Before you short a high, three things have to happen in order: the high gets taken, a candle closes below the last low, and that fall opens a fair value gap. Real gold example: Thursday 10 September 2026, London open. Price ran above the previous day's high, took the buy stops and closed back below it. Two candles later one closed below the last low (a close, not a wick). Entry in the middle of the gap, stop over the sweep high, target the Asian low: about three times the risk. No sweep first, or only a wick through the low? Skip it. SWEEP OR RUN 1/3.