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Support & Resistance: The Institutional Truth
Why horizontal lines on charts are treated as liquidity pools rather than impenetrable brick barriers.
CORE ARCHITECTURAL TAKEAWAYS
- Support and resistance are dynamic zones, not razor-thin lines.
- Retail stop loss orders naturally cluster just outside visible swing points.
- Institutions require these stop clusters to provide counter-party liquidity for large entries.
If support and resistance worked the way retail textbooks describe, every market participant would be wealthy. The reality is that obvious support and resistance levels are the exact locations where market makers execute stop sweeps.
Self-Audit Exercise
Open your charts on the 1-hour timeframe of XAU/USD. Identify the high and low of yesterday's Asian session. Did price sweep either boundary during the London open before continuing in the opposing direction?
💡 Pro Tip: Document your chart screenshots in your personal journal folder for weekly review.
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