Usually identified on a chart by a price high or series of high points, above the market, where prices previously "met resistance" or "ran into resistance" and stopped rising.
A range of prices which represent a temporary ceiling or floor.
This is the price at which a currency pair goes up to, but does not go above. At the resistance level, the upward movement turns into a downward movement as there becomes more selling than buying.
A trading level where obvious selling keeps the prices from advancing any further.
Real or artificial price ceiling in technical analysis that when overcome signify a new upward trading trend.
a price at which the commodity has previously reversed its upward course
A price at which sellers consistently outnumber buyers, preventing further price rises.
A price level at which technical analysis indicate a rebound. Opposite of Support.
A level where sellers are expected to enter.
A technical analysis term describing the top of a stock's historical trading range.
A price level at which you would expect selling to take place and recognised by technical analysts as a price that a currency will struggle to move above, which could result in a rebound of the exchange rate. Market participants routinely use resistance levels as a guide to place automated orders such as limit orders.
The price ceiling at which technical analysts note persistent selling of a commodity or security.
The upper level of a stocks trading range where there appears to be a limit on further price increases.
A price level above which it is supposedly difficult for a security or market to rise.
A foreign exchange trading term used to describe a rate of exchange or market level where political or economic factors may prohibit the currency's value from rising above a certain level. Resistance levels may change as market conditions warrant. The opposite of a resistance level is a support level. RTGS Real Time Gross Settlement. Fedwire in the U.S. and CHAPS in the U.K. are examples of RTGS payment systems. Value is final when a RTGS payment is executed.
The upper limit of a security's trading range in which selling pressure tends to cause the price of a stock to decline. For example, if ABC's stock ranges between a low of $24 and a high of $36 per share, $24 is the support level and $36 is the resistance level. When a security breaks through the resistance level, technical analysts believe the security will reach new high prices. See: Breakout; Overbought; Range; Support Level; Technical Analysis
