what is the support zone ?

[~speedx~]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

[BitMaxz]

You won't be able to identify the support zone without the trading knowledge you must learn first technical analysis before you can able to identify the support zone.
I suggest you learn technical analysis some indicators should give you an idea of where the support resistance is.

Read some guidance here https://github.com/SpiralDevelopment/Awesome-Crypto-Trading

[Oshosondy]

Check the link that BitMaxz give above, it would help you.

There is nothing hard about support zone, it is just a price that a coin is not going further below, even if the coin slightly go below the price, it would rise back not long. Example is when bitcoin has been around $28000 recently which shows a very strong support at that level.

The opposite is the resistant zone.

[TheUltraElite]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

The level where buying pressure is there and usually takes a huge volume of selling to break through, that ends up being a support level and these are usually the prices where investors have bought the coin previously. Historically there are many support levels which people have been placing buy orders at and keep them strong.

Think of it as a big bunch of buy orders to negate most of the sell orders such that the price does not drop below that. Opposite to this will be the resistance level which you can now make out on your own.

The use of these levels is to plan your buying point and whether you should play it safe and buy at even lower to maximize profits on the opposite side when you sell.

[Faisal2202]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

The support zone is like the lowest point to which the price can go and cannot go further below that point. This is the most simple definition I can recall for you. In other words, the name of the Support zone gives us the whole idea of giving support (help or indications) to traders to conclude beneficial signals from market behavior. In this way, traders and even holders can save more money.

You demanded a chart, I will take an example of BTC pair which consists of a support zone tagged as 12,200$.

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These support zones are not always correct. As we all know the market is so unpredictable but so far these support and resistance zones are helping us out in many ways like when the BTC hit its ATL (All Time Low) in the previous cycle which was around $16k. This price was considered the lowest point to which BTC can go and not below it. So $16k was the support zone for BTC.

You may ask now, What is Resistance? That's the opposite of the support point, Which is the point you have set on any asset or commodity from which the price will not go above and you decide accordingly to sell or buy your trades.

[borovichok]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

Been a newbie in trading will attract more panicks and losses if one is not careful. We have Resistance and Support zone on the charts, it's very easy to spot them out when trading because they served as the pillars that guide one into getting clear view on when the market will have a breakout with additional pumping and dumping. Reading complex crypto related PDFs inother to get access more knowledge in the market. We have both technical and fundamental analysis in the market, it depends on the crucial path you want to anticipate. I would urged that a trader starts with technical analysis inother to improved in the market.

[Husires]

Support is an explanation of the point to which when the price returns, it rests for some time and then rises again. Think of it as a safe house for the price, and it is unlikely to fall below it.

So, when the price reaches the support area, the possibility that the price will decrease is small, and it is the period of the beginning of the rise again.
As for the reason for naming it as a region, which is because it is impossible to determine the price with a specific number, but rather the price range of this range, the price is the support area.

The current support range is from 26k to 28k.

[logfiles]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

Support zone or level is usually the price range when the price of a coin you are trading usually struggles to break through downwards. In most cases, when the price reaches the support level, it bounces off upwards and trades around that level.

However, when the selling pressure is too much, it can break downwards.

You can use a few tools and indicators to determine Resistance and support levels such as the Fibonacci Retracement, Trend lines, Fixed Range Volume Profile etc

Open up and account in tradingview. You will learn a lot about technical analysis

[Hamza2424]

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The struggling explanation I don't think you need to focus on it might be wrong or correct as support and Resistance regions are never wrong or right they are strong and weak. Let me explain my words What is a support line or region the point which has greater Buying liquidity "Means that on that particular point, there are huge buying Limit orders and sentiments" Such points where we check greater buying limit orders and sentiments call it to support if the volume o that point is huge then we call it Strong Support level if the volume is low we call it weak support level and In reflection to you can call Resistance. Our prediction for the accuracy of the Support and Resistance level can be wrong or right in our analysis but Support and resistance levels are known as Strong or Weak.

If still curious how and why or more just quote me I will try to cover up related things to the query. Good day

[hd49728]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

Support and resistance zones can flip each other at different times. When a market turns from bullish to bearish, a support zone will change to be a new resistance zone after it is broken. In contrast, when a market turns from bearish to bullish and a resistance zone is broken, price breaks out from that resistance zone, this zone will change to be a new support zone.

