ETHUSD Quantitative Playbook Updated 2026-10-17 Verified Against Venasri MT5 Engine

ETHUSD Trading Strategy and Contract Guide: Institutional Zones, Lot Sizing & MT5 Automation

Direct Technical Answer

ETHUSD on a $100,000 prop account is 1 ETH per lot at $1/point on the normalized spec (or 10 ETH on some books), 1.2 to 3.0 point spreads, and an $85 to $190 daily ATR. Lots = 1000 / (stop dollars × 1) = 20.00 ETH units at a $50 stop, or 10.00 units at 0.50% risk.

Ether prop breaches are lagged copies of Bitcoin. The trader is already 0.55 BTC lots in, then adds 20 ETH because "it has not moved yet," then the 15 to 45 minute catch-up hits both. Weekend books add a second path: spreads 1.2 to 3.0 become 8 points and a $50 stop fills at $90. Crypto firm coin caps may also clip 20 units even when the math says 1%.

ETHUSD Pip / Tick Value $1.00 per 1 (1.0 Lot)

Average Daily Range 85 to 190 points

Intraday Stop Benchmark 35 to 65 points ($35 to $65)

$100K 1% Risk Reference 20.00 ETH units

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Balance-Anchored Daily Breach Floor $95,000.00 FTMO / FundedNext / E8 day-start balance basis

Equity-Anchored Rollover Breach Floor $96,900.00 FundingPips / The5ers / Alpha Capital higher-of-equity basis

Venasri Pre-Breach Equity Guard Cut-Off $97,650.00 Auto-flattens MT5 0.75% before firm liquidation

Exact MT5 Lot Size (ETHUSD) & Streak Buffer 2.00 Lots (8.5 losses to guard) $500.00 risk per ticket · 3-second Equity Guard active

Catch-up plus stacked BTC is the 5% event

10.00 units at $1 lose $10 per $1. A $50 stop is $500. A $90 weekend fill is $900. 20.00 units would be $1,800 on that fill. Default 10.00 units, and only if BTC is flat or the combined coin budget is still 0.50%.

connect your MT5 account to Venasri and enforce Correlation Guard between BTC and ETH. Equity Guard at 3.0% on weekends. If the firm has an ETH lot cap below 20, the cap wins.

Overlap hours, fade-the-lag ban, weekend flatten

12:00 to 20:00 UTC is the funded window. Ban short-ETH-because-BTC-left-it trades. That is the catch-up. Weekend: follow the firm's crypto weekend rule; default flat. 00:00 UTC funding can spike ETH even when BTC is quiet for a minute. Do not 20-lot that minute.

US CPI still hits via BTC beta. If you black out NFP on NAS100, black it on ETH too, or cut to 5 units.

One coin budget, correct ETH multiplier

BTC + ETH + SOL = 0.50%. Store the 1 ETH vs 10 ETH tick in the Half-Kelly Lot Size Calculator & Equity Guard. Wrong multiplier is the 10× silent breach.

Intraday $35 to $65 at 10 units. Swing $95 to $170 at 4 units. Scalp $15 to $28 only in overlap with spread under 2.0 and BTC already leading in your direction.

ETHUSD checklist: spec, BTC lead, no stack, weekend rule, $50 stop

Require 1 vs 10 ETH confirmed, BTC already broken in the trade direction, unused BTC/SOL budget, overlap hours or reduced overnight, weekend clause ok, $50-class stop, $50 handle mapped.

Put that on the Pre-Trade AI Confluence Checklist. Manual Trade Guard attaches $50 on fill. Lagging ETH is still a 24/7 market when your stop is "in a second."

Equity Guard Circuit Breaker

Watches account equity and can flatten open MT5 positions

Warning: Armed Critical: Armed Auto-Flatten: Active

Behavioral Trade Monitor

Alerts when order flow turns impulsive

Revenge alerts: Clear Stop changes: Locked Rapid edits: Clear

Manual Trade Guard

Active on ETHUSD · News pause available

Stop-loss: On Breakeven: On Partials: On

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Frequently Asked Questions: ETHUSD Trading Strategy and Contract Guide: Institutional Zones, Lot Sizing & MT5 Automation

What ETHUSD size should a $100,000 challenge use if BTC is already open?

Residual 0 to 5 ETH units, not 10. Combined coin risk stays 0.50%. If BTC is the lead ticket at 0.55 lots, ETH is usually skip. When BTC is flat, 10.00 units at a $50 stop is the 0.50% default on the $1 spec.

Should I short ETH when it lags a BTC breakout?

No. That lag is often the setup for a long catch-up, not a fade. Fading it with 10 units is how ETH "unrelated" tickets become BTC losses 30 minutes later.

Do crypto weekend bans apply to ETH if BTC is the named rule?

Read the contract. Many firms say "crypto" not "BTC only." If unclear, flatten both. A rules breach is a fail even if ETH only moved $20.

My broker lot is 10 ETH. What size do I type?

2.00 lots at a $50 stop for 1% ($10 per $1 × 50 × 2 = $1,000), or 1.00 lot at 0.50%. Never type 20 on that symbol. Save a named preset.