FVG

Learn to identify and trade Fair Value Gaps (FVG) used by ICT traders. Understand their role in market movements and apply them for precise entries.

Published · Updated · Methodology: ICT

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: educational

Indicators used

  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)

Source video

Decoded from: FVG EN ACCIÓN by Institucional Trading Lab — watch the original

Strategy overview

A fair value gap (FVG) is the price imbalance left behind when a fast, one-sided move races through a level too quickly for buyers and sellers to transact evenly, leaving a zone that price often revisits later. What sets this entry apart from a textbook definition is its framing: "FVG EN ACCIÓN" — Spanish for "FVG in action" — is built around watching that imbalance form and resolve on live price rather than diagramming it in the abstract.

That "in action" emphasis is the whole point. Institucional Trading Lab presents the gap through an institutional-order-flow lens — treating it as a footprint of where fast, size-driven flow passed through — and leans on real chart examples to train the eye to spot the pattern as it appears and to read how price behaves when it returns to fill the void. The value on offer here is recognition: seeing the setup unfold in context, not memorizing a rule.

Because the video works as a demonstration, the takeaway is pattern reading rather than a mechanical checklist. A gap on the chart is a zone of interest, not a signal by itself — what matters is the surrounding structure, the direction of the broader move, and how price reacts on the return. This page pairs the FVG concept with the video as a worked, in-context example of the imbalance at work.

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Frequently asked questions

What is a fair value gap (FVG) in trading?

A fair value gap is a price imbalance left when a fast, one-sided move skips past a level without balanced trading between buyers and sellers. That unfilled zone often draws price back later, which is why FVGs are watched as areas of potential reaction.

What does it mean to see an FVG 'in action'?

It means observing the gap form and resolve on live price rather than studying a static definition. This video's angle — 'FVG en acción' — is to demonstrate the imbalance appearing on real charts and to show how price behaves when it returns toward the gap.

Is a fair value gap a buy or sell signal by itself?

No. An FVG marks a zone of interest, not a standalone entry. Its meaning depends on context — the direction of the larger move, the surrounding market structure, and how price actually reacts when it revisits the gap.

How can I study or test an FVG approach?

Start by learning to recognize the pattern in context, then backtest FVG-based setups on historical data before risking capital. Strategy Decoder catalogs video strategies like this one so you can explore the concept and evaluate FVG ideas on TradingView.

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