LINK Daily Wide-Range-Bar Volatility-Burst Long with 200-SMA Bull Regime Filter

A long-only single-instrument VOLATILITY-EXPANSION strategy on LINKUSDT perpetual futures using daily bars and OHLCV-only data, with a 200-SMA bull regime filter. The trigger is a 'Wide Range Bar' (WRB) — a single daily bar whose RANGE (high - low) is materially larger than the recent 14-bar average range, AND closes bullishly above the 200-SMA. The Wide Range Bar concept was documented by Toby Crabel in 'Day Trading with Short-Term Price Patterns and Opening Range Breakout' (1990) and remains a robust volatility-expansion signal across asset classes for ~35 years. This mechanism is structurally NOVEL within the portfolio: every existing candlestick strategy (Hammer, Engulfing, Morning Star, Three White Soldiers, Pivot Low) measures BODY/SHADOW or POSITIONAL geometry; WRB is the only pattern that measures TOTAL BAR RANGE relative to the recent volatility regime. WRB is fundamentally distinct: it's a volatility-EXPANSION signal (opposite of Inside Day compression which I've previously proposed for SOL — that was structurally compression, this is structurally expansion). Crabel's empirical research showed that bullish WRBs in established uptrends signal MOMENTUM INITIATION (not reversal): the wide-range bar represents fresh capital flow entering the market with conviction, AND the bullish close confirms buyers maintained control through the entire session. The economic mechanism: when LINK produces a bar with range 1.5× normal AND closes bullishly, this typically reflects (a) catalyst-driven flow (oracle-protocol news, integration announcements, broader DeFi-cycle catalysts), (b) systematic momentum traders entering at scale, (c) shorts being squeezed across the wide range. LINK is chosen because (a) LINK is now the most UNDERUTILIZED asset in the portfolio (only LinkDailyMultiWeekTrendContinuationLong remains after Hammer Reversal failure — 1 strategy vs 2-3 for every other tracked asset), (b) LINK daily futures data path is empirically reliable (Sharpe 2.55 paper-trading promotion), (c) LINK has news-driven catalyst dynamics (oracle-protocol events) that produce textbook WRBs, (d) LINK's higher daily volatility relative to BTC/ETH amplifies the WRB signal-to-noise ratio. Only 3 explicit parameters (regime SMA period, range-multiplier threshold, stop-loss pct) — minimum-parameter pattern strategy.