Three beginner mistakes on support and resistance

Lonely wick magnets

A single spike that never attracted a second reaction is a poor candidate for a permanent line. In Foundations we ask students to look for at least two distinct reactions before ink dries.

Zones wider than conviction

Fear makes boxes huge. A zone that covers an entire month of daily range stops being a decision area and becomes decoration. Shrink until a break or hold would actually change your review notes.

Levels that contradict the weekly swing

A neat daily horizontal means little if the weekly frame has already left that neighborhood behind. Multi-timeframe review forces the question: does this level still sit inside the active weekly story?

Homework we often assign: take one chart, erase every level younger than two reactions, then redraw only what survives a weekly glance. Most pages lose half their ink — and gain clarity.