London Session Reversal Strategy

Discover a London Session reversal strategy for EuroUSD, using SMC concepts on the 5-minute chart. Identify Asian range sweeps and a change of state to target 2

Published · Updated · Methodology: SMC

Part of: ICT Kill Zones & Sessions

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 5 minute
  • Markets: EuroUSD

Indicators used

  • Asian Range by Nico

Source video

Decoded from: London Session Strategy (This made me 7 figures funded) by Rob Donoh — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:30 - Trading time window
  • 0:45 - Reversals vs. Continuations
  • 1:10 - Example continuation strategy
  • 1:40 - Reversal model base mech
  • 3:40 - Core strategy breakdown
  • 4:30 - Strategy definition vs. vague approach
  • 5:40 - Asian range definition
  • 6:00 - Indicator for Asian range
  • 6:15 - Change of state of delivery
  • 6:40 - Equilibrium retracement
  • 7:00 - Stop loss and target
  • 8:00 - Entry time cut-off
  • 10:00 - Importance of data collection

Strategy overview

Before a session strategy can have an entry, it has to settle a prior question: when the window opens, are you trading the continuation of what came before or its reversal? Session-based trading divides the day into windows — London, New York, Asia — and treats each one's opening hours as the moment a directional decision gets made. Rob Donoh's video puts the direction model, not the clock, at the front of the discussion, and the page you are on inherits that emphasis.

The chapter order reads as a deliberate taxonomy. The trading window is established first (0:30), then the fork itself — "Reversals vs. Continuations" (0:45) — and only then does a continuation example appear (1:10), presented as the contrast case rather than the lesson. The reversal model's base mechanic follows (1:40) and expands into the core breakdown (3:40). The final chapter is the one that says most about the presenter's approach: "Strategy definition vs. vague approach" (4:30) is not a setup at all but an argument about specificity — that a session model which cannot state exactly what qualifies as a reversal is not yet a strategy. The SMC label the video works under shares vocabulary with ICT session material but comes from a separate lineage, and the working environment is a 5-minute chart with an Asian-range plotting tool on it, so the prior session's boundaries are visible on the chart the London move is read against.

No rule set, entry trigger or risk definition was extracted from this video, so this page does not carry a decoded breakdown — what it offers is the concept and the video's structure. The title's "This made me 7 figures funded" is the channel's own account of its results, unverified here and not a claim about what the method will do for anyone else; the reference to funded accounts also signals the audience the material is aimed at. Read against the video's own closing standard, the useful test for a viewer is whether the reversal condition ends up stated precisely enough to be checked on a chart without the presenter narrating it.

Topics

london session strategy · smc strategy · trading strategy · eurusd trading · 5 minute strategy · scalping strategy · tradingview strategy · pine script · forex strategy · reversal strategy · asian range strategy · ict trading · euro usd trading strategy

Frequently asked questions

What is a London session reversal strategy?

It is a session-based approach that treats the London trading window as the point where the preceding move is turned rather than extended. The reversal is the directional premise: the trader is looking for the prior direction to fail at the open instead of carrying through.

What is the difference between a reversal model and a continuation model?

They are opposite premises about the same session. A continuation model assumes the move going into the window keeps going; a reversal model assumes it gets rejected and price turns. The source video separates the two explicitly at 0:45 and uses a continuation example as the contrast before presenting its reversal model.

Why does the video contrast a 'defined strategy' with a 'vague approach'?

Because a session model is only testable if its conditions are stated precisely — what counts as a reversal, on what chart, within what window. The video closes on this point at 4:30, arguing that an approach which cannot be written down in checkable terms is not yet a strategy.

Are the exact rules of this strategy available on this page?

No — no rule set, entry criteria or risk parameters were extracted from this source, so this page covers the concept and how the video frames it rather than a step-by-step breakdown. Strategy Decoder publishes decoded rules only where they could be extracted from the source video.

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