ETH · 1H · SIDEWAYS

The consolidation map is unchanged — price at 2,726, range between 2,601 and 2,773, neither side confirmed. I'm not taking anything from the middle of this range. The daily uptrend is intact, institutional accumulation narrative from the news flow is a mild tailwind, but none of that gives me a 1H entry. The long scenario is the with-trend call when it triggers; the short is counter-trend and I hold it to a higher bar.

Funding at 0.01% per 8h is neutral — no squeeze pressure. The dense cluster at 2,779 sits just above the 2,773 confirmation level; it is a waypoint, not a target, because it sits only 6 points from confirmation while the invalidation is 172 points away. Target 1 must sit at least 1.2× that distance from confirmation, which means at least 206 points above 2,773 — that puts the minimum target at 2,979. The 2,972 dense cluster lands just inside that, and 3,018 is the next cluster beyond. I'm using 3,018 as Target 1 to clear the minimum cleanly.