The stall zone is usually where the last bag of retail gets loaded up before the slow grind down starts.

If there was a coordinated exit happening here the volume profile would look a lot cleaner, this kind of chunky, irregular flow usually means someone's still accumulating, not distributing.

Chunky irregular flow is exactly what distribution looks like when they're being careful about it, clean exits are rookie hour. Smart money doesn't hand you a textbook pattern.