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London Kill Zone Trident Strategy

Trade with the trend — advanced difficulty

📊 advanced 📍 The strategy is suitable for trading FX pairs and Gold during the London Kill Zo

Strategy Overview

The London Kill Zone Trident Strategy is a trend-following, long-biased strategy that uses a combination of filters and patterns to identify high-probability trades. It is designed to be used during the London Kill Zone, a specific time window that overlaps with the open of European financial markets and the pre-open of New York. The strategy requires patience and discipline, as it only takes a limited number of trades per year.

Market Context — When This Strategy Works

The strategy is suitable for trading FX pairs and Gold during the London Kill Zone, which is between 3:00 AM and 6:30 AM New York Time. It uses a 30-minute chart for entry and analysis, and a daily chart for take-profit reference.

Strategy Overview

The London Kill Zone Trident Strategy is a proprietary strategy developed by TG Capital (Tyler). It is based on the Inner Circle Trader (ICT) methodology and uses a combination of filters and patterns to identify high-probability trades.

Session and Time Filter

The London Kill Zone is the foundational filter of this strategy. No trade is taken outside this window, regardless of how perfect the setup appears on the chart. The strategy uses a 30-minute chart for entry and analysis, and a daily chart for take-profit reference.

Directional Bias Filters

The strategy requires two precondition filters to confirm directional bias. Both filters must agree with a long bias before a long setup can be taken. The filters are the 200 EMA and the daily candle colour indicator.

EMA Momentum Stack

The EMA stack is the third layer of filtering, which determines whether the market is in a clean trending environment or a choppy, low-probability phase. The strategy uses a 5-9-13-21 EMA stack on the 30-minute chart.

The Trident Pattern

The Trident Pattern is a 4-step sequence that constitutes a valid entry signal. The steps are: Fair Value Gap (FVG) formation, return to the Consequent Encroachment (CE), doji candle confirmation at the CE, and the confirmation candle (entry trigger).

Entry Rules

  1. A 3-candle bullish Fair Value Gap must form within the London Kill Zone
  2. Price must retrace back into the FVG and approach the 50% CE midpoint
  3. The candle touching the CE must be a doji candle
  4. The next candle must close at or below the high of the doji candle

Exit Rules

  1. Use a hard stop loss for FX pairs, placed below the low of the doji candle
  2. Use a candle-close stop loss for Gold, which exits only if a 30-minute candle closes below the doji candle low
  3. Consider closing open positions when the daily EMA stack begins to break down

Risk Management

Key ICT Concepts Used

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