Candle Body Support/Resistance

Candle Body Support/Resistance turns high-volatility candles into levels worth defending, deriving support and resistance zones from candle bodies rather than swing points, an idea Steve Nison described in Beyond Candlesticks. Candles whose bodies clear an ATR-based volatility filter set the levels: support from a bullish candle's open plus a chosen percentage of its body, resistance from a bearish candle's open minus the same style of offset. Valid tests get stamped with customizable dots.

How to Trade the Candle Body Support/Resistance?

• Dot printed on a level: a wick pierced the line while the close held on its own side, a valid test showing the level was defended.
• Historical mode: each volatile candle spawns its own line, mapping older zones where reversals and continuations develop; lines expire once mitigated or once they age out untested.
• Trailing mode: the level rolls forward to the newest volatile candle of the same type while the prior level holds, keeping the chart focused on current structure.

Historical supplies the memory, Trailing supplies the context, and a tested-but-unbroken level from either mode becomes a natural entry and invalidation reference.

Candle Body Support/Resistance Settings

• Display Mode: switches operation between the two modes.
• Support %: where the support line sits relative to the open, as a percentage of the candle body; larger values reach into the body, where price arrives sooner.
• Resistance %: the same control for resistance lines, measured down from the open.
• Length ATR: bars in the ATR calculation behind the volatility screen.
• Volatility Threshold: the ATR multiplier a candle must clear to qualify as volatile. Raise it for fewer, stronger levels.
• Max Line Length: how many bars an untested level survives before removal.

Frequently Asked Questions

What makes a candle qualify as volatile?

How is this different from swing-based level tools?

Is the Candle Body Support/Resistance indicator free?