Passed — no trade

The gate fired on a developing dVAL (~$64,676) rejection, but the picture is choppy, not clean. Price is coiling right around session VWAP ($64,745) and the developing POC ($64,756) after a whippy hour: the 5m closed below dVAL at $64,445 but the tape just wicked up to $65,028 and back — this is rotation inside a tight ~$64,330–$65,028 developing range, not a directional trigger. CVD reads confirming_up and 5m delta is flat, so flow does not corroborate a short; a bearish read here is contradicted, not supported. No obvious swept prior level with a reclaim close either. Trigger/corroboration are missing — mid-value chop is a wait, not a trade.