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They have shown a stubborn resistance to change. The troops met heavy resistance as they approached the city. The paint shows good weather resistance. Over time the patient could develop a resistance to the drug.
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Then there were the women, enslaved and free, who offered covert or open resistance in the form of guerrilla warfare. — Brenda Wineapple, The New Republic, "Who wrote women out of Civil War history?," 16 Aug. 2019 For many Texans, the Battle of the Alamo is remembered as a heroic resistance to oppression. — AZCentral.com, "After El Paso, Latinos across America voice a new kind of fear," 16 Aug. 2019 In Santa Cruz County, where PG&E has met resistance for its trimming, Boulder Creek resident Nancy Macy was stunned to see a cluster of Douglas firs removed from her neighbor’s property. — Kurtis Alexander, SFChronicle.com, "‘Radical’ tree trimming: Critics say PG&E’s rush to stop fires may hurt California forests," 15 Aug. 2019 What other explanation could there be for the group’s resistance to setting aside this one procedure for the sake of obtaining funding for the rest of its operations? — Alexandra Desanctis, National Review, "Planned Parenthood Exposes Its Dedication to Abortion," 15 Aug. 2019 Although belligerent, the man was arrested without resistance. — cleveland.com, "20-year-old Cleveland man causes disturbance at dialysis center: Fairview Park Police Blotter," 15 Aug. 2019 Police officers were seen using force on individuals who were merely standing on the street and who did not put up resistance during arrest. — Washington Post, "Kremlin: Putin doesn’t think Moscow protests significant," 14 Aug. 2019 Another explanation of Billy's initial resistance of the Mind Flayer is that since he was newly infected, perhaps the Mind Flayer's influence hadn't quite settled in. — Jasmine Gomez, Seventeen, "If Billy Had Made This One Decision, He Could Have Changed the Entire Third Season of "Stranger Things"," 13 Aug. 2019 The study presents a solid argument that height and viral disease resistance were separate, independent targets of evolution, says Thomas Kraft, an anthropologist at the University of California, Santa Barbara, who studies hunter-gatherers. — Michael Price, Science | AAAS, "‘Stature gene’ may reveal why these hunter-gatherers are among the world’s smallest humans," 13 Aug. 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'resistance.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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What It Is
In technical trading analysis, resistance is an upper limit in a price channel in which a security’s price tends to stay.
How It Works
Price channels can slope up (indicating bullish sentiment) or down (indicating bearish sentiment); they don’t have to simply go “sideways.” The important geometric characteristic is that the resistance lines and support lines (the opposite of the resistance) are parallel, as shown in this price channel for ChevronTexaco (CVX). The channel lines themselves are often based on multiday moving averages or logarithmic scales that reflect price movements in percentage terms. However, technical trading is as much an art as it is a science, and so one technical trader’s price channel might be different from another’s.
When a stock’s price touches the resistance, this may signal a trend change, which is why resistance levels are very important to technical traders.
Why It Matters
Price channels help tip traders off about trend changes in a stock or “unusual” activity when the price goes above or below the price channel lines (we call this a breakout). For example, a technical trader might sell when a stock hits resistance on a downward-sloping channel.
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