What Is Support?
A price zone where buying pressure has repeatedly stopped declines. Traders place bids near support and often set stops just below it, which is why clean breaks of support tend to accelerate downward.
Related Terms
- Resistance A price zone where selling pressure has repeatedly capped rallies.
- Breakout A move beyond an established support or resistance level, ideally on rising volume.
- Candlestick A chart element showing the open, high, low and close of a period.
Where You Will Meet This Term
You will run into support constantly on any futures exchange, from the order panel to the position dashboard. If you are still building your foundation, our guides on leverage, liquidation and risk management connect the vocabulary into an actual trading process, and the full glossary covers every other term you will encounter.