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Home>Courses>TA Masterclass>Lesson 5 of 10

Support and resistance

The price zones where moves stall and reverse, and why they form.

TA Masterclass·Lesson 5 of 10

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By the end of this lesson you'll be able to:

  • 01Define support and resistance
  • 02Explain why levels form
  • 03Use a level to plan a trade
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Everything the quiz asks is covered in the linked guide. Read it, then answer the questions below.

What Is Support and Resistance in Trading?
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10 questions

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  1. Question 01

    How is support best described?

  2. Question 02

    How is resistance best described?

  3. Question 03

    Why do support and resistance levels tend to hold?

  4. Question 04

    How are support and resistance best treated?

  5. Question 05

    What does treating a level as one exact price rather than a zone tend to lead to?

  6. Question 06

    When price breaks above a resistance level, what does that level often do?

  7. Question 07

    A trader buys near support. Where does a sensible stop go?

  8. Question 08

    A trader sells near resistance. Where does a sensible stop go?

  9. Question 09

    Price approaches a level that has bounced three times before. What do traders expect it to do?

  10. Question 10

    What does old resistance that price has clearly broken above often become?

Answered 0 of 10 · pass 70% (7/10) to complete

TA Masterclass5 of 10
  1. Intro to technical analysis
  2. Reading candlestick charts
  3. Chart types (Heikin Ashi, Renko, tick)
  4. Trends and trendlines
  5. →Support and resistance
  6. Chart patterns
  7. Candlestick patterns
  8. Momentum: RSI and MACD
  9. Moving averages and Bollinger Bands
  10. Volume and market structure
  11. ⚑Final Assessment· 20 Q