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The Pivot Point indicator calculates the numerical average of a stock’s high, low and closing prices, and is used to help identify resistance and support levels. We calculate pivot points using the five-point system, which uses the previous day’s high, low and close to get the pivot point, and then calculates two resistance levels and two support levels, as follows: <\/p>\n

R2=P + (H-L) = P + (R1-S1)<\/p>\n

R1 = (P x 2) – L<\/p>\n

P = (H + L + C) \/3<\/p>\n

S1 = (P x 2) – H<\/p>\n

S2 = P – (H – L) = P – (R1 – S1)<\/p>\n

Where “S” is the support levels, “R” is the resistance levels, “P” is the pivot point, H, L, C are high, low and close, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

The Pivot Point indicator calculates the numerical average of a stock’s high, low and closing prices, and is used to help identify resistance and support levels. We calculate pivot points using the five-point system, which uses the previous day’s high, low and close to get the pivot point, and then calculates two resistance levels and two support levels, as follows: <\/p>\n

R2=P + (H-L) = P + (R1-S1) <\/p>\n

R1 = (P x 2) – L <\/p>\n

P = (H + L + C) \/3 <\/p>\n

S1 = (P x 2) – H <\/p>\n

S2 = P – (H – L) = P – (R1 – S1) Where “S” is the support levels, “R” is the resistance levels, “P” is the pivot point, H, L, C are high, low and close, respectively.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":0,"parent":0,"template":"","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"traders-glossary":[13257,13251],"class_list":{"0":"post-180421","1":"glossary-terms","2":"type-glossary-terms","3":"status-publish","5":"traders-glossary-trading-terms-p","6":"traders-glossary-trading-alphabet"},"pp_statuses_selecting_workflow":false,"pp_workflow_action":"current","pp_status_selection":"publish","acf":[],"yoast_head":"\nArchives Term | IBKR Glossary | IBKR Campus<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"The Pivot Point indicator calculates the numerical average of a stock's high, low and closing prices, and is used to help identify resistance and...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link 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