Fibonacci Retracement Calculator

This Fibonacci retracement calculator helps you compute the Fibonacci levels for any financial security based on a high and low price. Fibonacci, or fib, traders use Fibonacci levels to analyze an asset's price action – its reversal levels and target prices.

So, if you want to learn how to use Fibonacci levels as supplemental support and resistance levels to pivot points for stock, forex, or crypto investment and trading, keep reading! This text will provide you with the answers about how to calculate Fibonacci retracement levels and the associated fib extension levels.

First, let's begin from the beginning - Fibonacci numbers.

The Fibonacci numbers are a sequence of numbers where each number is the sum of the previous two numbers.

Fibonacci sequence: 0, 1, 1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 13, 21, 34, 55, 89, 144, 233, 377, etc.

Eventually, people began to observe these numbers occurring in nature, such as the number of flower petals and the structure of tree branches. The numbers became even more interesting when mathematicians found the golden ratio (1.618) occurring in the sequence after the first few numbers.

Golden ratio in Fibonacci sequence: 21/34 = 0.618, 34/55 = 0.618, 55/89 = 0.618 or 61.8%…

Please check out our fibonacci calculator and golden ratio calculator to understand more about this topic.

It didn't take long for people to begin exploring different directions of divisions and multiplications, searching for connections between the Fibonacci sequence and other ratios.

13/55 = 0.236, 34/89 = 0.382, … 377/233 = 1.618, etc.

If it occurs in nature, why not in trading charts, right? The idea of identifying significant ratios that predict future price action certainly gained popularity, causing financial market traders to rely on Fibonacci numbers. These significant ratios became the Fibonacci levels traders use to plot reversals and price targets for financial instruments.

As far as superstitions (or science?) go, many traders believe these ratios, usually expressed as percentages, to have relevance in the financial market and buy and sell at the Fibonacci levels to make them self-fulfilling and effective indicators. The Fibonacci levels traders use in technical analysis are the Fibonacci retracements and extension levels.

Fibonacci retracement levels are the significant ratios that indicate where an asset's price movement may pull back or stall.

Fibonacci retracement levels: 0.236, 0.382, 0.500, 0.618, 0.764, 1.00, 1.382, 1.618

Traders use the retracement levels when:

• An asset's price in an uptrend reaches a new high; or
• A new low when it's in a downtrend.

The idea is that the new high or new low is only a temporary end to the trend, and there will be a market correction or reversal at these Fibonacci retracement levels. For example, if a stock price rises to $10 and then drops $6.18, it is said to have retraced 61.8%, a Fibonacci number. Although 0.500 or 50% and 1.000 or 100% are not exactly Fibonacci numbers, traders use them as a support and resistance indicator.

Fibonacci extension levels are the significant ratios that show where an asset's price may go next after a retracement or pullback. They are also possible zones where price may reverse because many traders set profit targets at these levels.

Fibonacci extension levels: 0, 0.382, 0.618, 1.000, 1.382, 1.618, 2.000, 2.618

These levels are employed to an asset's price that is anticipated to continue an uptrend or downtrend to make new highs or lows. The first two fib extensions ratios, 0 and 0.382 (or 38.2%), are not commonly used in plotting extension levels.

In an uptrend or bullish market, the formulas to calculate Fibonacci retracement and extension levels are:

UR = H - ((H-L) × percentage); and

UE = H + ((H-L) × percentage).

While, the formula for the calculations in a downtrend or bearish market are:

DR = L + ((H-L) × percentage); and

DE = L - ((H-L) × percentage),

where:

• H – High;
• L – Low;
• UR – Uptrend Retracement;
• UE – Uptrend Extention;
• DR – Downtrend Retracement; and
• DE – Downtrend Extention.

When you apply the Fibonacci retracement to a price chart, you pick two price points – a high and a low. We can effectively calculate the Fibonacci levels based on the chosen points.

For instance, suppose the price of a crypto coin rises from $10 to $13.82, and these two price levels are the points used to plot the retracement indicator:

The 0.236 or 23.6% uptrend retracement level equals:

$13.82 - (($13.82 - $10) × 0.236) = $12.92.

You can use the Fibonacci retracement calculator to find the uptrend and downtrend retracement levels for any two price points. But that's not all; the calculator computes the extension levels too!

1. Choose the direction of the trend from the list – Uptrend or Downtrend.

2. Choose if you want to compute Retracement or Extension levels.

3. Then input the Low price and High price. The calculator will determine the price difference if it's a rise or fall. You can edit the field as well.

4. The Fibonacci calculator will display the results immediately.

As mentioned earlier, Fibonacci levels are important because a lot of traders use them. Therefore, if you are using them, it is wise to keep these points in mind:

1. Fibonacci levels are reliable in identifying support and resistance levels where other technical analysis indicators are not applicable.

2. While pivot points are best regarded as price zones and moving averages change with price action, Fibonacci retracement levels are fixed prices based on the price points. Once these prices get tested, they usually get accompanied by a price reversal or break. You can use our moving average calculator to speed up this calculation.

3. Because of the nature of Fibonacci retracements and extension prices, you can use them to decide when to enter or exit a trade. Assuming a stock price is in a downtrend and it retraces to the 50% level, which is a support level, you can decide to buy the stock in anticipation of a change in price trajectory with a price target at the 76.4% level or take profits at the 61.8% level.

4. You can plot Fibonacci retracement and extension levels for any two price points in any timeframe in any market.

The limitations of Fibonacci levels are as follows:

1. Like any other technical analysis indicator, Fibonacci retracement levels are not failproof pointers for price movement. Using them is best when in combination with other indicators.
2. The Fibonacci levels are many and far apart, making it challenging to predict the exact price of a reversal or breakout.