Bitcoin Support and Resistance for dummies

[Sterbens]

Support and resistance zones can flip each other at different times. When a market turns from bullish to bearish, a support zone will change to be a new resistance zone after it is broken. In contrast, when a market turns from bearish to bullish and a resistance zone is broken, price breaks out from that resistance zone, this zone will change to be a new support zone.

Bitcoin Support and Resistance for dummies

Yes, that's right, this is the main point in terms of support and resistance for the market scheme, this does look complicated and I suggest beginners should look for sources that are easier to understand, you can search through existing social media and find the best mentor in your opinion.
When trading myself, I always use the support and resistance strategy as a reference point and start it when the price starts to weaken and there is an indication of a reversal from the candlestick, so there I will do a little scalping technique.

[SamReomo]

I believe that you have learnt enough about support and resistance zone from the reputed members replies in your post.

Here is the simplified answer to your question:

Support zone is the price point where investors are interested in purchasing the coin in bulk and they place orders worth millions of dollars in that price point, sometimes selling pressure can break that support zone. Resistance zone is the price point where most sellers are interested in selling the coin in bulk worth of millions of dollars and make some profit from their long positions, that zone can also break with higher buying pressure.

The traders who have advanced knowledge of reading charts, and they have technical knowledge of various useful indicators can determine those support and resistance points. It's not that hard to have that skill all you need is to give proper time to trading, and learn from your mistakes.

[bittraffic]

The resistance zone usually becomes the support zone in the bull market. For example, the $25200 price in the daily chart was once a resistance zone that price hardly can't break since February but it finally breaks above resistance in March.

In the next few weeks, if the correction happens that $25,200 could be the support zone which is where you might wanna buy more BTC to gain in the next spike.

[justdimin]

The level where buying pressure is there and usually takes a huge volume of selling to break through, that ends up being a support level and these are usually the prices where investors have bought the coin previously. Historically there are many support levels which people have been placing buy orders at and keep them strong.

Think of it as a big bunch of buy orders to negate most of the sell orders such that the price does not drop below that. Opposite to this will be the resistance level which you can now make out on your own.

The use of these levels is to plan your buying point and whether you should play it safe and buy at even lower to maximize profits on the opposite side when you sell.

That is the support zone and there is resistance and both of them really do not matter when we are talking about bitcoin, does it? Those are what we are talking about but to be fair during bear markets support points do not matter and we crash below them fairly easily, and during bull runs the resistance doesn't matter and we go above them anytime we want as well. That is why we shouldn't really be worried about these lines anymore since in this market it doesn't really matter and we shouldn't be worrying about them at all.

I hope that the best thing we can do right now would be having some sort of understanding that if the market wants to move a direction, it will move that direction ignoring everything else.

[ImThour]

Hi, welcome to the world of trading. I am sure you will have a lot of fun doing it and getting the freedom you want and quitting your current job /s.

Support is just like a floor, when you jump and it holds you despite gravity on the planet. Similarly, in trading, support is a zone or an area where the price will come and bounce back up without going down further.

The Opposite of that is resistance, just like your room ceiling. You can't jump and break over it, that's how it's in trading. Price reaches a certain point and drops back slowly or suddenly downwards and that area is the resistance zone.

A complete guide for you to learn more about these topics: https://www.investopedia.com/trading/support-and-resistance-basics/

Also, the price needs to be on that zone multiple time for it to be declared a support or resistance zone, not once. Good Luck!

[adaseb]

The most common type of support is if say there is a high such as $20K back in 2017. When Bitcoin went to $20K in 2020, the $20K was known as resistance. Then when it broke it and tested it again it was know as support. Very common technical analysis.

Problem is it doesn’t always work like in the $20K example. It failed as resistance and failed later as support. This is why you need more tools to trade such as market sentiment and perhaps some order flows. Can’t do trading on technical analysis alone even on stocks.

[irhact]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

You can understand the meaning of the support zone from the name itself, it's the zone where the price of Bitcoin has a support for the market. That means if the market was to crash, it's likely the price that the price of Bitcoin or any other cryptocurency would fall to and this usually happens that way because they're lots of buy orders waiting to be filled at that particular price.

To spot the support level you also have to understand the resistance level, resistance is all about the price where the market has a selling pressure from traders wanting to take profits. If Bitcoin price was to continue rising then the new support level will be $30k since that was the previous resistance before it crossed it just few days back.

