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ICT Kill Zones: London and New York Session Windows

What it means

Kill zones are time windows when price tends to move most, used by ICT-style traders to decide when to look for setups. Common definitions in New York time: Asian range 20:00–00:00, London 02:00–05:00, New York 07:00–10:00, London close 10:00–12:00.

They are conventions, not exchange rules. Different educators use slightly different hours.

Why traders use it

Volatility is not spread evenly through the day. Session opens bring new participants and scheduled data, so ranges tend to expand. Limiting analysis to these windows avoids trading slow, directionless hours.

Chart examples

Quiet Asia, active kill zones

Asia ranges; London and New York kill zones bring the expansion moves.Schematic diagrams drawn to explain the idea; they are not market data.

How to identify it objectively

1Pick one definition and write it down, including the time zone.
2Convert to your local time for each date; London and New York change clocks on different days.
3Mark each window on the chart (shaded boxes help).
4Only consider setups that form inside an enabled window.

Bullish use

1Asia builds a range.
2In the London kill zone price sweeps the Asia low and reverses up.
3The bullish setup forms inside the window.

Bearish use

1Asia builds a range.
2In the New York kill zone price sweeps a high and reverses down.
3The bearish setup forms inside the window.

What confirms it

The move begins inside the window.
Range expansion compared with Asia.

What invalidates it

The setup forms outside the windows.
Times copied without adjusting for daylight saving.

How a hypothetical setup is built

Entry

Inside the kill zone, after a sweep and a confirmation close.

Stop

Beyond the sweep extreme.

Target

The opposite liquidity of the session range.

A hypothetical illustration of how the concept is turned into a plan, not a recommendation. Practise it on a paper account first.

Historical testing

Not tested on The Tradeskill. You can test the time filter by comparing the same entry rule inside and outside the windows. The session clock in the Session Liquidity Playbook converts the times for any date.

Limitations: when it fails

Window boundaries are arbitrary.
News releases can move markets outside the windows.
Holidays and thin sessions behave differently.
For 24-hour crypto markets the relevance may differ from forex and gold.

Knowledge check

Pick an answer to see the explanation. Nothing is saved.

1. Kill zones are…

2. Why convert the times for each date?

3. A setup forms at 13:00 New York time with this lesson's windows. Is it in a kill zone?

Practise it risk-free

Open the free chart, use replay to go back in time and look for this concept candle by candle with $20,000 in virtual money.