What is Judas Swing?
An engineered false move — typically a sweep of the Asian range during the 12 AM-5 AM New York window — that traps traders on the wrong side before the day's true directional move.
Named after the betrayer, the Judas Swing is the early-session head-fake: price pushes through the level everyone watches (the Asian session high or low), invites breakout entries and detonates resting stops, then reverses hard and runs the opposite direction for the day.
Bullish model: a sweep below the Asian range low traps sellers, then price reclaims the opening reference and expands higher. Bearish model mirrors it above the Asian high. The reclaim of the opening reference is the confirmation — never fade the spike before it prints.
Mechanically it is liquidity engineering: in the thin hours after NY midnight institutions can move price cheaply, and the stops beyond the obvious range are the counterparty fuel for their real position. Judas gives you the day's direction; pair it with a Daily Bias read and execute inside a Killzone.