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title: 'Profitable Strategy for Trading in Tokyo'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=jWYJjsEN92s'
video_id: 'jWYJjsEN92s'
date: 2026-07-16
duration_sec: 1443
channel: 'Titanes del Trading'
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# Profitable Strategy for Trading in Tokyo

> Source: [Profitable Strategy for Trading in Tokyo](https://youtube.com/watch?v=jWYJjsEN92s)

## Summary

This video presents a profitable trading strategy specifically designed for the Tokyo session on the Tokyo Kilson Exchange, using small timeframes (5-minute, 3-minute, and 1-minute) to capitalize on the session's lower volatility. The strategy focuses on identifying structure breakouts (BOS/CHoCH) on the 5-minute chart, key imbalances on the 3-minute chart, and confirmation entries on the 1-minute chart using a 'checkmark plus imbalance' pattern.

### Key Points

- **Timeframe Selection** [01:21] — The strategy uses three small timeframes: 5-minute, 3-minute, and 1-minute. This is because the Tokyo session typically moves only 15-20 pips, requiring smaller timeframes to capture moves.
- **5-Minute Structure Breakout** [02:16] — On the 5-minute chart, look for a structure breakout: a BOS (Break of Structure) for sell signals or a CHoCH (Change of Character) for buy signals. Mark the structure using impulse and retracement swings.
- **3-Minute Imbalance Identification** [04:09] — On the 3-minute chart, identify clear imbalances (FVG) where price is likely to react. Focus on imbalances formed by impulse and retracement moves.
- **1-Minute Confirmation Entry** [05:09] — On the 1-minute chart, confirm the entry using a 'checkmark' pattern (impulse, retracement, impulse) combined with an imbalance. Entry is taken when both conditions align.
- **Stop Loss and Take Profit** [14:57] — Use a minimum stop loss of 1 pip (1.5 pips recommended) and target a 1:3 risk-to-reward ratio (1 TR). The strategy aims for consistent small gains.
- **Example Results** [23:35] — In the examples shown, the strategy achieved 9% profit in two days using multiple trades, demonstrating its effectiveness in the Tokyo session.

### Conclusion

The Tokyo session trading strategy using small timeframes and structure breakouts with imbalance confirmation can be highly profitable, as demonstrated by the examples. The presenter encourages backtesting and offers mentorship for deeper learning.

