Asia Sweep Reversals

Asia Session Range is a technical analysis tool designed to visualize the price boundaries of the Asian trading session and identify potential liquidity sweeps. By highlighting the high, low, and midpoint of this session, the indicator helps traders anticipate market breakouts and reversals as volatility shifts into subsequent trading periods. It automates the process of monitoring key institutional interest zones while providing clear, structure based signals that help define potential entry points and risk management levels.

## How to Trade the Asia Session Range?

Trading the Asian session involves identifying consolidation areas where liquidity often accumulates. The core methodology centers on a sweep and reversal strategy. Traders wait for the price to violate the high or low of the completed Asian session, which often represents a liquidity grab or "stop hunt." Once this sweep occurs, the indicator monitors for a Change of Character (CHoCH) in the internal market structure. A shift from a bullish to a bearish structure after an Asian high sweep suggests a potential short setup, while a shift from bearish to bullish after a low sweep suggests a potential long setup.

When a valid setup is detected, the indicator plots visual risk and reward boxes. Traders can utilize these boxes to determine their entry, stop loss, and take profit levels based on a pre-set risk to reward ratio. To increase the probability of success, the indicator includes a built-in trend filter, which allows for trades only in the direction of a long term exponential moving average. This ensures that setups are aligned with the broader market momentum, reducing the likelihood of trading against the primary trend.

## Asia Session Range Settings

### Session

• Asia session: Defines the start and end times for the session calculation in the selected timezone.
• Timezone: Specifies the reference timezone for session hours to ensure accuracy during daylight saving adjustments.
• Historical sessions: Controls the number of previous Asian session ranges and levels retained on the chart.

### Style

• Box fill / Range border: Adjusts the visual representation of the Asian session price zone.
• Midline: Controls the color of the session midpoint, which often serves as a point of mean reversion.
• Level width: Sets the thickness of the horizontal lines marking the range boundaries.

### Sweep Signals

• Show sweep signals: Toggles the display of markers when price pierces the Asian high or low.
• High/Low sweep color: Customizes the visual cues for when liquidity is taken from either side of the range.

### Internal Structure

• Internal pivot length: Determines how many bars are required to confirm a swing point for internal market structure.
• Break confirmation: Chooses between wick or body closure for confirming a market structure break.
• Bullish/Bearish structure color: Sets the colors for Break of Structure (BOS) and CHoCH signals.

### Trade Risk Boxes

• Take profit R multiple: Defines the reward to risk ratio for the automatically generated trade setups.
• Maximum bars after sweep: Limits how long after a liquidity sweep a trade setup remains valid.
• Stop buffer ticks: Adds a safety margin to stop loss levels.

### Trend Filter

• Enable trend filter: Restricts trade signals to align with the overall market trend.
• Trend EMA length: Sets the length of the exponential moving average used to filter entries.

## Frequently Asked Questions

### How is the Asian session timeframe defined? The session timeframe is fully customizable through the input menu, allowing you to set specific start and end times that match your preferred market observation window, such as the standard Sydney or Tokyo session overlaps.

### What does the internal structure confirm? The internal structure component identifies market structure shifts (CHoCH) and continuations (BOS) on a granular level, helping to confirm that the momentum has shifted following a liquidity sweep of the Asian range.

### Can I use this on any asset or timeframe? Yes, this indicator is designed to function across various asset classes and intraday timeframes, though it is most effective on assets that exhibit clear liquidity patterns during the transition from the Asian to the subsequent major trading sessions.