[awik p]

the support area can be seen when there is a ranging candle, moving up and down in one area. as a reference, this support area is market defense, if the candle is not broken, then it is possible that the price will reverse direction and if it is broken, the price will return down, and a trend continuation will occur. the smaller the time frame, the more areas of support that can be found and vice versa, so we must be wise in our eyes to determine it

[palle11]

Op you need to read more on support or support zone, is the same thing and whatever you understand from it or the clarity you have can be interpreted on the reverse for resistant or resistant zone. For support zone, there are basic things we should understand about support and they are:

1. Support is when price is dropping or you can talk of support zone when price is dropping or you can look for support zone when price is dropping. Resistance is opposite.

2. Support zone when finally broken turns to resistance zone because it now comes above price area.

3. Support zone when broken confirms selling trend based on your time frame.

4. Support zone for every trader may not be the same but trend is the same.

5. Support zone may not be broken down in days, weeks or months depending.

6. Support zone are very good spots for entry or taking profit.

7. Experienced or professional traders look out for support or resistant zones to enter or exit. In fact, they are happy when they are able to identify it and if the candlesticks correspond with other indicators based on their trading strategy, they go for the big kill. 

[DevilSlayer]

Op you need to read more on support or support zone, is the same thing and whatever you understand from it or the clarity you have can be interpreted on the reverse for resistant or resistant zone. For support zone, there are basic things we should understand about support and they are:

1. Support is when price is dropping or you can talk of support zone when price is dropping or you can look for support zone when price is dropping. Resistance is opposite.

2. Support zone when finally broken turns to resistance zone because it now comes above price area.

3. Support zone when broken confirms selling trend based on your time frame.

4. Support zone for every trader may not be the same but trend is the same.

5. Support zone may not be broken down in days, weeks or months depending.

6. Support zone are very good spots for entry or taking profit.

7. Experienced or professional traders look out for support or resistant zones to enter or exit. In fact, they are happy when they are able to identify it and if the candlesticks correspond with other indicators based on their trading strategy, they go for the big kill. 

In simpliest form: the support zone is basically where the buyer resides and it is when the demand is increasing in the market. What do I mean by that? When the price hit the support zone, the probability of the price to bounce or to go up is really high because this is the area of the buyers. The psychology of the buyers will drastically change because they know that the price is cheap when it hit the support level. But don't get me wrong because trading is probability game so there are no sure that the price may bounce if it hit support. You should also be aware that the price is usually moving between support and resistance. The resistance is when the seller resides, it is where the supply increases. For sellers, they think that the price is now expensive and they think that it will now go down so they are selling in resistance level. Identifying support and resistance is hard when you are a beginner and it will take days or weeks for you to master plotting support and resistance levels but once you master it, you will immediately see a lot of opportunities in the market. One of the ways in order to make money in the market is by buying at the support level and selling at te resistance level. This strategy calls swin trading and you can easily make money by using the volatility of the market as you advantage.

[palle11]

In simpliest form: the support zone is basically where the buyer resides and it is when the demand is increasing in the market. What do I mean by that? When the price hit the support zone, the probability of the price to bounce or to go up is really high because this is the area of the buyers. The psychology of the buyers will drastically change because they know that the price is cheap when it hit the support level. But don't get me wrong because trading is probability game so there are no sure that the price may bounce if it hit support. You should also be aware that the price is usually moving between support and resistance. The resistance is when the seller resides, it is where the supply increases. For sellers, they think that the price is now expensive and they think that it will now go down so they are selling in resistance level. Identifying support and resistance is hard when you are a beginner and it will take days or weeks for you to master plotting support and resistance levels but once you master it, you will immediately see a lot of opportunities in the market. One of the ways in order to make money in the market is by buying at the support level and selling at te resistance level. This strategy calls swin trading and you can easily make money by using the volatility of the market as you advantage.

On the contrary, I don't agree to some of your allusion concerning what is being discussed as it relates to trading. I think if we are discussing support or resistant zone or level based on demand and supply, I think we are going to miss the point. Support simply means a point where there is traders taking decision to either enter or exit the market likewise for resistance level and so those areas are delicate to deal with because if you get it wrong, we may lose alot of money before reversion. For newbie understanding, it is to be taken this way. Sometimes support levels can be broken easily, may not be broken and causing a reversal which is when you see a long spiking candle.
There are different levels for support based on daily trader, scalper or swing trader and to look for support or resistant areas, the pivot calculator can help.

