Fair Value Gap, Equilibrium, Change in State in Delivery Strategy

This ICT strategy uses Fair Value Gaps, Equilibrium, and Change in State for entries across 1-minute to 4-hour charts. Designed for high-probability swings.

Published · Updated · Methodology: ICT

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 4-hour, 15-minute, 5-minute, 1-minute, 2-minute, 3-minute
  • Markets: Not specified (implied general market)

Source video

Decoded from: This Simple 3 Step Trading Strategy Beats 90% of Trading Strategies by NasdaqAle — watch the original

Strategy overview

A fair value gap is the price imbalance left behind when a move happens too fast for both buyers and sellers to transact at every level, leaving a zone the market often revisits. This decoded entry, though, is not about the gap in isolation: its title names three ICT tools working in sequence — the fair value gap, equilibrium, and a change in state in delivery (CISD) — packaged by the NasdaqAle channel as a three-step routine in the video "This Simple 3 Step Trading Strategy Beats 90% of Trading Strategies."

What separates this version from other fair value gap pages is the specific trio it leans on rather than the pattern alone. Equilibrium is the midpoint of a price range — the line that divides a "discount" from a "premium" and gives the setup a reference for where price is trading. A change in state in delivery is the ICT term for the moment price stops delivering in one direction and shifts to the other, read as confirmation that the prior push has failed. The fair value gap then supplies the imbalance to trade back into. The wide span of timeframes attached here — from the 4-hour down to the 1-minute — points to the top-down, higher-frame-for-context, lower-frame-for-timing reading typical of Nasdaq index intraday work, which fits the channel's focus.

The title makes a strong claim — that the method "beats 90% of trading strategies" — and it is best read as the creator's framing rather than a measured result; no win rate or performance figure is established here. The worth of a three-step ICT sequence like this lives in how strictly each step is defined and confirmed, which is exactly what a trader should pin down and backtest on historical Nasdaq data before risking capital. This page points to the source video where NasdaqAle walks through how the fair value gap, equilibrium, and change in state in delivery are meant to fit together.

Topics

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Frequently asked questions

What is a fair value gap in ICT trading?

A fair value gap (FVG) is a price imbalance left when a fast move skips levels that both sides would normally trade at. ICT traders treat that zone as an area price may return to and react from, making it a common reference for entries.

What is a Change in State in Delivery (CISD)?

In ICT terminology, a change in state in delivery marks the point where price stops moving (delivering) in one direction and shifts to the other. It is used as a confirmation that the previous move has lost control before acting on a setup.

What does equilibrium mean in this strategy?

Equilibrium is the midpoint of a defined price range. Above it is a "premium" (relatively expensive) and below it a "discount" (relatively cheap); the approach uses that reference to judge where price sits before looking for an entry.

How can I test this three-step strategy before trading it?

Define each of the three steps — equilibrium reference, change in state in delivery, and fair value gap — as mechanical conditions and backtest them on historical intraday data for your instrument first. Strategy Decoder extracts the structure of strategies like this one from their source videos so you can study and test them on TradingView.

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