Forex Pivot Point Calculator

Use one completed session and a stated formula

Enter high, low and close from the same completed forex session. Select a method, then compare the displayed levels with your chart. Woodie also needs the current session open, which can lie outside the previous range. This page calculates from your inputs; it does not download live quotes or place orders.

Daily candles can differ across broker feeds, session boundaries and timezone settings. Record those settings with your inputs before comparing two charts. A 5 p.m. New York boundary is a local-time convention, not a fixed 5 p.m. EST boundary throughout the year.

What each calculation returns

Let H, L and C be the previous session prices, O the current session open, and D = H − L. The calculator displays R1–R3 and S1–S3 for Classic, Woodie and Fibonacci, and adds R4/S4 for Camarilla. Display rounding does not change the underlying arithmetic.

• Classic: P = (H + L + C) / 3; R1 = 2P − L and S1 = 2P − H. The second pair is P ± D and the third pair is P ± 2D.
• Camarilla: P is the H/L/C average; the four level pairs are C ± 1.1D divided by 12, 6, 4 and 2 respectively.
• Woodie: P = (H + L + 2O) / 4. R1/S1 and R2/S2 use the same forms as Classic. R3 = H + 2(P − L); S3 = L − 2(H − P).
• Fibonacci: P is the H/L/C average, with level pairs P ± 0.382D, P ± 0.618D and P ± D.

These conventions follow TradingView’s Pivot Points Standard documentation. Traditional and Classic have different third levels; a close-weighted formula sometimes labeled Woodie elsewhere will also differ from the current-open convention used here.

Check the arithmetic before testing a trading rule

Load Example supplies H = 1.0875, L = 1.0825, C = 1.0855 and O = 1.0860. Classic P is approximately 1.08516667 and D is 0.0050. R3 is approximately 1.09516667; S3 is approximately 1.07516667. Woodie P is 1.0855. These are hypothetical inputs, not a trade or performance test.

A level only identifies a price. A bounce or breakout hypothesis still needs an exact trigger, fill timing, stop rule, position size and cost model. Preserve losing cases and test a separate sample before drawing conclusions about effectiveness. Combining a pivot with RSI or another indicator does not by itself establish a stronger signal.

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