## Transcript

profitable strategy for trading in Tokyo, specifically on the Tokyo Kilson Exchange. That the Tokyo Kilson Exchange. That
same thing," since they couldn't trade on New York or London time zones because of work, their country's time zone, or whatever. And today, I'm bringing you a totally profitable strategy that you can use on the Tokyo Kilson Exchange. Before we
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Let's close it here. Perfect, the link is in the description. So let's the link is in the description. So let's quickly get to the video. First of all, to use in this strategy. First, let's write this down: we
First, let's write this down: we have 5 minutes, we'll capitalize the first timeframe, 5 minutes. Let's go to the second Let's go to the second timeframe, 3 minutes. We're going to use
very, very small timeframes. And the third timeframe is one minute, since Tokyo has the specialty of not moving much, not being so volatile. Yes, for example, New York and London usually move about 40 pips, 30 pips, sometimes 60,
move about 40 pips, 30 pips, sometimes 60, 50, and Tokyo moves from 15 to 20 pips at most. Since it doesn't have that much volatility, we're going to use smaller timeframes for buying, selling, buying, selling, buying, selling. Yes, so
let's write down what we're going to look for in each timeframe. In the 5- minute timeframe, we're going to look for... let's write down two things here: first, a breakout  A
breakout  A structure breakout can indeed be a Boss or a Ch to help us understand where we are
in a buy or sell position. If the price is coming down and does this, it's all Bosses. Perfect, we're looking for a sell. If the price does this here, it does this breakout, this is a Ch. So we're looking for a buy. It's that
simple. Let's run to look for? We're going to We're going to mark the
mark the structure with the price's highs and lows. structure with the price's highs and lows.
in completely. Notice how we're going to mark the structure in the following way. It does, for example, this, for example, a Ch. Let's say it does this Ch, and we're going to, as I've explained in many videos, impulse,
retracement, impulse, impulse, retracement, impulse. This is my high, this is my low. That's the structure where I have, where I have, according to Smart Money, an extreme, and this is what they call a decision. But this is a very, very clear structure. It's
understood. If it were all bearish, there's a Boss, for example, something like this. We have Boss, Boss. Okay, we look for what our last structure is up to the beginning of the retracement. So we have impulse, retracement, impulse. We have our high,
our  So, at a minimum, we're looking for sales in these zones. Yes, that's how we're going to define our price structure. Now, let's go to the 3- minute timeframe. What are we going to look for, Pedro? In 3 minutes, we're going to look for
Pedro? In 3 minutes, we're going to look for put it in capital letters—where the
For example, we have this in 5 minutes: maximum, minimum. Now we go to 3 minutes. We're looking for clear imbalances. Yes, where there's impulse and retracement. Yes, because there millions of imbalances. The most important are the
does that, for example, there's a clear imbalance here too, which is my extreme. If it does something like this here, here I have another imbalance. Yes, in impulses examples in the market, much simpler, but in 3 minutes we're going to
the price can react, which are the imbalances. Yes. And now, what do we do in one minute when the price reaches those zones? We're going to those zones? We're going to confirm the
confirm the entry. We're going to put in a...  Minute, the topic of confirmation, what way do I recommend? The main I recommend? The main checkmark plus
checkmark plus imbalance, with this, they work perfectly. If implementing the checkmark with imbalance, what does that mean? Let's do an example: it makes a snap, impulse pullback, this in 5 minutes. Let's say this in 5
minutes, okay. Then what does it do? Let's go to 3 minutes, we mark, for imbalance. We notice that here there's another one that makes the price do this. Here I have another imbalance, etc. The price starts to go down. I see here it doesn't give me any
confirmation, and here, for example, what does the price do? It makes the checkmark, we have an imbalance, we would enter a buy here. That's how we're going here. That's how we're going to trade in the Tokyo Kilson. Let's
see two examples in the market now so you can adapt the strategy. And if you want a slightly deeper backtest of three or four weeks, ask me in the comments. So let's go directly to the chart. Before continuing
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first example. So, notice what a breakout is doing here. If this bearish breakout, it's clearly indicating sells. We're on a last impulse retracement. What is this? An impulse retracement and a
start retracing. Okay, so our high, our low is this, and our high is this one here. Okay. This is our strategy. What do we do now? 3 minutes. Very, very simple. In 3 minutes, we're going
