Passed — no trade

This isn't a real swing failure, so I'm passing. The level swept is the developing day VAH at $80,801. It's tier 2 and it moves as the day builds, so it isn't one of the obvious highs most traders watch. Today's high at $80,897.9 and the previous day's high at $81,073.4 sit just above, and neither was touched. The candle opened at $80,799.9, only $1 under the level, and closed at $80,796, $4 below its open. That's a $25 poke and a $4 drift back, not a rejection. It traded 1.6 BTC in dead Sunday Asian hours. 5m taker flow is flat, net -0.52 BTC, with partial coverage, so I see no sign of buyers being absorbed or of sellers stepping in. No stops of any size were taken. Price is in the middle of a tight balance where everything stacks inside about $180: day open, VWAP, developing and previous-day POC/VAL/VAH and the previous week's VAL. There's no acceptance or failed auction outside value to fade. The CVD bearish divergence is mild and CCV is not in play, so nothing in the context makes up for the weak trigger. If price sweeps the day high or the $81,073 previous-day high and fails with real volume, that's the short I'd want.