My Exact Asia Session Trading Strategy (I Made Over $30K in 2 Weeks)

Asia Session Trading: A $40K Prop-Firm Payout Strategy Using Volume Profiles and Liquidity Sweeps

This video presents a systematic Asia-session trading strategy from an experienced prop-firm trader who claims to have generated over $40,000 in payouts within two weeks across multiple firms, including Tradeify, Funded Next, and Lucid. The content is designed for traders who cannot actively trade New York or London sessions due to full-time work, yet still want consistent opportunities during Asian hours. The methodology is deceptively simple, combining just two core concepts: session volume profiles and liquidity sweeps, applied specifically to MNQ (NQ futures) and MGC (gold futures).

🔧 Core Strategy Overview

The entire approach rests on two analytical tools:

• Session Volume Profile – A fixed-range volume profile tool used to identify the most heavily traded price levels from a defined session.
• Liquidity Sweeps – Price movements that briefly wick beyond a known high or low (often hunting stop losses) before reversing.

The trader emphasizes that the strategy is applied differently depending on the instrument, and the logic is grounded in comparing trading volume across sessions. The setup is prepared before the Asia session begins, then the trader simply waits for a liquidity sweep of one of several pre-defined levels.

📊 Setup: Session Volume Profile

The first step is marking the session volume profile in TradingView using the Fixed Range Volume Profile tool, located under the forecasting tools. The key is to define the correct time range for each market:

• For NQ (MNQ): The volume profile is drawn only over New York trading hours, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m. Eastern. The rationale is that NQ’s volume during Asia is so low that it does not meaningfully alter the New York volume profile.
• For Gold (MGC): The profile is drawn over the entire session, starting from the 6:00 p.m. Eastern open through the end of the day. This is because gold volume during Asian hours is not significantly lower than New York’s, so including all data produces more relevant levels.

After applying the Fixed Range Volume Profile, the trader marks three critical horizontal levels:

1. Value Area High (VAH) – the upper boundary of the area containing roughly 70% of session volume.
2. Value Area Low (VAL) – the lower boundary of that same high-volume zone.
3. Point of Control (POC) – the single price level with the highest traded volume.

These levels act as gravitational zones during Asia because the lower participation means price tends to respect and react to the heavier-volume levels established during New York. The trader notes that templates are saved to avoid re-labeling lines each day, but the process can be done manually with horizontal line tools.

🌏 Setup: Asia/Globex Premarket Range

The second component involves marking the pre-Asia range, often called the Globex or London/Asia pre-market range. This range is defined from the 6:00 p.m. Eastern open to the Tokyo open at 8:00 p.m. Eastern, covering the first two hours of the trading day.

• The high of this range is labeled “Asia High.”
• The low of this range is labeled “Asia Low.”

The trader notes that the first two hours after the 6:00 p.m. open are generally low volume and lack reliable rules. Opportunities begin to appear closer to 7:00 p.m., but the most consistent setup occurs around the 8:00 p.m. Tokyo open, when volume increases. The high and low of this pre-market range become the primary liquidity targets for the sweep strategy.

🎯 Trade Execution Logic

Once both sets of levels are marked, the trading plan is straightforward: wait for price to sweep one of the key levels. The levels include:

• The Asia High or Asia Low (from the pre-market range).
• The previous New York session’s Value Area High, Value Area Low, or Point of Control.

Liquidity Sweep Example

The trader shares a clean example from a recent NQ session. Leading up to the Tokyo open, price chopped around the pre-market low. At the open, the level was swept with three distinct wicks, after which price reversed sharply upward. This is the liquidity sweep pattern: a deliberate breach of a resting stop level, followed by a reversal.

There are two ways to enter this trade:

1. Aggressive entry: Taking the first sweep of the level immediately.
2. Safe entry: Waiting for price to reclaim and close above VWAP before entering, with a tight stop loss.

In the example, the stop loss was only 25 points, while the target, based on the prior day’s Point of Control, was 103 points higher. The trade captured a substantial move during the Asia session, which contradicts the common belief that Asian hours are too slow.

Higher Time Frame Filter

The trader also explains how to manage trades based on the broader trend:

• Against the higher time frame trend: If a liquidity sweep occurs counter to the dominant trend, traders should take a smaller “base hit” trade and exit at the opposite end of the Asia range.
• With the higher time frame trend: If the sweep aligns with the larger trend, traders can take partial profits at the Asia range extreme and hold runners for a larger move toward deeper levels, such as the prior session’s POC or value area boundaries.

This approach ensures that traders do not overtrade weak signals and instead let stronger, trend-aligned sweeps generate outsized rewards.

💡 Why the Strategy Works in Asia

The fundamental insight is that Asia follows New York. Because liquidity is thinner during Asian hours, price often gravitates toward levels created during the much higher-volume New York session. The prior session’s Value Area Low, Point of Control, and Value Area High act as magnets, support, and resistance. When price sweeps the pre-market Asia high or low at the Tokyo open, it frequently triggers a rapid move back toward the nearest New York volume level.

The trader emphasizes that this pattern shows up almost daily, making it a reliable source of opportunities. However, they also caution that market conditions change. A few months before the video, Asia was choppy, but at the time of recording, it was trending and moving well. Therefore, backtesting is strongly encouraged so traders can adapt the time ranges and levels to their own instruments and market regimes.

📝 Practical Notes and Risk Management

• Instruments: The strategy is specifically used on MNQ and MGC, not other markets.
• Trading Time: The trader avoids the first two hours after the 6:00 p.m. open and focuses around the Tokyo open at 8:00 p.m. Eastern.
• Templates: Saving horizontal line templates in TradingView speeds up the daily setup.
• Executions: The trader mentions using a five-minute or one-minute time frame for spotting clean sweeps at the Tokyo open.

The presentation concludes with an invitation to backtest, ask questions, and engage with the community. The trader also mentions going live during the New York session to demonstrate how the same principles apply, though the video’s core focus remains the Asia-session strategy.

Key Takeaway

This video offers a practical, rule-based framework for trading the Asia session profitably by focusing on liquidity sweeps around pre-defined levels from global trading sessions. The core lesson is to prepare before the session: mark the previous New York session volume profile for NQ (or full-day profile for gold), mark the Globex pre-market high and low, and then patiently wait for a sweep at the Tokyo open. By aligning these sweeps with the higher time frame trend and targeting prior-day value levels, traders can capture meaningful moves during a time typically considered quiet. The strategy is not a magic formula, but rather a disciplined use of volume and liquidity dynamics—one that the trader indicates has produced substantial payouts while maintaining a defined edge.