Long thesis

Structure: the developing value-area low (dVAL $76,676) with the developing POC ($76,712.5) and daily VWAP ($76,753.2) stacked immediately above it — a three-way tier-two confluence at the bottom edge of today's balance, which itself sits just above yesterday's settled low ($76,389, also the week low) that was swept on the 23:00 flush. Trigger: the 15m candle that closed 03:45 UTC (O 76,749.5 H 76,824.1 L 76,633.3 C 76,802.0) wicked below dVAL/dPOC and CLOSED back above all three — the rejection-at-the-level shape, so the wick itself ($76,633) defines invalidation and entry at the close is legitimate. Corroboration: CCV bias reads long_bias with acceptance armed, 4h CVD is confirming_up, funding is benign at +0.0054%, OI flat into the flush (weakening downtrend, sellers losing interest, not new aggressive shorts) and the session has been building higher lows off 76,478 since the daily open — value rotating up from the VAL toward the day's high. Entry here at the retest/close, stop $76,470 (0.2% below the sweep wick and under the day low, giving the required buffer rather than a dollar under), T1 at the developing day high $76,948.7 (nearest real structure), T2 at pdEQ $77,439.4 as the main objective, T3 extension at the day naked POC / pdPOC $78,304.5. Risk:Reward to T2 = 630.7 / 338.7 ≈ 1.86 — this sits in the 1:1–2:1 band, so I invoke the named CCV setup (armed, open below prior-day value with acceptance back inside) whose stated win rate in the material is ~80%+; it is with the bias, not against it.