3 April 2026
Retests that earn trust
Not every return to a broken resistance-turned-support deserves equal weight — here is how we grade them in clinic.
A clean break above a well-watched resistance on the SPI often brings students back hoping the same line will cushion the next dip. Sometimes it does. Sometimes price slices through as if the old ceiling never existed.
During Weekly Chart Clinic we grade a retest by time spent, width of the prior congestion, and whether the break itself closed with conviction or merely tagged beyond the line. A first shallow retest after a strong break can be informative; a second retest after a weak drift often means the map needs rewriting, not stubborn hope.
We also ask students to write the invalidation before the session: “If we close back below this former resistance on the 60-minute chart, the flip idea is paused.” That sentence alone prevents several impulsive redraws mid-morning.