Passe — pas de trade

The "trigger" is a 15m candle with 0.1 BTC of volume closing $9 above pdEQ in dead overnight tape — a technically valid close but a meaningless reaction: no volume, Delta 5m flat (+0.2 BTC/30m), OI in a 4h downtrend, and the entire day's range is $185 wide ($77,100–$77,285) with price sandwiched between dVAH, D-Open, pdEQ and pdVAH all within $30. That is POC chop / the middle of a balanced profile, the no-trade zone. Poor reaction quality at the level plus no room to a real objective without a manufactured stop = pass.