Pre-close view… Traction vs. Attraction.

Stalling on the way to the next lower objective.

Room for noise down to 2077.00 remains outstanding. It doesn”t require being tested, but its test is likelier as timing windows lapse without rejecting the decline.

Now the bias environment has been exited just under the noon hour”s range. The final hour”s entry had momentarily pierced a fresh low, but that didn”t qualify. Extending down to a fresh session low under 2080.00 through the 3:10-3:20 window would confirm that sellers gained traction.

Even if sellers don”t gain traction, fresh lows can be probed tomorrow. But it would be difficult to recover without also probing sharply lower.