Hey traders, Barry Burns here from Top Dog Trading! In today’s stock trading strategies lesson, I’m going to show you some of the essential building blocks of technical analysis — specifically, how to use moving averages and key price levels to read market structure. By the end, you’ll know how to spot dynamic support and resistance zones, avoid choppy conditions, and use structure to guide smarter entries and exits.
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Welcome traders!
In this video, I’ll walk you through some of the core building blocks of technical analysis that I use when trading stocks. Let’s use Disney as an example.
On my chart, I’ve applied four key moving averages:
- 15-period EMA (black line)
- 50-period SMA
- 100-period SMA
- 200-period SMA
The last three are widely followed by traders and investors, which makes them very effective on daily, weekly, and monthly charts. They represent areas of dynamic support and resistance — not fixed price points, but zones that shift over time.
For short-term structure, I like the 15 EMA (some traders prefer the 9 or 20). It acts as a quick reference for pullbacks and retracements.
Using Moving Averages for Structure
When price gets trapped between clustered moving averages, it creates what I call a pinball pattern. This often signals a choppy market, which I generally avoid. On the other hand, when the averages spread apart, price tends to move more cleanly from one level to the next — from the 15 to the 50, then the 100, and sometimes all the way to the 200.
Support and resistance aren’t exact lines — they’re zones. Price might dip slightly below a moving average, then bounce back, which still validates the level.
Adding Horizontal Levels
Beyond moving averages, I also draw horizontal lines at significant highs and lows. These levels often line up with moving averages, creating “clusters” of support or resistance. The more traders notice these zones, the stronger they become due to collective behavior.
Markets may gap through these levels when there’s strong momentum, turning old support into new resistance (and vice versa).
Timing is Critical
Structure alone isn’t enough. The real challenge is timing — knowing when a market will bounce or break. That’s why I use a specialized timing indicator, which I share for free at indicatorwebinar.com. It helps me pinpoint precise entries with lower risk.
Wrapping Up
So, to summarize: moving averages and prior highs/lows provide the framework for understanding market structure. Add timing and momentum, and you’ll have a much more complete trading plan.
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