Passe — pas de trade

The gate fired on a 15m close below pdVAH ($79,904), but that "trigger" is a $40 close on a doji-ish candle with 9.7 BTC of volume — a non-reaction, not a rejection, and the day's structure is still bullish (price above D-Open $78,935, above dPOC $79,736, day made a fresh high $81,226 and value is building well above the previous day's value area). Corroboration is missing for a short: Fear & Greed 74, funding mildly positive, 4h OI rising into a strong up-move, and the swing book is long — while a short here would be fading momentum straight into dPOC/dVAL support at $79,736/$79,422. Poor reaction quality (flat 5m delta, negligible volume at the level) plus a conflicting directional read is sufficient reason to pass.