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2013issue C0625

Constructing daily pivot support and resistance rungs

Rebuild the next session's central pivot and level ladder from yesterday's high, low, and close so nearby support and resistance read as a mapped bumper grid rather than an unexplained overlay.

  • A daily central pivot is the average of the prior session's high, low, and close, the three prior-session inputs used to rebuild the next session's map.
  • Resistance 1 is twice the central pivot minus the prior session low, and support 1 is twice the central pivot minus the prior session high.
  • The same inputs generate a level ladder of support bands 1, 2, and 3 and matching resistance bands, read as nearby bumper zones rather than standalone trade instructions.
  • A bounce at a constructed pivot is a stronger entry or exit hypothesis only after a confluence check with other simple indicators.
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Start from yesterday's high, low, and close

A daily central pivot is constructed by averaging the prior session's high, low, and close. That central pivot is the session midpoint built from those three prior-session inputs: yesterday's high, low, and close, the prints used to rebuild the daily ladder.

The constructed central pivot can be plotted on a daily bar chart as a visual reference for the session map.

Construct resistance 1, support 1, and the level ladder

The first resistance rung, resistance 1, is the first upside bumper, constructed as twice the central pivot minus the prior session low. The first support rung, support 1, is the first downside bumper, constructed as twice the central pivot minus the prior session high.

The same prior-session high, low, and close are used to generate support bands labeled 1, 2, and 3 and a matching set of resistance bands. That full set of bands around the central pivot is the level ladder.

Daily pivot ladder rebuilt from yesterday's high, low, and close

The sample daily bar labels yesterday's high 1308, low 1287.50, and close 1305.50, which rebuild the next session as a mapped bumper grid: pivot 1300.33, first resistance and support at 1313.17 and 1292.67, second rungs at 1320.83 and 1279.83. Today's marked open at 1327 already sits above resistance 2.
The sample daily bar labels yesterday's high 1308, low 1287.50, and close 1305.50, which rebuild the next session as a mapped bumper grid: pivot 1300.33, first resistance and support at 1313.17 and 1292.67, second rungs at 1320.83 and 1279.83. Today's marked open at 1327 already sits above resistance 2.Daily

Pivot, resistance 1, and support 1 use the floor-trader formulas printed beside the figure. Resistance 2 and support 2 complete that same classic ladder as pivot plus or minus yesterday's 20.50-point range, matching where the unlabeled rungs sit on the chart.

Read rungs as bumper zones

Constructed pivot levels are treated as nearby support, resistance, or caution marks, not as standalone trade instructions. A reaction at a constructed pivot may be brief, so the level is framed as a temporary bumper rather than a guaranteed reversal.

Each rung is therefore a bumper zone: a nearby support or resistance mark where price may stall or bounce briefly, treated as a caution area rather than a guaranteed turn.

Confirm a bounce with a confluence check

A bounce at a constructed pivot is treated as a stronger entry or exit hypothesis only when other simple indicators align with that level at the same time. That pairing is a confluence check: using other simple indicators together with a constructed pivot level before treating a reaction as an entry or exit hypothesis.

Educational research material, not investment advice. Historical source context does not establish present-day performance.
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All readings on this track · 38 readings
  1. 1988Constructing action-reaction lines from two pivots
  2. 1988Constructing intradaily point-and-figure boxes and pivot ladders
  3. 1991Constructing layered support and resistance from swings, pivots, and retracements
  4. 1994Three locks on a day-session order, then a staged exit
  5. 1994Building a five-level daily pivot grid
  6. 1996Constructing daily pivot points from session prices
  7. 1996Higher time frame balance points as a trend and band filter
  8. 1998Cup-with-handle construction rules
  9. 2000Pivot levels as a daily trade hypothesis
  10. 2001Construct a same-session polarity card around the daily pivot
  11. 2001Trading inside the cup-with-handle before the breakout
  12. 2005A lower-low rebound as one entry, abstention, and stop routine
  13. 2006Constructing session pivot maps from the prior high, low, and close
  14. 2006Constructing a pivot grid for stops and buy-stops
  15. 2006Monoparametric automatic trendline construction
  16. 2008Write the exit before the entry
  17. 2010Dynamic-pivot range grids for trend bias
  18. 2010Reverse-entry exits for pairs, pivots and support
  19. 2011Sequencing pairs, futures pivots, and implied volatility
  20. 2013Constructing Camarilla levels from prior range
  21. 2013Camarilla levels as a multi-timeframe map of reversion and breakout
  22. 2013Constructing a camarilla-grid from a completed lookback range
  23. 2013Constructing daily pivot support and resistance rungs
  24. 2014Constructing daily pivot levels from prior-session OHLC
  25. 2014Next-session pivot support and resistance from daily bars
  26. 2014Constructing session pivot rails from the prior-day range
  27. 2014Evaluating moving-average, pivot, and support-resistance filters
  28. 2016Stage a Trailing stop toward a planned target
  29. 2016Smoothed RSI and full-cut pivots for option-income exits
  30. 2017Constructing a weekly seasonality pivot scaffold
  31. 2017Seasonality and pivot points as scenario maps, not forecasts
  32. 2018Wave pivots, strength filters, and option premium
  33. 2018Constructing Fibonacci and daily pivot support maps
  34. 2018Building a daily pivot lattice with Fibonacci rails
  35. 2019Prior-session pivot channels for same-day entries
  36. 2019Constructing intraday pivot channels from prior-session levels
  37. 2020Variable-strength pivot highs as falsifiable entry filters
  38. 2020A high-volume-pivot long after a multi-week decline
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