Chart Levels — Support & Resistance

THU evergreen (P1 · TRADE) · week of Aug 3–9, 2026 · S&P 500 ETF, weekly candles
Educational only — not financial advice

The live chart Two lines, drawn on this week’s actual data

RESISTANCE 756–760SUPPORT 716–72350-DAY 744.99200-DAY 700.39Apr 27May 4May 11May 18May 25Jun 1Jun 8Jun 15Jun 22Jun 29Jul 6Jul 13Jul 20Jul 27700715730745760
Last close · Jul 31, 2026
747.03
the white dot on the chart
Resistance zone
756–760
5 touches May–Jul: 758.08 · 760.40 · 756.68 · 755.42 · 755.58
Support zone
716–723
2 touches in June: 722.59 · 716.58
50-day moving average
744.99
price is +0.27% above — resting right on it
200-day moving average
700.39
price is +6.66% above · 50 above 200, no death cross
What the setup says, plainly: the long-term trend is intact — the 50-day sits above the 200-day, which is the alignment people call a golden cross. But price is only a quarter of a percent above the 50-day line, which means it is sitting right on top of short-term support. That is a decision point, not a signal. The lines do not predict; they give you a place to decide before you are emotional.
✎ DRAW LIVE: the two dashed zones first (support then resistance), then the gold 50-day, then the blue 200-day. Circle the five resistance touches one at a time — that is what makes a level a level.

Do it yourself 30 seconds on your own phone

  1. Open any free charting app you already have and pull up a ticker you own or watch.
  2. Set the time range to 1Y. Not 1D — one day is noise, and you cannot see a level in noise.
  3. Find the horizontal prices where the chart turned around more than once. Flat spots that stopped a fall are support; flat spots that stopped a rise are resistance.
  4. Draw them horizontal, never diagonal — diagonal lines can be made to say anything you want.
  5. Use closing prices, not the wicks. The wick is just the most extreme price somebody panicked at for a second; the close is where the market actually agreed.
  6. Write both levels down before the market opens, and write what you will do in each case. Decide it while you are calm.
Number of touchesWhat it means
1 touchA coincidence. Not a level.
2 touchesA level.
3+ touchesA level other people are watching too — which is what makes it work.
Why this is the whole point: most people who lose money in year one do not lose it picking wrong — they lose it reacting. Red day, stomach drops, sell. The two lines exist so the scared version of you on a red morning has to argue with the calm version of you from Thursday.