Learn Models Judas Swing
Judas Swing
The session’s opening betrayal — the first convincing move is often the false one.
The Judas swing is the manipulation leg of the Power of Three given a directional bias: an early-session move that runs against the day’s true direction to trap breakout traders and collect their stops.
On a bullish day it looks like this: in London (or the first hour after the NY 08:30/09:30 opens), price trades below the midnight open and/or sweeps the Asia low or previous day’s low — then forms a market structure shift upward on the 5-15m.
The trap only reads as a Judas when it contradicts a declared higher-timeframe bias; without a bias, an early move is just an early move.
How to trade it
- Declare the daily bias first; then let the early counter-move run stops instead of following it.
- Enter after the MSS back in the bias direction, stop beyond the Judas extreme, targeting the far side of the overnight range and beyond.
Pitfalls
- Fading every session open without a bias — some opening moves are the real expansion.
- Entering during the fake move because it "has gone too far" — wait for the structure shift.
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