[Huppercase]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

Support is only an area where traders have been trading for a considerable amount of time and where it was challenging to pass that price; if they break that resistance, the spot then serves as a support for traders after the price has reached another price or hit another resistance. Just remember that support in trading is an area where trading activity has frequently happened and it is always recommended to buy at that spot. You can readily recognize support on a candle chart, and traders will often follow both big and local supports. The major supports are what traders often follow, and they are typically observed in large time frames, whereas local supports are typically observed in small time frames, such as hours and days. These pictures can help you comprehend.

[cydrix]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

A price range on a chart where the price of an asset has historically found support is known as a support zone. Traders look for prospective buying opportunities in support zones since the price is expected to move back up from there. One where the price has made several bounces off is a stronger support area. To reduce their potential losses, traders can purchase the asset close to the support zone and set a stop-loss order slightly below it.

[teosanru]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

Support zone as per traditional TA is the point from where market had done a reversal previously and after a resistance is broken it also become a support for the market. But these days this theory has been combined with volumes as well. So places where market got high volume as well those points actually are called support zones or demand zones but yes, basically it's a point which market should hold in a rally.

[JayTrain]

Actually I am very new on trading, And while browsing the forum, I saw that most of the time people are talking about the support zone, can someone please explain to me what the support zone is, I would be a little more happy if you explain it through a chart. how can I identify the support zone ?

A support zone is a price range on a chart where an asset has historically found support and bounced back up from. To identify a support zone, you would typically look for a price level where the asset has bounced up from multiple times in the past. This can be represented by a horizontal line drawn across the chart. However, it's important to keep in mind that support zones are not a guarantee of future price movements and should be used in conjunction with other technical and fundamental analysis tools.

[jeraldskie11]

Let's assume that the market is uptrend. The market makes higher highs and higher lows. The higher high is the resistance area, the higher low is the support area. If the price is close to either support or resistance, there is a high chance that the price action will bounce back because there is a lot of supply in resistance, and lot of demand in support.

However, if the market makes a new higher high, the prior high resistance will turn into a support.

[hd49728]

Let's assume that the market is uptrend. The market makes higher highs and higher lows. The higher high is the resistance area, the higher low is the support area. If the price is close to either support or resistance, there is a high chance that the price action will bounce back because there is a lot of supply in resistance, and lot of demand in support.

However, if the market makes a new higher high, the prior high resistance will turn into a support.

Support and resistance are temporary ones. With time, a support can become a new resistance and a resistance can turn to be a new support. Those changes of support and resistance occur when a market has a break out or break down.

Support and resistance can be changed so you should never put all your capital at risk by believing that this support is like rock and won't be broken down or that resistance is very big and price won't be able to break out of it. Long squeeze and short squeeze will kill you if you have such belief.

Bitcoin Support and Resistance for dummies is a good guide to enlighten newbies about support and resistance.

[Franctoshi]

Support is an explanation of the point to which when the price returns, it rests for some time and then rises again. Think of it as a safe house for the price, and it is unlikely to fall below it.

So, when the price reaches the support area, the possibility that the price will decrease is small, and it is the period of the beginning of the rise again.
As for the reason for naming it as a region, which is because it is impossible to determine the price with a specific number, but rather the price range of this range, the price is the support area.

The current support range is from 26k to 28k.

In addition to the question asked by op, and with reference to this chart, there are strong and weak support zones in the market likewise to resistance, so not necessarily that if price approaches every support level it gonna reverse, No. But support you should pay very much attention is support in the three higher time frames, monthly, weekly and Daily.

To elaborate more on this for traders that are finding it a bit difficult to Identify a strong support zones possible of reversing the market, one very thing you should look out for is a break of structure, basically market starts creating of a higher highs and higher lows in the smaller time frame like the 1 minute or the 5 minutes frames, immediately after hitting the support zone you've mapped out, So it a good sign that the market wants to take a reverse and the support is respected.

[jeraldskie11]

Let's assume that the market is uptrend. The market makes higher highs and higher lows. The higher high is the resistance area, the higher low is the support area. If the price is close to either support or resistance, there is a high chance that the price action will bounce back because there is a lot of supply in resistance, and lot of demand in support.

However, if the market makes a new higher high, the prior high resistance will turn into a support.

Support and resistance are temporary ones. With time, a support can become a new resistance and a resistance can turn to be a new support. Those changes of support and resistance occur when a market has a break out or break down.

Support and resistance can be changed so you should never put all your capital at risk by believing that this support is like rock and won't be broken down or that resistance is very big and price won't be able to break out of it. Long squeeze and short squeeze will kill you if you have such belief.

Bitcoin Support and Resistance for dummies is a good guide to enlighten newbies about support and resistance.

