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Fair Value Gap Trading Strategy ICT

Learn the ICT Fair Value Gap (FVG) trading strategy. This guide covers FVG identification and advanced concepts for disciplined trading in various markets.

Published · Archived · Methodology: ICT

  • Algo score: 70%
  • Discretionary score: 65%

This strategy was decoded from a public trading video but did not clear Strategy Decoder's codifiability bar: the extraction could not pin the rules down precisely enough to be turned into a reviewable specification. It is kept here as a reference post-mortem rather than as a strategy you can trade or backtest.

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: educational

Indicators mentioned

  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)

Why this strategy was archived

A Fair Value Gap is the three-candle imbalance ICT traders watch for — a range left unfilled between the first candle's wick and the third candle's wick, marking a zone where price moved too quickly for two-sided trading to take place. In ICT methodology it is treated as an inefficiency that price often revisits, and it is one of the framework's most-referenced building blocks. This entry covers Smart Risk's video "Fair Value Gap Trading Strategy ICT", which works within that ICT vocabulary and puts the FVG at the center of the setup.

**Why this entry is archived.** Our extraction found real structure here — the Fair Value Gap is identified as the core mechanism and the video operates inside a recognizable ICT framework — but the surrounding rule set came back incomplete. The conditions that turn an FVG into a trade are referenced rather than specified: which gaps qualify, what has to happen before entry, and how the position is managed afterwards are not pinned down tightly enough to automate without filling gaps by guesswork. Our extraction scored it below the codifiability bar, and no timeframe or market scope was recovered either. An entry we cannot code faithfully does not belong in the active catalog — that is a statement about what our extractor could resolve, not about the quality of the teaching.

**What it still offers.** As FVG instruction the video does its job: it isolates one concept and shows how ICT traders read imbalance on a chart, which is the part beginners most often get wrong. If you are learning to spot Fair Value Gaps in the first place, it is useful groundwork. To trade them mechanically you need the pieces this extraction could not recover — the Fair Value Gap concept hub and the ICT methodology pages list decoded entries where those entry, invalidation and exit rules were fully specified.

Source video

Decoded from: Fair Value Gap Trading Strategy ICT by Smart Risk — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction

Frequently asked questions

Why is this ICT Fair Value Gap strategy archived?

Our extraction identified the Fair Value Gap as the core mechanism and recognized the ICT framework around it, but the entry, confirmation and exit conditions were referenced rather than defined precisely enough to automate. The result scored below the codifiability bar we require for the active catalog.

What is a Fair Value Gap in ICT trading?

A three-candle imbalance where the first candle's wick and the third candle's wick leave an unfilled range between them, marking a zone price crossed too fast for balanced two-sided trading. ICT treats it as an inefficiency that price frequently revisits.

Is the video still worth watching?

Yes, as concept instruction. It focuses on a single ICT building block and shows how imbalance is read on a chart, which is a reasonable starting point if you are learning to identify Fair Value Gaps.

Where can I find codifiable Fair Value Gap strategies?

The Fair Value Gap concept hub and the ICT methodology pages in the active catalog list decoded entries where the full entry, invalidation and exit rules were successfully extracted.

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