Destek and Resistance: An Honest Rehber

Destek and resistance is the most-taught concept in technical analysis and one of the most misused. Here is what S/R actually represents and how to draw levels usefully.

What S/R represents

Areas where buyers (Destek) or sellers (resistance) historically defended price. Not magic lines. Not guarantees. Zones of past activity that may attract future activity.

What makes a Seviye meaningful

• Multiple touches across time.
• Visible across multiple timeframes.
• Aligned with round numbers, prior swings, or session highs/lows.
• Recent enough that the market remembers it.

What makes a Seviye noise

• Drawn after the fact to fit the chart.
• Touched once, three months ago, on a 1-minute chart.
• Relabelled after each break ("it's now resistance!") with no real validation.

How to use S/R

S/R alone is not a strategy. Combine with: trend direction, candlestick reaction at the Seviye, momentum context. A Seviye + a clear rejection candle in the direction of trend is a setup. A Seviye by itself is just a line.

Drawing levels

• Kullan higher timeframes first (D1, H4) — fewer, daha meaningful levels.
• Draw zones, not exact lines. Markets respect areas, not pixels.
• Update levels haftalık. Old levels age out.

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