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What Are the ICT New York Daily Profiles?
By Steve H — reads every firm’s official rulebook, checks prices and codes daily, and maintains the Enigma Score · Methodology · Editorial policy · Last updated October 31, 2026
ICT concepts were created and are taught by Michael J. Huddleston, The Inner Circle Trader (X · YouTube). This lesson is FundedEnigma’s own summary, not affiliated with or endorsed by ICT.
In short: The ICT New York daily profiles are three ways the New York session turns the day. In the New York manipulation, New York runs one side of a quiet London and reverses. In the New York reversal, it extends London's trend and turns it. In seek and destroy, it runs both sides and closes back inside London's range.
ICT Daily Profiles: New York Manipulation, New York Reversal and Seek and Destroy (Real NQ Data) · 8:04 · published October 31, 2026 · part of the ICT Concepts Decoded playlist
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Key facts: the New York profiles at a glance
| Profile | What London does first | What New York does (bullish; bearish is the mirror) |
|---|---|---|
| New York manipulation | Runs nothing new: no new high or low since 8 PM | Runs the London low first, trades back above its 7 AM open and closes above it |
| New York reversal | Runs only the low side to a new low since 8 PM, closes below its 2 AM open | Trades below the London low, then closes above London's 50% |
| Seek and destroy | Anything | Takes the London high and the London low, closes back inside London's range |
| Confirming the wick | A 5-minute change in state of delivery after the run, then a shift | |
| How often (our data) | Seek and destroy about 1 day in 6, reversal about 1 in 9, manipulation about 1 in 17 (553 NQ sessions) |
Last verified 2026-10-31. All charts below are real historical CME NQ futures data, shown in New York time.
Here is one of them on a real day. On October 7, 2025, London did almost nothing. New York then rallied through the previous day's high at 8:58 AM to 25,275.00 at 9:07 AM. It looked like the day's direction, and it was not: before noon price was almost three hundred points lower, through the previous day's low. That morning rally was the high of the day.
What is a New York daily profile?
A daily profile is a template for how the sessions build the day's candle, as ICT (Michael J. Huddleston) describes it. In the London reversal, London makes the wick. In these three, the turn happens in New York, and what London did first tells you which one is possible.
- Quiet London: New York can manipulate London's range. It runs one side, then turns and expands the other way. This is the same idea as the manipulation in our power of three lesson, done by New York.
- Trending London: New York can carry London's move a little further, into the low or high of the day, and then reverse it.
- No commitment: New York runs both sides of London's range and closes back inside it. ICT calls that seek and destroy.
How do you identify the New York profiles?
In this lesson we use the same windows as the London reversal lesson, so the profiles can be tested on real data: the Asia range from 8 PM to midnight, London from 2 to 5 AM, and New York from 7 AM to the 4 PM close. London "runs" a side when it trades beyond the Asia or previous day's high or low and makes a new high or low since 8 PM.
- New York manipulation (bullish): London makes no new high or low since 8 PM. New York runs the London low first, then trades back above its 7 AM open, and closes above it. This uses New York's own 7 AM open; the power of three lesson uses the midnight open for the day as a whole.
- New York reversal (bullish): London runs only the low side, to a new low since 8 PM, and closes below its 2 AM open. New York trades below the London low, then closes above the middle (50%) of London's range.
- Seek and destroy: New York trades above the London high and below the London low, and closes back inside London's range. We check this one first, so a day that fits it is not counted as either of the other two.
The bearish versions are the mirror.
What do the New York profiles look like on real charts?
Example 1: a bearish New York manipulation, October 7, 2025
- London trades from 25,127.75 to 25,178.25 and makes no new high or low for the night. Quiet.
- New York opens at 25,174.25, just under the London high, and runs straight through it: the previous day's high at 8:58 AM, then the top, 25,275.00, at 9:07 AM.
- On the 5-minute chart, the 10:35 AM candle closes below the open of the run of up candles that led into that high, an hour and a half after the top: a change in state of delivery, and a market structure shift in the same candle.
- At 10:56 AM price is back below the 7 AM open. The London low goes at 11:05 AM, the previous day's low at 11:48 AM, and price reaches 24,984.75 at 11:51 AM.
- It closes at 4 PM below the New York open. The rally was the manipulation, and the 9:07 AM high was the wick of the day.
