What's the best strategy for trading the New York session?

What does Rihari's New York session routine actually involve?

In the video, Rihari and fellow trader Slade prepare for New York by first reading the higher-timeframe range, then waiting for a liquidity sweep and a market structure shift before entering. Rihari says the session is prepared for, not just shown up to, after admitting he slept through and missed a London move.

The video does not present a written rulebook. It is a day-in-the-life recording in which Rihari, Slade, and a third trader, Hadi, talk through live charts on screen. Before New York opens, Rihari and Slade narrate a "real bullish range" on a chart, marking highs and lows, an all-time high, a change of character, a previous low, and a retracement, calling the resulting shape a head-and-shoulders pattern. That reading of the range is presented as the groundwork for deciding whether a New York move fits the story the chart is telling, rather than reacting to the first candle after the session opens. The video then repeatedly returns to a "liquidity sweep" as the trigger Rihari and Slade wait for. On one trade, Slade says he "took the sweep as well" on the lower timeframes, after which bullish market structure formed on the 1-minute and 5-minute charts, and that is the point he says he entered. On a US30 setup, he describes waiting for "a little sell trap" before price pushed through, again treating a sweep as the precondition for a trade rather than an entry signal by itself. None of this is described in the video as a guaranteed system, and Rihari does not claim it works every time.

How does Rihari combine multiple timeframes before entering a New York trade?

Rihari says multi-timeframe confirmation is central to the New York trades shown in the video. A higher timeframe, such as the hourly or 15-minute chart, sets the range and bias, while a lower timeframe, such as the 1-minute or 5-minute chart, confirms a structure shift and times the entry.

Across the trading segment of the video, the same pattern repeats on different instruments. On one gold trade, Slade says he is "swing trading" and lists his confluences out loud: a change of character on a lower timeframe, a pullback into a 1-minute structure, and a higher-timeframe bias that is already bullish, which he says gives him "another extra confluence." On another trade, he talks through an hourly chart showing price returning to an equal high, retracing, and pushing up again, and says he is "looking for it to continue above" with closures past the previous week's level before treating the higher timeframe as confirmed. Only after that does he act on the lower-timeframe entry. The video also shows this process failing to align. Rihari says he "had a little nap during London" and "missed a nice buy," which he says he was "pretty gutted about." He explains he sat out a different setup because price broke structure and he expected a deeper retracement below the 50% level, but it only retraced to around 30 to 38%, which he calls "a bit of a riskier move." This is shown as a reason to sit out a trade on that day, not as a rule that a 50% retracement is always required, and no win rate or success figure is attached to it.

Why does Rihari treat the New York open as the main event rather than London?

The video shows Rihari and his team preparing through the day for New York specifically, after describing an earlier London move as one they slept through and missed. This reflects how this team structured that one day of trading, not a claim that New York outperforms other sessions.

The reasoning given on camera is about timing and attention rather than any statistic on session volatility or volume. Rihari says the group had "a little nap during London" and returned to trading only as New York approached. The video then shows an extended stretch of active chart narration once New York opens, with Slade and Rihari both entering trades within minutes of each other and comparing results on camera. RihariFX does not cite session-volume data or historical win-rate figures for New York against London or the Asian session anywhere in this video, so any comparison between sessions here is limited to what is shown happening on that single day, not a documented pattern across many days or accounts.

What markets does Rihari trade during the New York session in this video?

The video shows Rihari and Slade trading gold and the US30 index during the same New York session, switching between charts on screen and comparing outcomes between instruments rather than trading a single market in isolation.

Slade is shown analyzing a gold chart and separately narrating a US30 setup within the same session, describing the US30 move as "fluctuating around just under 1%" before holding for a breakout with what he calls "massive bullish momentum" on the higher timeframe. Rihari, meanwhile, is shown entering and exiting a separate trade in the same window, at one point comparing his running profit against Slade's on a single-contract position. The video treats trading more than one instrument through the session as normal practice for this team, but it does not explain how instruments are chosen over one another on a given day, and it does not disclose position sizing, account balance, or leverage for any of the trades shown.

What does Rihari's video show about risk, discipline and trade outcomes?

Rihari says the "devil on your shoulder" temptation to force a trade is something to resist, and the video shows this directly: one trader holds a risky entry past its stop and is swept out for a loss, while another sets a target, reaches it, and exits instead of holding for more.

