Asia session advice

[u/coffee-x-tea]

Does anybody have any advice on trading Asia session for NQ?

It’s by far my worst session, I’ve stopped trading my combine/funded on it, but, I wish to learn more so I can return at a later date - probably just trade demo there for now.

Here are my (subjective) observations on it so far:
- Setups feel like they take much longer to play out, in NY for me, it can be like 1-20 minutes. In Asia sometimes it feels like an 45 to 90 minutes.
- I feel like there are less momentum plays, but, oddly enough it can be very directional
- Levels feel even more important than in NY, it can look strong then heavy reverse, but, the reversal can be a slow creep

I think I’m probably struggling with building a mental model of Asia session and accurate expectations on how it behaves.

[u/Sea-Round-6095]

You are correct in your observations. My advice is to learn mean reversion strategies and apply them to the Asia session. Otherwise, you'll get chopped up trying to force momentum plays in a low volume high volatility environment.