ICT London Close Kill Zone
Also: London Close Kill Zone, London Close, LCKZ
The time window from 10:00 AM to 12:00 PM (noon) New York time, marking the close of the London trading session. During this window traders should be banking positions opened in London or New York. London close can occasionally serve as an entry point for longer-term one shot one kill, swing, or position trades when price trades into a logical support or resistance level at this time. It is not primarily a day-trade entry window but rather a profit-taking and position-management window.
Identification4
- Time window: 10:00 AM New York time (start) to 12:00 PM noon New York time (end)
- Follows the New York Kill Zone (7:00 AM–10:00 AM)
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Entry2
- If price has reached a logical higher-timeframe PD array level (order block, fair value gap, liquidity pool) at or during this window — a new longer-term entry can be considered for one shot one kill or swing setups
- Not a standard day-trade entry window
Invalidation1
- This window does not invalidate — it is a definitional time reference
Inferred Conditions (Unvalidated)
- The London Close Kill Zone is when the high or low of the day from London often gets defined — many days the day's range is effectively complete by noon NY
- ICT states he lost interest in trading the London close as a primary strategy because it does not offer enough "payment" relative to London Open setups
- After noon NY, very little additional movement is expected unless FOMC events come out at 2:00 PM NY
- The 2:00 PM–3:00 PM NY window (FOMC hours) is the final activity window of the true day, not part of the London Close Kill Zone
ICT Quotes
"ICT London kill zone for London close every day at 10am Eastern Standard Time New York begins the London close kill zone. Every day at 12pm Noon New York time ends the London close kill zone."
"London close is the time of day where we look to really bank our positions and There are times when if the market is in a reversal, intraday, it goes down into a logical level of support or trades up into a logical level of resistance. That may be the very moment in time that a reversal occurs. London close not always just simply close existing trades and move to the sidelines many times London closed can be incorporated as a entry point. For longer term one shot one kill or swing or position trades."
Timeframes
Version History2 versions
74-ICT Mentorship Core Content - Month 8 - Defining The Daily Range.srt
""ICT London kill zone for London close every day at 10am Eastern Standard Time New York begins the London close kill zone. Every day at 12pm Noon New York time ends the London close kill zone.""
Definitive mentorship time boundaries
ICT YT - 2022-06-22 - ICT Mentorship 2022 Episode 40.srt
""you want to have about 80% of your trade off between 10 o'clock and 11 o'clock in the morning because usually…that's when it creates the opposing end of the daily range""
2022 mentorship adds a quantified profit-management rule for the London Close window: 80% of the directional position should be closed between 10:00 AM and 11:00 AM New York time. This is the most explicit percentage guideline ICT has stated for this window. The reasoning is that 10:00–11:00 AM is when the opposing end of the daily range (the high for a bearish day, or the low for a bullish day) typically forms. Holding beyond this window risks giving back profits in midday chop. No material conflict with the 2017 definition — the 10:00–12:00 PM window is unchanged; the 80% exit target is a new quantified rule added in 2022.
Notes
The London Close Kill Zone is distinct from "London Lunch" (5:00 AM–7:00 AM NY). London Lunch is between the London Kill Zone and New York Kill Zone. The London Close Kill Zone is the window after the New York Kill Zone. ICT de-emphasizes this as a primary entry window for day trading, preferring London Open and New York Open entries. It is primarily a profit-management tool. The 80% exit rule (from Episode 40, 2022) provides the clearest quantified guidance for the London Close window to date. The remaining 20% can be held as a runner if the trade is performing well and there is a clear reason to stay in (e.g., daily objective not yet reached, weekly range still expanding). This aligns with the daily-bias-framework.yaml London Close rule.