve these two problems?

Simple.

Treat Support and Resistance as areas on your chart, not lines.

Why SR are areas on your chart

Because of these two group of traders…

1. Traders with the fear of missing out (FOMO)

2. Traders who want to get the best possible price (Cheapo)

Let me explain:

Traders with the fear of missing out would enter their trades the moment price comes
close to Support.

And if there’s enough buying pressure, the market would reverse at that location.
On the other hand, there are traders who want to get the best possible price, so they
place orders at the low of Support. And if enough traders do it, the market will reverse
near the lows of Support.

But here’s the thing:

You’ve no idea which group of traders will be in control. Whether it’s FOMO or Cheapo
traders.

Thus, Support and Resistance are areas on your chart, not lines.

Make sense?

Truth #3: Support and Resistance can be

dynamic
What you’ve learned earlier is horizontal SR (where the areas are fixed).

But it can also change over time, otherwise known as, Dynamic Support and
Resistance.

Now:

There are two ways to identify Dynamic SR.

You can use:

1. Moving average
2. Trend line

Let me explain…

How to use moving average to identify dynamic SR

I use the 20 & 50 MA to identify my Dynamic SR.

Here’s an example:
However, it’s not the only way. You can use 100 or 200 MA, and it works fine .

Ultimately, you must find something that suits you (and not blindly follow another
trader).

Trend line

These are diagonal lines on your chart to identify dynamic SR.

Here’s what I mean:

Pro Tip:
Treat Support and Resistance as areas on your chart (and not lines). This applies to
both horizontal and dynamic SR.

Truth #4: Support and Resistance are the worst

places to put your stop loss
I need not be an Einstein to guess where you’ll put your stops.

Below Support and above Resistance, right?

An example:

And why is this worst place to put your stops?

It gets hunted.
So… how do you avoid it?

Well, you can’t avoid it entirely.

But here are two things you can do…

Set your stop loss a distance from SR

Wait for candle to close beyond SR

Let me explain…

Set your stop loss a distance from SR

You can do this by using the Average True Range (ATR) indicator.

Here’s how to do it in:

1. Identify the low of Support

2. Find the ATR value
3. Take the low of support minus the ATR value

If you want to learn more, go watch this training video below:

Wait for candle to close beyond SR

Here’s how it works…

You only exit your trade if price closes below the low of support or the high of
resistance.

Here’s what I mean:

And here’s something interesting… do you know the “real move” usually occurs a er
traders get stopped out of their trades?
And you can take advantage of this scenario by using a trading strategy I’ll share with
you later.

But first…

Truth #5: Trading at Support or Resistance gives

you favorable risk to reward
A big mistake traders make is this:

Entering trades when the price is far away from SR. This requires a large stop loss and
o ers you a poor risk to reward.

An example:

But if you let price come to you, then you’ll have a tighter stop loss. And this improves
your risk to reward.

Here’s what I mean:

Remember…

Patience pays in trading. Stop chasing the markets and let price come to you.

Pro Tip:

Mark out your SR areas in advance. Then look for trading opportunities when the
price has come to your levels. If the price is elsewhere, stay out.

Now…

If you want to learn more, go watch this training video below:

How to tell when Support or Resistance will
break — so you don’t get “trapped”
The takeaway is this:

Support tends to break in downtrend

Resistance tends to break in uptrend
Support and Resistance tend to break when there’s buildup

Here’s why…

Resistance tends to break in uptrend

Here’s a fact:

For an uptrend to continue, it has to consistently break new highs. Thus, shorting at
resistance is a low probability trade.

Instead, going long at Support is a better trade.

Support tends to break in downtrend

Likewise:

For a downtrend to continue, it has to consistently break new lows. Thus, going long
at support isn’t a good idea.

But, going short at Resistance is a great idea.

Next…

Support and Resistance tend to break when there’s buildup

Consider this:

Support is an area with potential buying pressure. So, the price should move up
quickly, right?
Now… what if price didn’t move up and instead, consolidates at Support?

What does it mean?

A sign of weakness as the bulls couldn’t push the price higher.

Perhaps there’s no buying pressure or, there’s strong selling pressure. Either way, it
doesn’t look good for the bulls and Support is likely to break.

An example:

And the opposite for Resistance:

If you want to learn more, go watch this training video below:

Let’s move on…

A Support and Resistance trading strategy that

lets you profit from losing traders
Here’s a fact:

Support and Resistance attracts a lot of attention from traders. There will be some
looking to trade the reversal, and others looking to trade the breakout.

Since trading is a zero sum game… for reversal traders to profit — breakout traders
must lose. And for breakout traders to profit —reversal traders must lose.

Do you understand?

Good.

Now… let’s learn a Support and Resistance trading strategy to profit from breakout
traders.

Here’s what you need to do:

 1. Mark your areas of Support & Resistance (SR)
2. Wait for a directional move into SR
3. Wait for price rejection at SR
4. Enter on the next candle with stop loss beyond the swing high/low
5. Take profits at the swing high/low

Here’s what I mean…

1. Mark your areas of Support & Resistance

2. Wait for a directional move into SR

3. Wait for price rejection at SR

4. Enter on the next candle with stop loss beyond the swing high/low

5. Take profits at the swing high/low

Support and Resistance trading strategy examples:
Now:

You must understand this trading strategy isn’t the “holy grail”. There are times you’ll
lose to breakout traders — and at times, breakout traders will lose to you.

The only way you will survive in the long run is proper risk management. Thus, I
suggest risking not more than 1% of your account on each trade.

Conclusion
This is what you’ve learned today:

The more times Support and Resistance is tested, the weaker it becomes
Support and Resistance are areas on your chart (and not lines)
Support and Resistance can be identified using moving average
Don’t place your stop loss just below Support or above Resistance
Trading at Support and Resistance gives you favorable risk to reward
A Support and Resistance trading strategy

Now here’s a question for you…

How do you trade a Support and Resistance trading strategy?

Leave a comment below and let me know.

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