to look for imbalances. First, the extreme one is always marked. Yes, we're going to do it understand it 100%. Then remember, impulses and retracements are important imbalances. We know the price... an impulse, impulse, impulse, impulse, impulse...
important imbalance is this. Always remember that. So, for now, we only have two zones. Yes, two zones.  Only because these are imbalances and they are important. We don't have any further down because they are all here.
mitigated, clearly. It's more than clear. So we have two zones of possible sells. We're going to advance the price until it reaches the zones. Let's go for that in 5 minutes. Look what happened here: impulse,
retracement, impulse. Very simple. We have the simple choke, and what do we have here? Impulse, retracement, impulse. Let's see when it starts to retrace. Nothing yet, nothing. Well, there we have
yet, nothing. Well, there we have our new one. Look. This is like this. Like this, like this, like this, and like this. So our minimum is this, and our maximum for now is this. We're going to look for a sell here, but we're also going to position ourselves to buy or look for
buying opportunities. Yes, so we're going to eliminate this. We have our minimum, our maximum. Look how simple it is to apply. We're going to look for an imbalance in 3 imbalance. We don't have one. It's all mitigated. Well, if the price goes down to
here, we have a buying opportunity, but in the meantime, now we've reached this point. Let's go for a minute. Let's look for sells. Let's see what we have. Let's advance the price. Let's see what it does. Watch, watch, pay attention here.  It doesn't do
any kind of jump or anything. Look what the price did. Hey, let's lock this in here. Point number one, the price reached... let's erase this... our zone is supported. It's supported. Our
imbalance has arrived. Okay, it's covered. The imbalance means it can go into selling. So what do we have? Let's confirm in a minute: impulse, retracement, impulse. It gives us the perfect jump, breakout, bearish structure.
Point number one, we're looking at where we'll put our sell order looking for is selling in this imbalance. Always remember that too. I forgot to write that down. Okay, now I'll repeat it: a pip minimum stop because it usually has
pip minimum stop because it usually has the issue of how it is in Asia, sometimes it gives you 0.5 and clearly that's very little. Minimum one pip, 1.5 is a little clearer, but always a minimum one pip. So our
So our main entry would be there, our little sale is there. main entry would be there, our little sale is there. We mark this there. No, here. There it is. This is our main sell and we're going, as we always say, to 1 TR. 1
TR, perfect. Let's run this a little bit more. Now we also have a buy.  This is about to happen. This is happening precisely, I don't know if it was news, surely, but two important things are happening here: we have impulse, pullback,
impulse, semester, our possible buying zone gives us the structural breakout here, here we get the bullish choke, and where we have imbalance here, here
imbalance here, here we have our beautiful imbalance, always a pip stop loss at least, and we go to a at least, and we go to a TR. Look, what it does is the
buy operation, the sell is already closed, look, it barely reaches it, it barely reaches the 13, it doesn't touch the stop, nothing, the next candle continues, so the 13 clearly touched this operation, let's move it a little more here, and this one
entered as a buy, it clearly touched the imbalance, and let's see if it gives us the take profit, and clearly it touches the T-profile, look at three crazy candles. That's right, sometimes it gives us the tap profile, look, let's review it
profile, look, let's review it quickly, we had our big boss that I had marked at the beginning, we have our beginning, we have our clear imbalance  We looked for a bullish structure in 5 minutes. Yes,
also a bullish structure. Yes, but the main thing was always sales. Then it hit the block. We looked for confirmation of the change with an imbalance, simply and we entered our trade. We programmed it. Yes, then if it hits the stop, it hits the stop.
Nothing happens. The idea, the idea is always to look at the long term. So, we also had the buy opportunity. The 3-minute imbalance came in and gave us the chance. imbalance and both trades happened. Take profit in both. Let's go to one last
perfect example. We continue with the last example I have for you today. Look at the following: we have a breakout of a bearish structure again. All of this is bearish. We are going to mark our structure until we start to
see a pullback. Well, here we have our impulse. Because look, we have impulse, pullback, impulse, pullback, impulse. Our last We mark the minimum and maximum. Let's go to the 3-minute
imbalance. Of course, here the only one I have is this one here. Perfect. Remember also to think about the buy because what happens here? Look, we...  It
clearly shows the check, if we have to wait for the impulse, retracement, impulse to mark the the impulse, retracement, impulse to mark the high and low. Now we have the check here, bullish. Let's see, let's go to 3 minutes, we mark our
