# How to Journal Support and Resistance Bounces

> Trading bounces at support and resistance requires precision. Learn how to log and analyze these trades in your journal.

**Tags:** support-resistance, price-action, key-levels, technical-analysis
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# How to Journal Support and Resistance Bounces

Support and resistance levels are the foundation of technical analysis. Many traders enter buy positions when price reaches support, or sell positions when price reaches resistance, expecting a bounce.

However, support and resistance zones can break. Journaling your bounce trades is the only way to evaluate your accuracy at key levels.

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## What to Record for Key Level Setups

When journaling support and resistance trades, document:

- **Level Significance:** Note if the level is on a monthly, weekly, daily, or 4-hour chart.
- **Touch Number:** Record how many times price has tested this level. Levels get weaker the more they are tested.
- **Trigger Pattern:** Log the candlestick confirmation that prompted your entry (e.g., a pin bar rejection).

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## Analyzing Bounces vs. Breakouts

A journal will help you determine your strengths. Do you make more money trading the bounce (reversion) or trading the breakout?

Compare your tags "support-bounce" and "support-breakout". If your breakout trades have a higher profit factor, you should focus on breakouts.

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## Tracking False Breakouts

Often, price will briefly break a level to trap traders before reversing. If you log these false breakouts (stop hunts), you can develop rules to avoid getting trapped in the future.

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