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BODY COVERS PRIOR BODYLOCAL EVENTLOCATION FIRST

Engulfing Candle

A bar whose body fully covers the prior bar’s body, showing a shift in that window’s auction.

An engulfing print is a local event. It does not know your higher timeframe. SCUTA treats it as a possible trigger only when location and invalidation are already defined — never as a standalone permission slip.

On the desk

A bullish engulfing in the middle of a featureless drift is decoration. The same shape at a pre-marked defensive low is a candidate, with a stop beyond that low.

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