Passe — pas de trade

The gate fired on a 5-minute close below the developing VAL ($77,830), but a 5m close is never a valid trigger on this book — the most recent CLOSED 15-minute candle (17:45 UTC) closed UP at $77,863.8, i.e. back above dVAL, so no 15m close through or rejection at the level has printed. Price is also chopping in a $200 band right on top of the day's flush low ($76,827) and the W-Open ($77,685) with 5m delta confirming UP against the 4h CVD down — conflicting flow at a level, not corroboration. Shorting here would also be fading momentum into the freshly flushed low and the nearby naked POC below ($76,239), which the method forbids.