Thanks DA for these insightful post yesterday. It is so important to understand about the battle of bulls and bears, stop placements, and so on.
Warning though, that upper trendline is to be respected. It's a bearish pattern, but just like the bulls, the bears put stops in too. Right above that trend line. If it breaks to the topside, it usually gets an over reaction and the bears lose that round.
My observation is that the more often a support level is re-tested, the less likely it is to hold. The people who are buying at a certain level, will eventually get what they want. If the price doesn't move up, they will quit buying there, and worse yet, their stops below that support level will help fuel the drop.