Before I make any comment I would like to say that I have no intention of 'bashing' anyone or any system. I understand that Clifton interprets VSA differently to some, and thats fine by me.
Having said that, You have made an error on you chart which I would like to point out. I'm pointing it out, not for the sake of it but, so you can understand that there maybe another bar which you are not familiar with which might help you and others in your quest for learning.
The bar you marked as 'Stopping Volume' is actually a 'Selling Climax' defined as - a very wide spread down bar closing off the lows on ultra high volume. Found during a down move.
Ok you will probably know that I like to get the terminology correct, but I won't stuff it down your throat. The whole point of the post is this:-
If the spread was much narrower (less than average) on the same or similar volume, that would be 'Stopping Volume'. It doesn't matter where the close is except to say that an up move will generally come sooner if it closes on the highs.
A Selling Climax is misslabled very often as Stopping volume and it's normally because traders don't really know what the difference is. It is a little like the 'End of a Rising Market' but the market reacts a little differently to each due to market dynamics.
I hope this has been useful to you, and I didn't bog you down too much with terminology!