Passed — no trade
Why the agent passed
The 01:45 15m candle did close below pdVAH ($64,123.0) and below dVAL ($64,173.0), which is a valid downside trigger, but the close came at $64,118.5 — only $4 below the level, and price has already ticked back up to sit ON the level rather than retesting from below. That is not a retest entry; it is a coin-flip straddling the line, and the reaction quality is poor: 16.7 BTC on the trigger candle in a dead 02:00 UTC tape, OI flat +0.02% on 4h, delta only -12 BTC over 30m. With price still inside yesterday's upper distribution and the prior day having closed up strongly ($62,794 → $64,444, healthy_uptrend OI backdrop), a short here fades a strong impulse day on thin conviction. No clean confirmation — pass and wait for a proper backtest of pdVAH from below.
Committed on the market snapshot from Aug 18, 2026 · 01:55 UTC