There's what we called strong support and strong resistance. You can easily plot this in higher time frame. This zone cannot be broken easily and it's need a lot of supply if it's in the support zone, a lot of demand as well if it's in resistance zone. There's also what we called weak resistance and weak support, you can see it in lower time frames. It can easily be broken unlike the strong ones. These doesn't mean that you must only trade in strong zones because weak zones are still tradable, you only need to know how to read candlesticks, and much better if you know volume indicator as well. However, weak zones, in my opinion, are riskier than strong zones.

[libert19]

support level is a price level where investors and traders believe that the coin will have difficulty falling below.

You don't particularly need to know how to read charts to know coin support. Charts are only one of the instruments, not a necessity. Support/resistance is purely psychological.

If you check a particular coin's prices regularly, you intuitively come to know support based on your past price observations. A good example is myself, I dunno how to read charts, but I regularly check prices of coins I'm interested in, and have made successful trades using it.

[jeraldskie11]

support level is a price level where investors and traders believe that the coin will have difficulty falling below.

You don't particularly need to know how to read charts to know coin support. Charts are only one of the instruments, not a necessity. Support/resistance is purely psychological.

I don't really get what you mean. We must know how to read the chart if want a high probability trade. Professional traders will always trades with analysing the market technically. It's very impossible for a traders to be profitable who don't know how to read chart.

Aside from that, Support/Resistance is purely technical. You have to look at the chart to see or to plot the support/resistance zone where it is possible for the price to go. Psychological trading, is mostly determined as your mindset in trading, that's why there's a recommendation to read a books for trading such as "Atomic Habits". It's very useful for executing a trade.
There's a high chance of winning a trade if you both know Technical Analysis and Psychology.

[ololajulo]

Could someone kindly correct me if I'm mistaken, but it seems that a significant amount of support stems from the historical data indicating the struggle of the coin's price to decrease drastically. Additionally, the price range often exhibits a considerable number of sell orders, influencing whether the coin's value moves upwards or downwards depending on the volume of orders at that particular price point.

[death69]

support level is a price level where investors and traders believe that the coin will have difficulty falling below.

You don't particularly need to know how to read charts to know coin support. Charts are only one of the instruments, not a necessity. Support/resistance is purely psychological.

I don't really get what you mean. We must know how to read the chart if want a high probability trade. Professional traders will always trades with analysing the market technically. It's very impossible for a traders to be profitable who don't know how to read chart.

Aside from that, Support/Resistance is purely technical. You have to look at the chart to see or to plot the support/resistance zone where it is possible for the price to go. Psychological trading, is mostly determined as your mindset in trading, that's why there's a recommendation to read a books for trading such as "Atomic Habits". It's very useful for executing a trade.
There's a high chance of winning a trade if you both know Technical Analysis and Psychology.

You've heard it, or maybe not, "knowledge is power, but attitude is everything" Okay, it ain't a catchphrase yet, but I'm campaigning hard. Truth bomb: technical analysis is the bedrock of a killer trade. Sans it, you're a rudderless vessel, meandering aimlessly like a lost soul on a wild goose chase. Conversely, psychology is the wind beneath your wings - thrusting you onward with unwavering confidence, beaming optimism, and steely resolve. It's like harboring a classified superpower.

Enter "Atomic Habits," the game-shifting keymaster. It decodes your untapped mental prowess, letting you harness the might of positivity and ironclad self-discipline. So, when doubt creeps in, questioning psychology's place in trading, recall: with the proper mindset and moxie, the sky's the limit. It's like being a caped crusader with a clandestine power, and that's mondo exhilarating.

[MIner1448]

A support zone is a price level at which demand for an asset is expected to be strong enough to halt or reverse a price decline. When the price drops to a support zone, many traders see this as a buying opportunity as they expect the price to start rising soon.
Once traders have identified a support zone, they can use it to make trading decisions. For example, they may place a buy order at the level of a support zone, or wait to see how the price will behave at that level before making a decision to buy or sell. In any case, the support zone is an important concept for traders as it helps them make trading decisions based on the analysis of price data.

[dansus021]

Read this and you will understand https://www.investopedia.com/terms/t/trendline.asp

Basically support and resistance zone is a trend line and there is other read about it  https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/resistance.asp https://www.investopedia.com/terms/r/resistance.asp,

or Too Long Didnt Read "Support, or a support level, refers to the price level that an asset does not fall below for period of time."

Youtube can be helpful