Concept: trend regime comes before liquidity
A bullish continuation long starts with regime, not with a buy wall. The market needs to show that value is migrating higher: POC rises, accepted value shifts upward, and pullbacks hold above prior decision areas. In that state, visible resistance can become fuel instead of a place to fade.
This is the part that protects the system from fighting a trend. In a bullish expansion, shorts can become the trapped side. Every failed short at a reclaimed level adds future buy pressure when those traders cover. The continuation long wants to buy that structure after a pullback, not chase the final candle of the breakout.