Technical Analysis · Lesson 1
Support and Resistance: The Evidence-Based View
The oldest idea in technical analysis — and the one most abused. We examine the statistical evidence for horizontal price levels and explain when they fail.
Author
David Chen, CFA
Peer reviewer
Somchai Wattana, CMT
13 min readPublished March 20, 2026Reviewed April 10, 2026
Support and resistance are the oldest tools in TA. They deserve statistical scrutiny.