ETH 4H Volume Breakout Long

A LONG-ONLY momentum-CONFIRMATION breakout strategy on ETHUSDT.BINANCE perpetual futures (Binance USD-M) using 4-HOUR bars. Mechanically equivalent to the BTC/BNB/SOL 4H volume-breakout strategies already in pipeline — same entry triggers, same volume requirement, same exit logic, same parameters — applied to ETH as the fourth major instrument completing the 4H-volume-breakout coverage. ETH is the natural completion of the cross-instrument validation matrix: BTC (largest market cap), BNB (exchange token), SOL (high-volatility alt), DOGE/XRP/ADA (daily-bar variants), and ETH (the missing second-largest market cap) — each instrument's pipeline strategy uses identical mechanism parameters to test cross-instrument generalization, not parameter mining. ETH is selected because: (1) ETH has only ONE pipeline strategy (Golden Cross Momentum Long on daily bars) — adding a 4H volume breakout adds within-instrument diversification at a different timeframe AND different signal type; (2) ETH precision is confirmed in the map (proven by the golden cross strategy running); (3) ETH has 6+ years of clean Binance USD-M 4H bar data with no deprecation risk; (4) ETH is the second-most-liquid crypto perpetual after BTC, supporting clean volume-based signals; (5) ETH has produced episodic high-volume breakouts on multiple narrative cycles (Q1 2021 DeFi summer, Sep 2022 Merge, Q1 2024 ETF approval, Q4 2024 institutional flows) — exactly the setup this mechanism targets. Built entirely from the session's EMPIRICALLY VALIDATED working pattern: 4H bars (validated frequency, generates 50-150+ trades/year), momentum CONFIRMATION direction (NOT pullback — 3x falsified; NOT counter-trend — 2x falsified), volume-spike confirmation (working mechanism class with 3 successes already), breakout-failure exit (LINK weekly lesson), outlier-dependency abandonment rule. Structurally distinct from every pipeline strategy by virtue of instrument-timeframe combination not yet covered. Cross-instrument parameter consistency: SAME 4H lookback structure, SAME 1.5× volume threshold, SAME exit logic as BTC/BNB/SOL versions — testing mechanism generalization to ETH, not parameter mining.