FVG Trading Tool — Fair Value Gap Scanner

A Fair Value Gap is left behind when price moves so fast that buyers and sellers do not have time to meet inside a price range. The 3-candle signature: candle-2 closes with a long one-sided body, candle-1's high (in a bull move) sits below candle-3's low — the space between them is the gap. The argument: the move was "inefficient" because orders that would have transacted at those prices never got filled, so price tends to return to balance them.

How to identify a valid FVG:

• Bullish FVG: candle-1 high < candle-3 low, with candle-2 a strong bull body — gap = (candle-3 low - candle-1 high).
• Bearish FVG: candle-1 low > candle-3 high, with candle-2 a strong bear body — gap = (candle-1 low - candle-3 high).
• Best gaps form on displacement candles (1.5x+ ATR), in a killzone, with directional bias confirmed by HTF structure.

How to trade the retrace:

• Wait for price to return into the gap within the next 1-3 candles.
• Enter on the rejection wick at the gap midpoint (50% fill).
• Stop beyond the structural extreme that created the FVG (the wick of candle-1).
• Target the prior swing high/low or 2R minimum.

Why ours is different:

Most "FVG indicators" draw every gap on every chart. Ours filters using a 1-year forward-tested expectancy threshold from our cell sweep — only FVGs at hours and assets where the retrace has historically printed +0.05R or better are surfaced. Everything else is decoration.

What is a Fair Value Gap (FVG)?

A Fair Value Gap is a three-candle pattern where the middle candle's body shows aggressive one-sided movement large enough that the wicks of the first and third candles do not overlap. The unfilled space between candle-1's wick and candle-3's wick is the gap. ICT methodology argues that price tends to return to fill this 'inefficient' range because the rapid move left orders unmatched. A bullish FVG forms during an up-move (gap between candle-1 high and candle-3 low); a bearish FVG forms during a down-move (gap between candle-1 low and candle-3 high).

Do FVGs actually have edge, or is it a placebo pattern?

On the right asset and the right hour, yes — they have measurable edge. On the wrong cell, they are a placebo. Across our 360-cell sweep (12 assets x 24 NY hours x 365 days), the FVG + 5th-candle close trigger prints positive expectancy on only ~40 cells. US500 at 10:00 NY (NY AM open) prints +0.175R per trade; the same asset at 02:00 NY is flat-to-negative. The pattern is real but it needs liquidity — it works during overlapping sessions and dies in low-volume windows. Most retail FVG content ignores this and treats every gap on every chart as a setup. That is why retail FVG trading has a bad reputation.

Why are most FVGs filled — does that mean every FVG is tradeable?

No. Filling is not the same as profitable. A FVG can fill 70% of the time and still be net-negative if the average winner is small and the average loser is large (stops hit the wrong side first, or the fill overshoots and reverses). Our expectancy column captures both: win rate x average winning R minus loss rate x average losing R, after costs. A 35% win rate cell at 0.63R avg-R (US500 at 10:00 NY) beats a 60% win rate cell at 0.15R avg-R every time.

FVG vs Order Block — which one should I trade?

They are the same setup with different labels in most cases. An Order Block is the last opposite-color candle before an impulse; that impulse is the move that creates the FVG. The retest of the OB is functionally the same trade as the FVG fill. Our cell sweep was built on the FVG + 5th-candle close trigger and the validated cells are identical to what we publish on the Order Block scanner. Pick the label you grew up with — the entries fire at the same prices.

Can I trade these FVG cells manually without the auto-bot?

Yes. The table above tells you exactly when and on what asset to look for the setup. Open a clean chart at the listed NY hour, identify the FVG that formed on the impulse move, and wait for price to retrace into the gap within the next 1-3 candles. Enter on the rejection wick at the gap midpoint; stop beyond the structural extreme; target the prior swing or 2R minimum. Historical expectancy is ~1 win per 3.5 setups with avg winning R around 0.45 — or just follow them live, free, on our Telegram channel @tgsignals_preview if you would rather not stare at charts at 22:00 NY waiting for a US100 setup.