Example 2: a bullish New York reversal, February 9, 2026
- London opens at 25,167.00, trends lower, below the Asia low, and closes at 25,089.00, below its open.
- Price keeps falling after London. New York opens at 25,049.25, and at 9:31 AM, right after the stock market open, it reaches 24,955.50.
- The very next 5-minute candle closes back above the open of the 9:30 AM candle: a change in state of delivery, right at the low.
- By 9:41 AM price is back above the middle of London's range. It takes the London high at 10:14 AM, trades back above Friday's high a minute later, and reaches 25,428.75 at 2:39 PM.
- London's move down was real, but New York finished it and turned it. The 9:31 AM low was the wick of the day.
Example 3: seek and destroy, May 19, 2026
- London trades from 28,905.00 to 29,125.25 and runs nothing new.
- New York drops under the London low at 7:15 AM, takes the previous day's low at 9:20 AM, and reaches 28,663.00 at 10:22 AM. That looks like a bearish day.
- It then rallies all the way back, and at 1:23 PM it pokes a point and a quarter above the London high.
- It closes at 28,924.50, back inside London's range. Both sides taken, no direction: seek and destroy.
How do you confirm the high or low of the day in New York?
The same way as in London, on a faster chart: a 5-minute change in state of delivery after the run, sometimes a while after, then a shift to confirm it. And watch the clock. On the New York reversal and manipulation days in our data where New York's low or high held as the low or high of the whole day, it came before 10 AM about four times in five. That is the New York window of our killzones lesson.
How often does each New York profile happen?
Each one is a minority outcome. We ran these rules on the same 553 Nasdaq futures sessions as the London reversal lesson, from June 2024 to September 2026, leaving out the days around contract rolls.
- Seek and destroy came up about one day in six, the New York reversal about one in nine, and the New York manipulation about one in seventeen.
- When London trended and New York pushed past London's extreme, only about one in four turned into a New York reversal. About one in four took both sides and closed inside London's range, and about half the time the move just kept going.
- After a quiet London, New York's first move turned out to be the false one, closing back beyond the 7 AM open, a little under half the time. On every other day it is also a little under half, so a quiet London does not make the first move more likely to be a trap.
- New York ran both sides of London's range on more than half of all days, but closed back inside it only about three times in ten.
These are labels you confirm as the day builds, not calls you make at 7 AM.
How do you use the New York profiles in your own charting?
Use them to describe the day as it builds, not to predict it.
- Start from London. What London did first narrows down which profile is possible.
- Expect most setups not to finish the profile. On our data, each one completed less often than not.
- Respect the clock. On the reversal and manipulation days where New York's low or high held for the whole day, it usually came before 10 AM.
- Do not treat them as signals. This page describes how price behaved, not a trade.
More concepts in the series are on the ICT Concepts Decoded hub. If you trade futures with a prop firm, you can look up a firm's rules on the challenges page or set two firms side by side on the compare page.
Frequently asked questions
What is the difference between a London reversal and a New York reversal?
In a London reversal, London runs one side of the night and turns, and New York continues. In a New York reversal, London trends, New York carries that move further and then turns it, so the turn happens in New York.
Is the New York manipulation the same as the Judas swing?
It is the same idea in a different session: a false run against the day's direction before the real move. In the New York manipulation, New York makes it after a quiet London.
What causes a seek and destroy day?
It is a day with no commitment: both sides of London's range get run and price ends back inside it. This page describes the shape, not its cause.
Which open does the New York manipulation use?
New York's own 7 AM open. Our power of three lesson uses the midnight open for the day as a whole.
Are the New York profiles trade signals?
No. They are templates for describing the day. This page does not give trade signals.
Sources
- Concept: daily profiles, including the New York manipulation, the New York reversal and seek and destroy, as taught by ICT (The Inner Circle Trader, Michael J. Huddleston), who originated them. The rules, examples and charts on this page are our own.
- Data: every chart and the 553-session count are real historical CME Nasdaq-100 E-mini (NQ) futures data, shown in New York time.
- Video: ICT Daily Profiles: New York Manipulation, New York Reversal and Seek and Destroy (Real NQ Data), FundedEnigma.
Last verified: 2026-10-31. Written by Steve H.
Disclaimer: This page is for education only and is not financial advice. Trading futures involves substantial risk of loss. Past price behaviour does not guarantee future results.
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