Support becomes resistance: how do you trade the flip?

Broken support often acts as resistance on the retest, and vice versa. The flip is one of the most-traded concepts in forex — and its failure rate surprises everyone who trades it without context.

Support becomes resistance: how do you trade the flip? — support and resistance diagram
Price bouncing between support and resistance

What's your flip playbook?

  • the conditions that make a flip tradeable
  • your entry and stop on the retest
  • the flips that failed and what distinguished them
Support becomes resistance: how do you trade the flip? — risk-reward diagram
A risk-reward ratio of 1 to 2

The support and resistance guide covers the flip concept.

Background: Support and resistance: how traders mark price levels

Support and resistance are the most widely used ideas in chart reading. How to find levels, why they work as zones, and what happens when they break.

What is support and resistance in forex?

Support is a price area where falling prices have tended to stop, and resistance is an area where rising prices have tended to stall, often because many orders cluster there.

What happens when support breaks?

The price often falls further, and the old support level frequently acts as resistance if the price comes back up to it.

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