Short thesis

Level-reaction short at the developing day VAH ($85,877) — a Tier-2 value-area edge: the 14:15 UTC 15-minute candle (O 86,281 H 86,327 L 85,872 C 85,872) opened above dVAH and CLOSED below it, a rejection-at-the-level close back inside value after the day's failed push toward the D-Open/dHigh ($86,572/$86,580), so the wick high defines invalidation and entry is at the close/current price rather than an extension. Corroboration: CCV bias reads short with acceptance armed, price is back below dVAH and pressing daily VWAP ($85,676) from above, 5m taker delta is confirming_down (-103 BTC/30m), funding only mildly positive and 24h OI declining (short-covering rally, not new demand) — a move up on falling OI is read as bearish per the material. Stop $86,450 sits ~0.2% beyond the 86,327/86,421 local rejection highs; T1 is the developing dPOC $85,132 (nearest meaningful structure, also just above dVAL 85,040), T2 the settled previous-day EQ $84,079 (major level), T3 the previous-day POC / D-nPOC below at $81,323. Risk to stop is ~$596, reward to T2 ~$1,775 — about 3:1, clearing the floor. t1_fraction 0.30 is above the default band, taken deliberately as a low-confidence/counter-HTF reason: the higher-timeframe 4H trend is still up and today's book is already -$597, so more is banked at the near dPOC.