This Asia Session Strategy Made Me $121,300 In The Last 60 Days

Finance-focused Summary (Asia Session Trading Strategy + Framework)

Claimed performance (self-reported)

• Profit claimed: $121,300 over the last 60 days
  • $43,800 from Lucid Trading
  • $17,500 from Tradeify
  • $60,000 from Apex Trader Funding
• Timing emphasis: “majority of these profits” were made during the Asia session
• Instruments: No specific tickers (equities/ETFs/crypto/bonds/commodities) are explicitly listed in the subtitles.
  • ES (E-mini S&P) is mentioned, but no full ticker list is provided.

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Session timing (key “windows”)

• Asia session: 8:00 p.m. – 12:00 a.m. Eastern
• London session: 12:00 a.m. – 5:00 a.m. Eastern
• New York AM: 9:30 – 11 (context implies ~9:30–11:00)
• Pre-market of Asia: 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
• Additional referenced “open/trigger” times:
  • 6 p.m., 8:00 p.m., 10:00 a.m., and 9:30 (NY open)

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Core thesis / macro-style logic (market microstructure approach)

• Markets are described as cycling through a “power of three”:
  • Accumulation → Manipulation → Distribution
• Asia is not always “clean,” but is often “cleaner” than New York depending on what New York just did.

Conditional expectation (New York → Asia behavior)

• If New York was choppy / did not take major liquidity draws, then Asia is more likely to manipulate and distribute toward those draws (cleaner conditions).
• If New York expanded hard and took out liquidity draws, then Asia is less likely to provide clean follow-through, and more likely to chop.

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“When to trade Asia vs skip” filters (explicit methodology)

Filter 1: Power of Three (structural)

Before Asia opens, check:

• Did New York take out major draws on liquidity?
• Did New York deliver 500 points? (explicit decision point; “no” implies Asia may be cleaner)
• Was New York extremely choppy?

Interpretation rules:

• New York accumulation/chop → expect Asia manipulation + distribution (cleaner)
• New York distribution/expansion → expect Asia accumulation/chop (worse conditions)

Pre-session behavior notes:

• 6 p.m. – 8 p.m. is described as “pre-market” Asia with low volatility
• 8 p.m. is described as the true start of Asia session activity

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Filter 2: Fair Value Gaps (FVG) behavior (visual/behavioral)

On 5-minute and 15-minute charts, evaluate:

1. Are we creating fair value gaps?
2. Are the fair value gaps being respected?

Chop / failure signals:

• Gaps get immediately disrespected, and price flips back and forth (“barcode price action”).
• If gaps aren’t respected toward a clear direction and draw liquidity, the implication is: there’s “no point in trading this.”

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Additional tool / indicator note

• Mentions an ICT-style tool:
  • “ICT kill zones and pivots” indicator for “OP”
  • Instruction to “copy these settings” is mentioned, but the settings are not provided in the subtitles.

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Strategy framework (used when Asia is “clean”)

4-step trading strategy

1. Higher-timeframe bias + drawn liquidity + trend

   • Look for an obvious trend and an obvious draw on liquidity, such as:
     • Equal highs / equal lows
     • Session liquidity
     • Unfilled gaps
     • New weak opening gaps (wording appears as “new weak opening gaps”)

2. Valid key level

   • Entry zone aligns with drawn liquidity using one or more:
     • FVG on the 5-minute chart
     • Intermediate highs/lows “inside” FVG ranges
     • Rejection blocks
     • Order blocks

3. Confirmation via IFG

   • Uses IFG (described as): a value gap gets disrespected in the opposing direction to confirm the bias.

4. Execute based on key openings

   • Special attention to the 8:00 p.m. open:
     • Bullish: expect APM manipulate lower, then distribute higher
     • Bearish: expect APM accumulate, manipulate higher into a bearish key level, then distribute lower
   • The same logic is said to apply to other “key openings” (e.g., 6 p.m., 9:30, 10 a.m., etc.).

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Risk management & performance metrics (explicit numbers)

• Risk per trade: ~1%
• Stop-loss placement: usually at swing lows / swing highs
• Targets:
  • Unfilled fair value gaps
  • Intermediate highs/lows inside gaps
  • Session highs/lows
  • Time-based liquidity:
    • Previous day high / previous day low
    • New week opening gap
• Reward-to-risk (RR):
  • Default: 1:1
  • Max: 1:3 RR
  • An “aggressive” theoretical maximum is mentioned:
    • “125 RR” appears as a maximum if all liquidity above is taken (not stated as usual)
• Trade frequency limit:
  • Typically one trade per day
  • Max: two losses, then stop for the day
• Break-even management:
  • Examples mention moving to/near break even after price returns/validates

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Examples referenced (qualitative; RR-based)

• Example around Aug 10, 2026
  • Higher-timeframe bullish bias with equal highs and bullish FVG respect
  • Waited for the 8:00 p.m. candle
  • Looked for an open-low / high-close bullish confirmation pattern
  • Targeted liquidity above; profits described around 1–2 RR
• “Bad price action / skip conditions” example
  • NY AM described as slow, lack of delivery, wicky/choppy, rangebound, and not taking draws
  • Implies Asia may be cleaner because it may provide the daily distribution
• “New week opening gaps are king” example
  • Identified a new week opening gap and targeted it
  • Mentioned entries sometimes occurring within 6:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. (example mentions around 7:30)
  • Example target described as about ~1.9 RR

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Explicit recommendations / cautions

• Don’t assume Asia is the same as New York
  • “Volatility is different, the price action is different, and the way that it respects levels is just overall different.”
• Backtest Asia specifically, e.g. in TradeZella
• Then forward test in live time
  • Don’t rely on fast backtest scrolling because candle movement differs
• Paper trade first
  • Paper trade until profitable for ~1–2 months before using live capital
• Session selection rule
  • If Asia is clean and a win is taken: don’t trade New York that day
  • If Asia is super choppy: skip Asia and wait for New York (still using the same daily rules)

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Disclosures / disclaimers

• Performance claims and platform mentions appear in the subtitles.
• No explicit “not financial advice” disclaimer was present in the provided subtitles.

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Tickers / instruments mentioned

• ES (E-mini S&P) is mentioned (e.g., “ES will create a bunch of equal lows…”)
• No other instruments/tickers (ETFs/crypto/bonds/commodities) are named.

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Presenters / sources mentioned

• Platforms/sources referenced:
  • Lucid Trading
  • Tradeify
  • Apex Trader Funding
  • TradeZella
• No person names (host/guest) were clearly stated in the subtitles provided.