Library term·Technical strategies
Supply & Demand Zones (Institutional Footprints)
Identify base zones where orders transitioned — fresher zones + trend context win.
Authored by·Editorially reviewed
Onur Erkan YıldızFounder, Financial Engineer · CMB-licensed
Higher education in Financial Engineering and Money & Capital Markets. SPK (Turkey CMB) licence. 16 years across institutional markets, research, and quant-driven analytics.
Overview
Origin from base candles before impulse. Reactivity on first retests beats faded zones after many taps.Practical takeaway
Do not conflate with simple support/resistance — supply/demand emphasises order creation stories.How this connects to Finvestopia
Liquidity concepts overlap our microstructure spread/slippage entries — execution quality matters when scaling in.Related entries
Bid-Ask Spread
The difference between the highest price a buyer will pay (bid) and the lowest price a seller will accept (ask). Your immediate transaction cost.
Drawing & Validating Support, Resistance, and Trendlines
Zones beat single pixels; three-touch trends; breaks need **close + retest** confirmation in liquid markets.
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