Pivot Point Calculator - Key Levels for Technical Analysis
The Pivot Point Calculator will show you support and resistance levels based on the pivot point formula.
Guide to use the Pivot Point Calculator
- Decide on the type of Pivot Point that you want t o calculate. You can choose between Classic, Woodie's, Camarilla, and De Mark. When in doubt, just go for Classic.
- Enter the highest price level, lowest price, and closing price in the columns provided. This price level corresponds to the time frame you choose. If you use a daily chart, then enter the highest price, lowest price, and closing price of the previous day.
- For De Mark Pivot Point, you need to add an opening price.
- Click "Calculate".
How to calculate woodie pivot point?
The common practice is using prices from the previous trading days to find a pivot. However, Woodie incorporates the opening price too. For example, you want to calculate the pivot for 23 January 2014. If you count it using the usual way, you calculate prices from 22 January only. But in Woodie, you discard the closing price of 22 January and enter an opening price of 23 January instead. The calculation formula is as follows:
Pivot = (High+Low+Opening+Opening)/4
By doubling the opening price, Woodie accentuates the role of the opening price in predicting market movements. What you do next is find support and resistance levels, mark those levels, and then you are set to go.
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Pivot Points are a technical indicator commonly used within a financial market to predict market movements based on previous prices. In forex trading, it is one of the most widely used indicators, as it not only could be used as a standalone indicator but also could be easily combined with another indicator.
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Pivot points are created based on the highest price (High), the lowest price (Low), and the closing price (Close) of the previous prices to predict the prevailing support and resistance levels.
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An example of Moving Average fakeouts consists of three Simple Moving Averages (SMAs), they are 14-period, 30-period, and 50-period SMAs. A buy signal appears when the pivot points of all three SMAs are sloping upward, and prices have pulled back to the 14-period SMA without dropping below the 30-period SMA. Traders then may go long when prices move above the lowest previous high beyond the 14-period SMA, as shown below.
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