Support and resistance
Support is a zone below price where buying has stopped falls before. Resistance is a zone above price where selling has stopped rises.
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On a real chart
How Arka Terminal marks it
- 01Key level zones: green below price, red above, darker where more sources agree.
- 02Each zone's name, its touches and its price.
XAU/USD 30m candles, Sep 23, 2026 to Sep 25, 2026. Every drawing is Arka Terminal's AI Structure Analysis of these candles. Nothing is placed by hand.
The shape
Zones, touches and the flip
Resistance holds three times, breaks, and the same zone then holds as support.
How to read it
01
Zones, not lines
Price rarely turns at one exact number. Mark a band around the level.
02
More touches, more weight
A level price has turned from several times is watched by more traders.
03
Sources that agree
Yesterday's high, a 4-hour swing and a volume cluster at the same price make a stronger zone.
04
Broken levels flip
Resistance that breaks often becomes support on the retest, and the other way round.
Common mistakes
Too many levels
A chart with twenty lines tells you nothing. Keep the few nearest to price.
Lines from one timeframe only
A level from the daily chart outweighs a level from five minutes.
Assuming a level must hold
A level is where to watch. Price can and does break through.
In Arka Terminal
One switch in the structure panel
- Four sources
- Yesterday's high, low and close, this week's high and low, swing levels from the 4-hour or daily chart, and the price with the most volume.
- Merged into zones
- Candidates close together merge into one zone. Up to three are kept on each side, at least half an ATR from price.
- Strength in the colour
- A zone's colour deepens when more sources point to it. Swing levels carry their touch count.
- Free on every plan
- The analysis runs on your PC. It uses no AI credits.
- Ask about it
- Arka Copilot reads the switches you have on and answers with the same prices the chart shows.
Support and resistance, marked on your own chart
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- Sign in with your MT4 or MT5 account
- Nine structure switches, no AI credits
Questions
How do you find support and resistance?
Look for prices where the market has turned more than once, and for daily and weekly highs and lows. Zones where several of these agree are the strongest.
Why do support and resistance levels break?
A level is only where orders have gathered before. Enough buying or selling absorbs them and price moves through.
What is a role reversal?
A broken resistance that later holds as support, or a broken support that later holds as resistance.
Is there an automatic support and resistance indicator for MT5?
Arka Terminal draws key level zones automatically on its charts for MT4 and MT5 accounts. It is free on every plan.
Related terms
Levels
- Support and resistance
- Trendlines
- Volume profile
- Pivot points
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