Reading 12: Technical Analysis-LOS c 习题精选 2011, resistance, increase, support

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Session 3: Quantitative Methods: Application
Reading 12: Technical Analysis

LOS c: Demonstrate the uses of trend, support, and resistance lines, and change in polarity.

 

 

The point where technicians expect a substantial increase in the demand for a stock to occur is called a:

A) support level.

B) resistance level.

C) break-out point.

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Support and resistance levels. Most stock prices remain relatively stable and fluctuate up and down from their true value. The lower limit to these fluctuations is called a support level – the price range where a stock appears cheap and attracts buyers. The upper limit is called a resistance level – the price range where a stock appears expensive and initiates selling.

Generally, a support level will develop after a stock has increased in price and profit taking occurs. Technicians believe that, at some price below the recent high, other investors will buy who did not buy prior to the first price increase and have been waiting for a small price decline to buy. When the price reaches this support price, demand increases substantially and price and volume begin to increase yet again.

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A support level is the price range at which a technical analyst would expect the:

A) demand for a stock to increase substantially.

B) supply of a stock to decrease substantially.

C) demand for a stock to decrease substantially.

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Support and resistance levels.  Most stock prices remain relatively stable and fluctuate up and down from their true value.  The lower limit to these fluctuations is called a support level – the price range where a stock appears cheap and attracts buyers.  The upper limit is called a resistance level – the price range where a stock appears expensive and initiates selling.

Generally, a support level will develop after a stock has experienced a steady decline from a higher price level. Technicians believe that, at some price below the recent peak, other investors will buy who did not buy prior to the first price increase and have been waiting for a small reversal to get into the stock. When the price reaches this support price, demand surges and price and volume begin to increase again.

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The resistance level signifies the price at which a stock's supply would be expected to:

A) decrease substantially.

B) increase substantially.

C) cause the stock price to "break out".

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Support and resistance levels. Most stock prices remain relatively stable and fluctuate up and down from their true value. The lower limit to these fluctuations is called a support level – the price range where a stock appears cheap and attracts buyers. The upper limit is called a resistance level – the price range where a stock appears expensive and initiates selling.

Generally, a resistance level tends to develop after a stock has experienced a steady decline from a higher price level. Technicians believe that the decline in price will cause some investors who acquired the stock at a higher price to look for an opportunity to sell it near their break-even points. Therefore, the supply of stock owned by investors is overhanging the market. When the price rebounds to the target price set by these investors, this overhanging supply of stock comes to the market and dramatically reverses the price increase on heavy volume.