When a touch is not a level

A single wick that brushed a round number is not automatically support. In our mapping drills we ask three questions before a mark earns a line.

Did price react with intent? A hesitant pause inside a quiet lunch hour weighs less than a sharp rejection into the close with follow-through the next session.

Has the area been tested more than once without becoming a highway? Repeated clean reactions suggest orders still care. A level that price slices through twice has already told you something.

Are you on the timeframe you trade? A five-minute swing high rarely deserves ink on a daily chart. Mixing horizons is how clutter starts.

If any answer is weak, leave the mark as a pencil note or omit it. Support and resistance mapping is as much about deletion as drawing.