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Fibonacci Pivots
Fibonacci Pivots are Support/Resistance & Levels concepts. The Library holds 5 implementations, each one a working definition you can pull into Quant.
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What are Fibonacci Pivots?
Fibonacci pivots are a pivot-point family that spaces support and resistance at Fibonacci ratios of the prior period's range. The central pivot is the classic (high + low + close) / 3 of the previous day, week, or month. Resistance and support levels then sit above and below it at fixed fractions of that period's high-to-low range: R1 and S1 at 38.2%, R2 and S2 at 61.8%, R3 and S3 at 100%.
The construction borrows its center from floor pivots and swaps the floor traders' arithmetic for proportional offsets, so level spacing scales with how far the prior period actually traveled: a quiet day yields tight pivots, a wide day distant ones. Like every pivot family, the levels are computed once at the period boundary and stay fixed all period, which makes them objective and easy to reproduce. That is also the honest core of their appeal: enough participants plot the same lines that reactions near them are worth watching, though no formula makes a level hold on any given test.
How to calculate Fibonacci Pivots
The inputs are just the prior period's high, low, and close; everything else is arithmetic.
- 1Take the previous period's high (H), low (L), and close (C): the prior day for intraday use, the prior week or month for higher-timeframe maps.
- 2Compute the central pivot, P = (H + L + C) / 3, and the range, H - L.
- 3Project the levels: R1/S1 = P ± 0.382 × range, R2/S2 = P ± 0.618 × range, R3/S3 = P ± 1.000 × range. Some implementations add tiers such as 0.236 or 1.382.
- 4Plot the set across the new period and leave it fixed; recalculate only when the next period opens.
How traders use it
- As an intraday level map: daily-derived R1 and S1 mark the first zones to watch for stalls or reactions, with R2/R3 and S2/S3 serving as objectives on stronger trending days.
- As a bias line: trade holding above the central pivot is commonly read as a bullish session lean and below as bearish, the same convention used across pivot families.
- For confluence: a Fibonacci pivot gains weight when it overlaps a prior period high or low, a fib retracement of a live swing, or a session VWAP.
- On higher timeframes: weekly and monthly Fibonacci pivots give swing traders fixed references that keep their placement for the whole period.
Fibonacci Pivots vs other pivot and Fibonacci levels
Floor Pivots: Both share the (H + L + C) / 3 central pivot. Floor pivots build satellites from arithmetic like 2P - L and 2P - H, so spacing is asymmetric; Fibonacci pivots offset by fixed fractions of the range, symmetric around the pivot.
Camarilla: Camarilla levels derive from the prior close plus small fractions of the range, sit much closer to price, and center on fading the inner levels; Fibonacci pivots spread proportionally wider around a central pivot.
Fib Retracement: A retracement is anchored by hand to a chosen swing and measures inside it. Fibonacci pivots involve no discretion: they derive mechanically from the prior period's high, low, and close.
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Fibonacci Pivots FAQ
Which Fibonacci ratios do Fibonacci pivots use?
The standard set offsets the central pivot by 38.2%, 61.8%, and 100% of the prior period's high-to-low range, producing three resistance and three support levels. Some platforms add 23.6% or 138.2% tiers. The central pivot itself is not Fibonacci-derived; it is the same (high + low + close) / 3 used by classic floor pivots.
Are Fibonacci pivots more accurate than standard pivot points?
No pivot family has been shown to be consistently better, and their levels often sit close together anyway because both derive from the same prior-period inputs. The practical approach is to pick one family, learn how your market behaves around its levels, and rely on confluence with independent references rather than switching formulas in search of accuracy.
What period should Fibonacci pivots be calculated from?
Use a calculation period at least one step above your execution timeframe: prior-day values for intraday charts, prior-week for daily swing charts, prior-month for longer holds. Higher-period pivots reset less often and are shared by more participants, while daily pivots refresh every session and suit shorter horizons. Many traders plot two periods at once and watch where they overlap.
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