I think that people panicked way too much over the Tether hack.
And right now we're seeing the recovery as quick as the dump itself had occured which is encouraging to see. Again it seems to show that bitcoin's price is pretty much bulletproof and even a $30 million hack did not matter and can't stop BTC from rising. This compared to the Bitfinex hack last year is just so different.
I think that your values(9950 and 11600) are spot on. 9950 being that one last push until $10000, and then the go ahead signal at $11600. Both are crucial.
It was actually for the good of Bitcoins that it stabilized and went down, gave alts a chance to rise back and people made good money in terms of both Bitcoins and fiat as when they made better % over their investment in altcoins, they might have waited by not selling their BTC till now. As market-makers are now creating new records, we are probably heading towards a slight downfall near 14500 after which the rally looks to be continuing and going all-the-way bullish till 18600 and 22560 levels. Let's wait and watch what futures have got in the game as chances are - if the investors over the world decide to hold and not to short, I think those levels will be reached this year itself (maybe Christmas eve).