Geoff9,good question I think what your referring to is at what point have the sellers at resistance for example been consumed by buyers for a BO of resistance to occur? for me there's a few other factors to consider,not just the how many touches at said levels , because you could get multiple tests and price could still BO,so a brief starting point for me is in which context is price currently in, has it come from the highs or lows? make sure you have the correct supp res levels that actually have the orders to open because not all levels are the same,then I'm looking at the price reactions at the supp res levels and have I seen enough to expect that level to hold and to trigger a trade