ICT NewYork Open Killzone
- Indicators
- Thushara Dissanayake
- Version: 1.0
- Activations: 20
The ICT NewYork Open Killzone Indicator is designed for traders who follow Smart Money Concepts (SMC), ICT trading models, and liquidity based strategies in the Forex market. This tool marks the New York Open Killzone, spanning 11:00 to 14:00 GMT, a critical time when institutional volume often leads to major moves. The indicator highlights session ranges, market maker ranges, liquidity sweeps, FVG zones (Fair Value Gaps), and breakout opportunities, providing a complete view of price action during high impact times.
This indicator plots the New York session range using a timebox and draws the highs and lows of the session, helping identify possible liquidity hunts, range sweeps, and market maker traps. The FVG detection shows gaps left by aggressive moves, offering insights into potential retracement zones and continuation areas. Gap fill percentages are displayed for better analysis of order block behavior, imbalance fills, and volume based displacements.
This tool is ideal for:
- Traders applying ICT killzones to catch high probability setups during the New York session open.
- Smart money traders looking to build entries around liquidity raids, range sweeps, and breakout setups.
- Day traders and swing traders analyzing macro timeframe bias combined with intraday session structures.
- Traders who want to identify Fair Value Gaps, volume driven displacements, and liquidity voids before entering the market.
Key Features:
- Marks the NewYork Open Killzone from 11:00 to 14:00 GMT clearly with customizable session boxes.
- Draws high/low lines extending to a configurable end time, helping track key liquidity levels.
- Detects FVGs (bullish and bearish) within the session and highlights gaps with adjustable gap fill detection.
- Displays gap size in pips, offering deeper insight into the strength of the move.
- Sends optional alerts after liquidity sweeps via mobile, popup, or email notifications.
- Fully customizable colors, fonts, text angles, and label positions to fit any chart style.
- Optimized for fast and stable performance without lagging your trading platform.
- Adjustable historical lookback period to balance between visual clarity and chart performance.
What to Look For and How to Trade:
During the NewYork Open Killzone, institutions often create sharp moves, causing liquidity sweeps above previous session highs or lows.
- Liquidity Sweeps: Traders monitor for price movements that sweep above or below key liquidity levels, such as the previous day's highs or lows, or the London session's highs or lows. These sweeps often indicate the removal of stop orders and can precede significant price reversals.
- Fair Value Gaps (FVGs): Following an impulsive move, a gap may form between price bars, indicating an imbalance. Traders look for price to retrace into these gaps, providing potential entry points aligned with the prevailing market direction.
- Market Structure Shifts: After a liquidity sweep, a change in market structure such as a break of a previous high or low can signal a potential reversal. Traders use these shifts to confirm entries.
- Optimal Trade Entry (OTE): Utilizing Fibonacci retracement levels, traders identify optimal entry zones, typically between the 61.8% and 78.6% levels, to align with the anticipated market move.
Trading Approach:
- Identify Bias: Determine the daily market bias using higher timeframes.
- Monitor Killzone: During the New York Killzone, watch for liquidity sweeps and the formation of FVGs.
- Confirm Entries: Use market structure shifts and retracements into FVGs or OTE zones to confirm entry points.
- Manage Trades: Set appropriate stop loss levels and manage trades based on price action and market conditions.