Sunday, July 21, 2013

How to Calculate Pivot Points

The pivot point and associated support and resistance levels are calculated by using the last trading session's open, high, low, and close. Since forex is a 24-hour market, most traders use the New York closing time of 4:00pm EST as the previous day's close.
The calculation for a pivot point is shown below:
Pivot point (PP) = (High + Low + Close) / 3
Support and resistance levels are then calculated off the pivot point like so:
First level support and resistance:
First resistance (R1) = (2 x PP) - Low
First support (S1) = (2 x PP) - High
Second level of support and resistance:
Second resistance (R2) = PP + (High - Low)
Second support (S2) = PP - (High - Low)
Third level of support and resistance:
Third resistance (R3) = High + 2(PP - Low)
Third support (S3) = Low - 2(High - PP)

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