How to Easily Find Support and Resistance Levels and some advanced techniques we use in our Edumers’ Forex Academy.
If you have ever watched the market and wondered why prices suddenly stop rising, pause, or bounce back at certain points, you are not alone. These invisible barriers are called support and resistance levels, and they are the backbone of successful trading. Without them, you are trading blindly. But with them, you hold the map to where prices are most likely to pause, reverse, or explode in the next movement.
Think of support as the floor beneath your feet—it prevents the market from falling further.
While Resistance, on the other hand, is like the ceiling above your head—it keeps the market from rising endlessly. Traders around the world use these levels to make decisions, and because so many eyes are watching them, they become self-fulfilling prophecies. When the crowd expects a bounce, the market bounces. And When the crowd expects a rejection, the market stalls as well.
By finding support and resistance, you are not guessing. You are aligning yourself with the collective psychology of the market—the push and pull of buyers and sellers. And that is where the real power lies.
So from this chapter, you’re going to learn to to easily find a support and resistance levels.
Starting with the meaning of support and resistance _
Support and resistance are areas where price has reacted to in the past and can potentially react to again in the future.
The reason we draw in support and resistance level is because once price gets to these levels, there are possible trade opportunities that arise and you want theses levels drawn already as a reminder to look.
*The Criteria and traits we look for to identify support and resistance levels often include;
– Extreme swing highs and swing lows: The highest and lowest points price has reached in recent time. A swing high is a peak or cluster of candles where the price rise, then reversed downward. It looks like a mountain top on the chart. While a swing low is cluster of candles where price fell then reversed upward.
N/B. It doesn’t matter how high or low price is, you should never jump into trades blindly, always wait for price action. Of course I’m going to show on a video what I mean about this really soon. Just keep reading…
– Multiple rejections (or more than 1): The more rejections the better_ Every rejection is evidence that buyers or sellers are defending that level fiercely. The more time it happens, the more traders see it and stronger that level becomes.
– The level should be obvious and jumps right out at you: The more obvious the level is the better the level _ you should be able to spot the level within seconds of looking at the chart (harder to find support and resistance is not better). The more obvious the level is means the more traders are eyeing the level which increases the probability that traders will be taking actions at the level as closing or opening positions.
– The move away drastically (reversed significantly in an opposite direction)
– The level will be acting as both support and resistance: Every time price gets to a level of support, it reverse drastically, break through and back up. Support turns resistance and it hits then reverse again to show that the level acts as both support and resistance.
– Recently respected and created: Newer support and resistance levels hold more weight.
N/B. You don’t need all the above listed criteria to make a level support and resistance but the more criteria the level fulfils, the better the level.
* There are Some key points to take note when drawing a support or resistance level;
– Drawing support and resistance level does not mean you should jump into trades blindly, always wait for specific price action patterns at support and resistance level before considering a trade.
– Always try to keep your charts as clean as possible (100 lines 100 indicators won’t help you make money).
*How to draw in lines or zones*
Along the top, you should be able to spot a key level of resistance which has 3 ways:
– Using a single solid line (make sure all reversal points are touching
– Drawing in multiple lines to accommodate all candles closes can also turn out to be a problem.
The problem with this method is that it’s messy and can confuse you as a trader.
– Drawing in zones to accommodate an area of support and resistance. This is the preferred method to use because it’s accommodate the entire area and composes both candle closes and wicks.
Note this, it doesn’t matter wether you draw in lines or zones, because both represent areas of support or resistance.
Just Don’t draw in massive zones, draw in Smaller zones that covers the most amount of touches and points so that you might not end up confusing your self. It might get even worse if you use multiple time frame.
The difference between a losing trader and a consistent one is often the ability to anticipate the market’s turning points. By learning to find support and resistance, you are stepping into the shoes of professionals. You no longer chase the market—you wait for it to come to you.
Every great trader you admire this—whether in forex, stocks, or crypto—relies on these levels. Why? Because they work. They are time-tested. They reveal where the big money moves.
If you want to stop gambling, stop relying on luck, and start trading with strategies as we’ll be walking you through the entire from each lesson on this Edumers’ Forex Academy Training. Learning support and resistance is non-negotiable. It is not just a skill; it is your trading compass.
✅ Remember this: The market respects those who respect its boundaries. Find support. Find resistance. Trade with the flow. And watch as your trading transforms from confusion to clarity, from fear to confidence, and from losses to consistent wins.
Those are the main points to note about support and resistance levels, and You can also watch our videos on this very topic to see how we go about it in steps here below 👇.
