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Asian Range Sweep → London MSSthe session's first move

Evidence: StrongProfessionalSMC · Session · Reversal

The Asian range high and low are the two most obvious levels on the chart, and stops rest on both sides of them.

The setup: London's first move sweeps one of those sides — wick through, close back inside — and then displacement and a structure shift come in the other direction.

But this does not happen every day. Some sessions genuinely break out, and fading those is the most expensive habit in this family. The rule that tells them apart is available in real time.

Category
SMC · Session · Reversal
Timeframe
M5 primary · M1 for entry refinement
Suitable pairs
EURUSD · GBPUSD · EURGBP — London-centric pairs
Session
Asian range 00:00–07:00 GMT · London 07:00–11:00 GMT
Indicators / tools
Asian range box · swing structure · ATR(14)

Valid setup

S34 · ASIAN RANGE SWEEP → LONDON MSS — VALID SETUP EURUSD · M5 · the first London move is often the one that collects the stops, not the one that runs SHORT 1.08445 1.08521 1.08597 1.08673 1.08749 1.08826 1.08902 ASIAN RANGE 00:00–07:00 GMT LONDON 07:00+ GMT ASIAN RANGE — stops rest on BOTH sides Asian high — buy-side liquidity Asian low LONDON HIGHER LOW — the MSS level ENTRY on the confirmation close SL above the sweep high +2R reference 1R +2R 1 2 3 4 5 6 ① Asian range forms on thin flow. Its high and low are the two most obvious levels on the chart. ② London opens. Liquidity arrives. ③ SWEEP: price runs ABOVE the Asian high — wick only, close back inside. The buy stops up there have been collected. ④ DISPLACEMENT down, immediately after. ⑤ MSS: close below the London higher low. Structure is now bearish and the session's direction is set. ⑥ Retrace, confirmation close, ENTRY. Without ④ and ⑤ this is just an Asian-high touch — and those happen every day. 1.08646 1.08613 1.08589 1.08557 1.08547 1.08477 07:00 London sweep MSS

Exact rules

Entry

  • Asian range = the high and low of 00:00–07:00 GMT from M5 data. It locks at 07:00.
  • Window: 07:00–11:00 GMT only.
  • Sweep: an M5 candle whose high goes above the Asian high but whose close comes back below it — mirrored for the low.
  • Displacement: within the next one or two candles, range > 1.5 × the prior twelve-bar average and body at least 70% of range.
  • Structure shift: a close below London's most recent higher low. Then wait for the retrace and enter on the confirmation close.

Stop loss

  • 0.15 × ATR(14) above the high of the sweep candle.
  • If price closes above that high it was not a sweep — it was a genuine breakout.
  • Risk 0.5% per trade.

Take profit / exit

  • TP1 = the Asian range low, or the level on the opposite side.
  • TP2 = one further projection of the Asian range width beyond it.
  • Hard time exit at 16:00 GMT — leave at the London close.

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