ICT Concepts, Order Blocks, Fair Value Gaps, Liquidity, Market Structure

Learn core ICT concepts like Order Blocks, Fair Value Gaps, Liquidity, and Market Structure in this beginner-friendly guide to smart money trading.

Published · Updated · Methodology: ICT

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: educational

Source video

Decoded from: ICT Concepts For Beginners (Order Blocks, Fair Value Gaps, Liquidity, Market Structure) by The Trading Geek — watch the original

Strategy overview

A fair value gap is the imbalance left on the chart when price moves so quickly in one direction that a stretch of prices trades on only one side of the order flow. This entry catalogs a beginner-facing treatment of that idea from The Trading Geek's video "ICT Concepts For Beginners (Order Blocks, Fair Value Gaps, Liquidity, Market Structure)", which places the FVG alongside three companion concepts rather than teaching it in isolation.

The distinguishing feature of this video is its curriculum framing. Rather than presenting a setup to trade, it assembles a starter set of four ideas — order blocks, fair value gaps, liquidity, and market structure — that a newcomer to ICT material needs before any specific entry model makes sense. The pairing of order blocks with fair value gaps is the part worth noting: both describe a zone left behind by an earlier move, but one is defined by where a decisive move originated and the other by the imbalance the move created on its way out. Beginners frequently conflate the two, and a video sequenced this way exists largely to keep them apart.

This page indexes the video as a reference for the concepts themselves; no mechanical entry, exit, or risk rules have been extracted from it, because it is taught as vocabulary rather than as a system. If you are working through ICT material for the first time, treat a video like this as the definitions layer — the stage before you decide which of these four ideas you actually want to trade around.

Topics

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Frequently asked questions

What is a fair value gap in ICT terms?

A fair value gap is a three-candle imbalance where price moved fast enough that the middle candle's range was never fully transacted on both sides. ICT-style traders watch these areas because price often returns to them before continuing.

What is the difference between an order block and a fair value gap?

An order block marks the candle or zone from which a decisive move originated — the presumed area of institutional participation. A fair value gap marks the imbalance that move left behind as it travelled. They frequently appear near each other, which is why beginner material like this video covers them together.

Which ICT concept should a beginner learn first?

Most introductory treatments, including this one, start with market structure, because it establishes which direction the market is currently favouring. Order blocks, fair value gaps, and liquidity are then read within that structural context rather than as standalone signals.

Does this video give specific trading rules?

No. It is a conceptual introduction to four ICT building blocks, not a rule-based system, so no entry, exit, or risk parameters have been decoded from it. Strategy Decoder catalogs sources like this one so you can see which videos define concepts and which ones define tradeable setups.

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