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zeonta.support_resistance() — Confirmed swing pivots and the most recent support/resistance they mark.

What it measures

Support and resistance are not lines someone draws by eye — they are prices the market has already turned at. This function finds those turning points mechanically as swing pivots, then carries the most recent confirmed one forward as a usable level.

Formula

Pivot High(leftBars, rightBars) at bar i: High[i] > High[i-leftBars..i-1] and High[i] > High[i+1..i+rightBars] (local maximum). Pivot Low is the mirror. A price where multiple pivots cluster becomes a support/resistance level.

Parameters

Required inputs: high, low

Parameter Default
left 10
right 10

Returns

Column
PIVOTHIGH_10_10
PIVOTLOW_10_10
RES_10_10
SUP_10_10

Usage

Examples run against the 300-bar OHLCV fixture in tests/data/ohlcv.csv, loaded as df. The output shown is the real output.

import pandas as pd
import zeonta

df = pd.read_csv('tests/data/ohlcv.csv', parse_dates=['date']).set_index('date')
zeonta.support_resistance(df['high'], df['low'], left=5, right=5)[['RES_5_5', 'SUP_5_5']].tail(3)
            RES_5_5  SUP_5_5
date                        
2024-10-25  92.9721  89.7116
2024-10-26  92.9721  89.7116
2024-10-27  92.9721  89.7116
zeonta.sr_levels(df['high'], df['low'], left=5, right=5, max_levels=3)
       level  touches     kind
0  93.029363       16     both
1  95.336044        9     both
2  90.813267        3  support

Accessor form: df.zta.support_resistance(...)

How to read it

PIVOTHIGH / PIVOTLOW mark where a swing actually formed. RES / SUP hold the most recent confirmed level and are the columns to trade against. Use sr_levels() when you want the clustered levels ranked by how many times each was touched.

Pitfalls

A pivot cannot be known until right more bars have printed, so the PIVOTHIGH / PIVOTLOW columns contain look-ahead information — they place the pivot on the bar it occurred, not the bar you learned about it. Backtest against RES / SUP, which are already delayed by right bars.