imbalance. Although we still don't have the impulse, retracement, impulse that we would like, look, the imbalance arrived, it didn't give us the impulse, retracement, so for now we don't trade, and well, wait, we are thinking about selling. Yes, here, surely the
buy gave us. Yes, let's see it and by the way, we stay a minute for the sell. Look, we had the check and then it entered the structure, we have impulse, retracement, impulse. This is the check that doesn't happen here because this is all
this, it reached the point but didn't break, it didn't break, it only breaks here and here we have our imbalance. Here we would have entered and surely the buy would happen because it reaches here, it gives us the 13, more than enough, but we don't enter the trade because as a rule
we have to wait for our entry, then the check, impulse, retracement, are always doing. Nothing happens, we follow the price, we follow it, what does it do here, a minute, let's see if in this part there is  We'll put a sell signal on this, it's already
broken our imbalance. So we'll forget about that. Now that we're looking for a wait for the structure we're looking for: impulse, retracement, impulse. Let's fast- forward a bit. We have impulse, impulse signal for now. Let's see when
the price starts to retrace. Only then might it start to retrace here. Let's watch it a bit more. It's still going to retrace now. I see several candles. This is my high and my low is this one
This is my high and my low is this one here because it's impulse, retracement, impulse. Perfect. I mark the low. Good. What do we do? 3 minutes. Look how simple it is to We mark imbalances. This is a significant imbalance. Imbalance, imbalance. Just
here. No, I didn't get confused. This black candle has an imbalance. Perfect. Remember to also look for sell signals while we're buying. Before it's about to enter. Here we go. One minute. Let's see if it confirms to put the buy signal in.
I just got the signal up here. Yes, that's good. They're equal highs. As soon as it breaks, we put anything in. Pulse, retracement. It's going out of the square. No, not yet. Now I'll
forget about this. It didn't give me any kind of signal or anything. Let's go.  Five minutes to see if we can get a sale here, let's see, wait, this is coming in, look, it's  What's happening here is that the impulse, retracement,
impulse doesn't make a bearish breakout. We mark the hit; it's very, very simple: a perfect bearish hit. It's all with a breakout, structure, price action, etc. We're going to follow the price until it touches here, and with
touches here, and with confirmation, nothing. What do we see here? Oh, before that, we see one last impulse, retracement, impulse. Perfect. We have our low, which for now, well, it can continue to fall, and our high is this.
Perfect. We're marking this, at least. Good. Now we're going to the 3-minute chart to mark possible sell spots. Look. Remember that impulses and retracements impulse, retracement, impulse. Here there's a key imbalance. Yes, all the impulses and
retracements. Perfect. Then another imbalance. There isn't one directly wait for it to retraces even more. On top of that, it has prior liquidity, so even better. Let's go to the one-minute chart to look for a buy. Here we are. We're not in our
main structure. Remember, the head is buys. We're going to follow it and see if we get the hit. No, uh. These are equal highs; it doesn't
would enter there with a buy. No imbalance.  We follow the price; it gives us the perfect choke, and the imbalance I have is right here. If it touches it, it's
clearly a very clear buy. Don't tell me it's going away, and unfortunately, it did. It was a very nice buy. Yes, yes, maybe if we enter in the gap of the imbalance, which is this one, maybe it will give us the entry, but you always
enter on the candle that generates the imbalance since the imbalance isn't covered by since the imbalance isn't covered by not touching that candle. So, no matter what we have, guys, we still have the sell, the sell in mind, which is this one
here. This imbalance here, we're going to look for confirmation, and if not, we keep waiting for impulse, pullback, impulse. It gives us the choke. Excellent, now we just have to program the operation in our beautiful and divine imbalance here.
We place our sell; remember, always a minimum of one pip, and the a minimum of one pip, and the 13
price. It enters; see how it makes the entry, on top of that, it liquidates this. Here it comes, touches this part, makes the choke, and then enters the zone with all this previous liquidity. Excellent entry point, and then we'll see what happens. Oh, thank goodness!
Remember a pip stop loss. Always.  This is very important. Let's see if the Take Profit is the Stop Loss and Take Profit. We're talking directly to the Take Profit 1 to 3, a 3% profit. We ca n't take this one here because of the
pullback impulse. So, this one is 3%, and the previous one was 3%, and another 3%, which is 6. 6 + 3 = 9% in just 2 days using a strategy in Tokyo. Look how good this
strategy is! It's very, very good and profitable, so apply it. If you want a backup, let me know in the comments. I'll really enjoyed this video, and I'll see you in the next one.