ICT Concepts - Orderblocks, Fair Value Gap, PD Array Matrix, Smart Money Tool, Kill Zones

Learn ICT concepts like Order Blocks, FVG, PD Array Matrix, and Smart Money Divergence across all timeframes. Ideal for forex, indices & ES futures.

Published · Updated · Methodology: ICT

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: educational
  • Timeframes: Monthly, Weekly, Daily, 4-hour, 1-hour, 5-minute, Seconds (mentioned as also showing patterns)
  • Markets: FOREX, INDICES, US500 (S&P500 equivalent), Nasdaq, Dow Jones

Indicators used

  • Order Block
  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)
  • Smart Money Tool (SMT) Divergence
  • Fibonacci
  • PD Array Matrix
  • Kill Zones

Source video

Decoded from: Trading Metodo ICT - Mentoria 2023 - Mercados Financieros FOREX INDICES - Orderblock FVG Smart Money by TradingICT — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction to ICT concepts
  • 1:50 - ICT's view on market structure (consolidation, expansion, retracement, reversal)
  • 2:30 - Tools used in ICT method (Order Blocks, FVG, New York time, SMT Divergence)
  • 4:00 - Market flow: consolidation to expansion, then retracement or reversal
  • 5:00 - Market seeks liquidity (above highs, below lows, equal lows/highs)
  • 7:00 - ICT's buy model (consolidation, expansion, retracement to optimal entry)
  • 8:00 - Optimal entry zone: 62%-79% Fibonacci retracement
  • 9:00 - PD Array Matrix and marking the chart
  • 12:00 - Example of marking monthly chart with order blocks
  • 16:00 - Breaker Block explanation
  • 18:00 - Premium and Discount zones (above/below 50% Fibonacci)
  • 20:00 - Buy stops and Sell stops explained
  • 22:00 - Weekly chart analysis with Fibonacci and order blocks
  • 25:00 - Daily chart analysis and marking PD Arrays
  • 29:00 - 4-hour chart analysis
  • 31:00 - 1-hour chart analysis
  • 32:00 - Kill Zones (trading sessions)

Strategy overview

A fair value gap is the price imbalance ICT reads as a space left between three candles when a move is fast enough that one side of the market never fully transacts. This entry decodes a Spanish-language ICT mentorship from the TradingICT channel that treats the FVG not as a stand-alone trigger but as one cell in a much larger structure the method calls the PD Array Matrix — the ranked catalog of premium- and discount-side reference points price is expected to seek and react to.

What sets this source apart is its scope. Rather than isolating a single pattern on one chart, the 2023 mentorship works top-down across the full timeframe stack — monthly and weekly context narrowed into 4-hour, 1-hour and intraday execution — and locates the fair value gap alongside order blocks, breaker and mitigation blocks, liquidity voids, rejection blocks and old highs and lows inside that matrix. The gap only matters relative to where price sits in premium or discount, and its timing is cross-checked with SMT (Smart Money Tool) divergence, where correlated indices such as the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow are read against one another for the disagreement that hints a move is beginning. Kill zones — the session windows measured on New York time — supply the 'when' the structural reads do not.

The video is framed as mentorship rather than a single mechanical setup, walking through ICT's market cycle of consolidation, expansion, retracement and reversal and the buy model built on it. This page maps the concepts the source uses and how the fair value gap fits among them; the specific entry, filtering and risk rules are not extracted here, so the focus stays on how this mentorship positions the FVG within its wider ICT toolkit.

Topics

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Frequently asked questions

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

It is a price imbalance — in ICT terms, a space left between three candles when a move is fast enough that one side of the market does not fully transact. Price often returns to that gap later, which is why ICT traders track it as a reference zone.

What is the PD Array Matrix this video refers to?

The PD (premium/discount) Array Matrix is ICT's ranked catalog of reference points price is expected to seek — order blocks, breaker and mitigation blocks, fair value gaps, liquidity voids, rejection blocks and old highs/lows — organized by whether price is trading at a premium or a discount. The fair value gap is one array within it.

How does this video use SMT divergence?

SMT (Smart Money Tool) divergence compares correlated markets — for example the S&P 500, Nasdaq and Dow — and flags when they stop moving in agreement. In this mentorship that disagreement is read as a sign that a move may be starting.

Is this the same as the other Fair Value Gap strategies?

No — each decoded video applies the FVG differently. This one embeds it in a top-down ICT mentorship built around the PD Array Matrix and kill-zone timing. Strategy Decoder extracts the structure of each source so you can compare how different videos use the same concept and test them on TradingView.

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