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Support/resistance flip

A broken level that reverses its role: old resistance becomes support, or the reverse.

Technical AnalysisIntermediate

Definition

After price breaks above resistance, traders often watch that same level as new support on a pullback. The idea is that the old sellers are gone and buyers now defend the price.

Watch out for

It happens often but not always. A retest can also fail.

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