The clearest illustration is a side-by-side sequence the video calls "the race," where Slade and Rihari each run a single-contract position and call out their running profit as it climbs. Slade's position moves from roughly $160 up past $200 before reversing hard and stopping him out; the video shows him saying "should have just taken the profit" afterward. Rihari is shown closing near breakeven on his own trade, then re-entering New York with a smaller, more controlled position that reaches a profit of around $660 in under five minutes. He is shown saying his original target was actually $300 and that he chose not to be greedy this time. That exit is presented as the trade going exactly to plan, in contrast with Slade's trade in the same segment, where a position was allowed to run past an early profit and was then stopped out for a loss. The table below sets out what the video shows for each trade side by side. RihariFX does not publish account statements, verified trade logs, or aggregate performance figures alongside this video, so the comparison is limited to the two trades shown on camera.

| Detail shown in the video | Slade's trade | Rihari's trade | | --- | --- | --- | | Entry timing | Entered near New York open on a fast-moving setup | Entered near New York open on a separate setup | | Peak profit shown on screen | Reached roughly $200 to $240 before reversing | Reached roughly $180 to $210 before pulling back | | Stated reason for staying in | Described on camera as chasing a bigger move ("all or nothing") | Closed near breakeven, then re-entered with a defined target | | Exit outcome | Stopped out for a loss of about $80 | Closed for a profit of about $660 on the follow-up trade | | The video's framing | Shown as an example of getting greedy | Shown as an example of sticking to a target |

This is a single side-by-side example from one video on one day, not a controlled study, and it should not be read as evidence that one trader's approach is reliably more profitable than another's over time.

What steps does Rihari's team follow before and during a New York trade?

Based only on what is narrated in the video, the sequence Rihari and Slade describe can be set out as steps. This is a description of what the footage shows, not a formal system that RihariFX presents as guaranteed to repeat.

1. Review the higher-timeframe range before the session, marking recent highs, lows, and any change of character on the chart.
2. Note any move missed earlier in the day, such as the London session, and treat it as context rather than something to chase into New York.
3. Wait for the New York open and watch for a liquidity sweep, a move that clears an obvious high or low, before treating a setup as live.
4. Check for a market structure shift on a lower timeframe, such as the 1-minute or 5-minute chart, after the sweep.
5. Cross-check a higher timeframe, such as the hourly or 15-minute chart, for a matching bias, for example price closing back above a previous week's high.
6. Enter with a stop loss placed below or above the swept level, sized to a single contract or small position in the trades shown.
7. Set a profit target before the trade develops rather than deciding on the fly once it is open.
8. Exit at the planned target, as Rihari is shown doing at roughly $660, rather than holding for more once that target is reached.

What do independently verified statistics say about trading markets like these?

Two facts here come from independent regulators and institutions, not from RihariFX, and they describe the broader retail CFD and FX market rather than this video or this team specifically. They give context on the risks and scale of the kind of trading shown.

The Australian Securities and Investments Commission's Report 828: Risky business records that 68% of Australian retail CFD investors lost money in the 2024 financial year. That figure applies to CFD trading broadly across the market ASIC regulates, not to any individual trader, video, or educator, and it is not a statement about RihariFX's own students or clients. Separately, the Bank for International Settlements' 2025 Triennial Survey reported average daily OTC foreign-exchange turnover of US$9.6 trillion in April 2025, a figure that describes the scale of the global FX market Rihari and Slade trade into during the New York session, not the odds of any particular trade or strategy succeeding within it. Neither figure says anything about the specific setups, instruments, or timeframes discussed in this video, and neither should be read as implying how the trades shown in the footage would perform if repeated.

What does Rihari's video not claim about trading results?

The video is a personal day-in-the-life recording, not a business, licensing, or performance document. It contains no stated win rate, return figure, account size, or guarantee of results, and none of the trades shown come with verified statements or audited records attached.

Rihari talks on camera about his own history of losing money for three years before finding consistency, and says plainly that anyone claiming quick, effortless profits on social media is not describing a real trade. Where he discusses risk-taking, his own background, or resilience, those are personal reflections tied to his own trading journey, not investment advice, a licensed offering, or a typical-results claim for anyone else trading the New York session. The two independently sourced statistics above are the only facts in this article that come from outside the video, and they are general market and regulatory figures, not a measurement of Rihari's own results.