Pivot Point Calculator
Key takeaways
- The ₹22,400.00 pivot is the plain average of the previous session's high ₹22,500.00, low ₹22,300.00 and close ₹22,400.00.
- The previous close sits exactly on the pivot — the session closed dead on the average of its own high, low and close.
- R1 sits ₹100.00 above the pivot and S1 ₹100.00 below it; S3 to R3 spans ₹600.00 — always three times the session's own ₹200.00 range.
Pivot, support and resistance levels
R-levels sit above the pivot and S-levels below it, by construction. The dashed line is the previous session’s close. These are arithmetic derived from three prices — the ladder says nothing about how price will behave at any of them.
About the Pivot Point Calculator
The Pivot Point Calculator computes the classic "floor trader" pivot level together with three resistance levels above it and three support levels below it, from the previous trading session's high, low and close. These are arithmetic derived from three prices you supply — nothing more. They are not a forecast, and this page makes no claim that price will stop, turn or accelerate at any of them.
Enter the previous session's high, low and closing price. For an intraday reader that is typically yesterday's daily high, low and close, but the same arithmetic works for any session length you choose to base it on. No other input exists: all seven levels come from those three numbers.
"Pivot" is the plain average of the three inputs and is the reference every other level is built from. R1 to R3 sit above it and S1 to S3 below it, by construction: R1 and S1 mirror the pivot around the low and the high, R2 and S2 add and subtract the session's full range, and R3 and S3 extend furthest. The distance from S3 to R3 is always exactly three times the session's own high-to-low range, whatever numbers are entered.
These are the classic floor-trader formulas — the original and simplest pivot method. Camarilla, Woodie's and Fibonacci-based pivots use different formulas and would give different levels from the same three prices; only the classic set is implemented here. Nothing in this calculator divides by a value you enter, so it has no undefined case: a flat session where the high, low and close are all equal collapses every level onto that one price, which is degenerate but arithmetically correct.
Frequently asked questions
How is the pivot point calculated?
P = (High + Low + Close) ÷ 3, using the previous session's figures. Then R1 = 2P − Low, S1 = 2P − High, R2 = P + (High − Low), S2 = P − (High − Low), R3 = High + 2(P − Low) and S3 = Low − 2(High − P).
Do support and resistance levels actually hold?
That is not a question this calculator can answer, and it does not try to. The levels are a mechanical transformation of three prices from a session that has already finished. Some traders watch how price behaves around them; whether price does anything at all at a given level is not something the arithmetic knows or this page asserts.
Which session's high, low and close should I use?
Whichever session the levels are meant to describe. Daily pivots use the previous day's figures, weekly pivots the previous week's. The formulas are identical; only the source data changes. The calculator uses exactly the three numbers entered and does not fetch or assume any.
Why is my close exactly on the pivot?
Because the pivot is the average of the high, the low and the close, so a close sitting at the midpoint of its own high and low lands exactly on it — which is what the default figures here do (22,500, 22,300 and 22,400 average to 22,400). It is an arithmetic coincidence of those three numbers, not a signal.
Are these the same as Camarilla or Fibonacci pivots?
No. Those methods use different formulas — different multipliers, and in the Fibonacci case the retracement ratios — and would produce different levels from the same high, low and close. This page implements only the classic floor-trader set. The Fibonacci Calculator on this site computes Fibonacci retracement and extension levels, which are a different construction from Fibonacci pivots.
What does the ladder chart show?
The seven levels positioned by price, so the vertical gaps between the rungs are the real gaps between the numbers. The dashed line is the previous close you entered, drawn as a reference. Every rung carries its own name and price as text — the chart is a way of seeing the spacing, and the figures beside it are the answer.
Disclaimer: This calculator is for information and education only. It is not investment advice and not a recommendation or a tip, and it does not predict prices. Trading in shares and derivatives carries a risk of loss: futures and sold options are leveraged, and a loss on them can exceed the margin paid. Brokerage differs by broker, and brokerage, taxes and exchange charges change over time. The levels are arithmetic on past prices, not forecasts or trading signals. Every figure is computed solely by applying the formula and assumptions stated on this page to the inputs you entered.