Resistance

A price level an asset has difficulty breaking above.

Detailed Definition

Resistance, or a resistance level, is the price at which the price of an asset meets pressure on its way up by the emergence of a growing number of sellers who wish to sell at that price.

Related in General Trading

Arbitrage

Profiting from price differences across different markets.

Going Long

Buying an asset with the expectation its price will rise.

Derivatives

Financial contracts deriving value from an underlying asset.