Passe — pas de trade

The gate fired on a 15m close back below the D-Open ($77,353.6), but this is a low-quality, low-conviction trigger: the 21:45 candle traded only ~$160 of range on 1.8 BTC — near-zero volume, flat 5m delta (-1.8 BTC/30m) and flat OI (-0.12% on 4h), which is exactly the poor reaction at the level that the method says is sufficient reason to pass. Corroboration also conflicts with the short read: CVD is confirming_up, funding is slightly negative, OI's 24h backdrop is a healthy uptrend, and price has been grinding higher off the $76,178.9 day low all session, holding above daily VWAP ($76,953.7). Price is also mid-range between dVAH $77,288 and D-Open/W-Open $77,353–77,650 with the dPOC $76,699.5 below — a no-trade middle-of-profile location, not a clean edge.