Support
is basically a zone or level from which a stock bounce back and tries not to go
beyond that level.
There
could be different reasons for the same and generally it is said that buyers
become active at this level and a significant buying supports the stock from
going below to this level. As buyers
finds the price attractive at this level and believe that the stock at its best
position.
Resistance
is a level or zone from which, stock starts loosing its value or starts a
downtrend.
Stock
reaches at this level and starts coming back towards support again, as sellers
are active this area and found the stock costly or overvalued. Hence traders
starts selling and resulting of same the stock shows downtrend.
Support
and Resistance zones are basically used for doing positional trading. There are
different stocks, which are used to be in a range and stay there for long
periods even for years.
For
e.g. ITC is a perfect positional tading stock and stay in the range of Rs. 270.00
to Rs. 310.00. However there are different stocks which remain in the same zone
even for very short period of 15 days or one month.
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