Reading the gauges — a two-minute course
RSI
The Relative Strength Index compresses recent gains versus losses into a 0–100 score. Above 70 is conventionally “overbought”, below 30 “oversold”. Use it as a throttle, not a steering wheel: at 70.7 it argues for smaller, staged entries and against leveraged chasing — not for selling everything you own.
Support and resistance
Support is a price area where buying previously absorbed selling; resistance is the mirror image. They work because traders remember them and place orders there — which makes them zones, not lines, and makes a close beyond them (with volume) more meaningful than an intraday poke.
Pivot points
Pivots are mechanical support/resistance levels (S1–S3, R1–R3) calculated from the previous session's high, low and close. Day traders use them as a map for the session; longer-term investors mostly ignore them — knowing which audience uses which tool stops you mixing the two games.
The local technical archive
Darson's research archive holds 187 daily technical notes (“Technical Update Darson”, one page each) — but the latest in the portal was dated 14 October 2026, three weeks stale at our snapshot. A daily technical product only has value if it is genuinely daily; that gap is one this site intends to fill. See Learn for the full beginner guides.