CRT, TBS, Fair Value Gap (FVG) High R:R Strategy

Boost R:R ratio in your CRT/TBS strategies using Fair Value Gap (FVG) 'in'/'out' signals. This ICT strategy uses multi-timeframe FVG analysis for high probabili

Published · Updated · Methodology: ICT

Part of: Candle Range Theory (CRT)

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: Day (for marking FVG), 1 Hour (for marking FVG), 45 Minutes (for FVG in/out entry), 50 Minutes (for FVG in/out entry), 15 Minutes (for FVG in/out entry), 5 Minutes (for FVG in/out entry)
  • Markets: XAUUSD (Gold), EURGBP, GBP AUD, US100

Indicators used

  • CRT (Candle Range Theory)
  • TBS (Turtle Body Soup)
  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)

Source video

Decoded from: CRT+TBS HIGH R:R KAISE NEKALA by Nainrhaj — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction to the problem of low R:R in CRT/TBS
  • 2:00 - Explanation of CRT candle structure and previous R:R issues
  • 3:00 - Introduction of FVG 'in' and 'out' concept for high R:R
  • 4:00 - Step-by-step marking of FVG on higher timeframe
  • 5:00 - Identifying FVG 'in' and 'out' on lower timeframe for entry
  • 6:00 - Example 1: XAUUSD short trade with 1:5 R:R
  • 8:00 - Example 2: GBP AUD long trade with FVG in/out
  • 10:00 - Example 3: US100 short trade with 1:8 R:R

Strategy overview

Candle Range Theory reads a higher-timeframe candle's range as the container that a later candle resolves, but this video does not set out to teach that. It opens with a complaint: the first two minutes are framed as a problem statement about traders who already pair CRT with TBS (Turtle Body Soup, the failed-breakout / liquidity-sweep idea CRT's lineage is usually traced through) and keep ending up with poor reward-to-risk. Fair value gaps are then introduced as the layer meant to fix that. This is a patch video rather than an introduction — it assumes you already run the setup and are dissatisfied with one specific property of it.

The proposed fix is geometric. FVG "in" and "out" — the video's own shorthand — is about locating the entry inside an imbalance rather than at the obvious break point, so the distance to invalidation shrinks while the target stays where it was. It is worth being precise about what that can and cannot do: reward-to-risk is a property of how a trade is constructed, not a result it produced. Tightening the entry mechanically widens the ratio, but it also narrows the room the trade has to be wrong, so the honest question any R:R improvement raises is what it costs in hit rate. The video closes on a single XAUUSD short shown at 1:5, which illustrates the construction rather than telling you how often it holds.

Two practical notes. The timeframe ladder separates marking from execution — daily and hourly to mark the gap, much lower charts for the entry — and it includes 45- and 50-minute intervals, non-standard settings that read as hand-tuned to the author's own charts rather than a convention you will find elsewhere; whether they port is something you would have to test. The source is also Hinglish-language regional ICT education from the channel Nainrhaj, titled "CRT+TBS HIGH R:R KAISE NEKALA" (roughly, how high R:R was pulled out of CRT+TBS). No structured rule set was extracted from this source, so this page covers the concept and the problem the video sets out to solve rather than a step-by-step reconstruction.

Topics

trading strategy · ict trading · fair value gap · fvg strategy · high r:r strategy · multi-timeframe analysis · xauusd strategy · eurgbp strategy · us100 strategy · gold trading strategy · intraday strategy · swing trading

Frequently asked questions

What does the fair value gap "in and out" idea add to a CRT/TBS setup?

In this video it is presented as an entry-refinement layer rather than a new signal: the fair value gap is marked on a higher timeframe and then read on a lower one to place entry inside the imbalance instead of at the obvious level. The stated purpose is to shorten the distance to invalidation, which is what widens the reward-to-risk ratio.

Does a higher reward-to-risk ratio make a strategy better?

Not on its own. Reward-to-risk describes how a single trade is constructed — where the entry sits relative to the stop and target — and it can be improved simply by entering closer to invalidation. Whether that helps depends on how the win rate responds, since a tighter entry also gives the trade less room to be wrong. A ratio quoted without a hit rate answers only half the question.

What is TBS and how does it relate to CRT?

TBS (Turtle Body Soup) is a name used in ICT circles for the failed-breakout idea: price runs through an obvious high or low where stops rest, then reverses. It is commonly paired with CRT because it supplies the liquidity-sweep context that the range candle's resolution is being read against.

How should I evaluate a CRT variant like this one before trading it?

Treat the timeframe choices as assumptions to verify rather than givens — especially unusual intervals like 45 or 50 minutes, which may not survive a change of instrument or data feed. Test the construction on historical data across more than one market, and check the win rate that comes with the improved ratio. Strategy Decoder catalogs CRT variants from different video sources so you can compare how each handles entry and risk before testing any of them on TradingView.

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