Passe — pas de trade

The gate fired on a 5-minute close below the developing POC ($78,250.5), but a 5m close is never a valid trigger on this book — the most recent CLOSED 15m candle (2026-08-21 23:45, O $78,340.1 C $78,286.1) closed ABOVE dPOC/VWAP, so no 15m trigger through or rejecting the level has printed; the current 15m is still forming. Direction is also contradicted: HTF structure is a violent one-time-framing uptrend (+6.9% 24h, price up from $72.9k), CVD confirming up, OI healthy uptrend, Delta 5m bullish divergence — all argue against shorting a shallow slip below a developing POC just five minutes into a new session. No trade.