ICT MMBM, Order Block, Fair Value Gap, Liquidity

Learn an ICT trading strategy for Nasdaq futures. Uses Market Maker Buy Models, Order Blocks, Fair Value Gaps, and Liquidity across 1H, 5M, 1M timeframes for en

Published · Updated · Methodology: ICT

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 1H, 5M, 1M
  • Markets: Nasdaq futures (NQ)

Indicators used

  • Order Block
  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)
  • Liquidity
  • Price Action

Source video

Decoded from: 🕰️ ENTIENDE LOS CICLOS DE TIEMPO | ICT MMBM | NQ 20 09 24 👁️ by ULTRA ACADEMY — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introducción
  • 0:47 - Contexto Semanal en 1H
  • 4:30 - Refinando en 5 minutos
  • 10:14 - Order Flow 1 minuto
  • 1:15 - Weekly context: 'a very strong week'
  • 2:00 - Price action: 'price drops on Monday, after the opening, leaves this new high and this new low'
  • 2:40 - Order Block and Fair Value Gap: 'This is the main case that was interested in this order block and this fair value going up'
  • 4:30 - 5-minute timeframe analysis: 'Now in the 5-minute timeframe, what we see is that the market... arrives on Friday at 11:15'
  • 5:30 - Liquidity building: 'starts at 7 AM, liquidity is built on the buy side'
  • 6:00 - Fair Value Gap respect: 'the market here comes to respect this fair value and redistribute to the level'
  • 7:00 - Cycle High: 'at 10 AM, the first cycle High is formed'
  • 8:00 - Market Structure Shift: 'Market structure at 11:30 exactly and we already have the first one that implies a break in this first investment for value'
  • 9:00 - Order Block retest: 'the bodies begin to close above the block of orders'
  • 10:00 - Previous cycle high target: 'the only thing left to do was to target the previous cycle high'
  • 10:14 - 1-minute timeframe analysis: 'Now in a 1-minute timeframe we can focus on the time cycle in this case'
  • 11:00 - Bearish shift: 'when the price begins to fall, we have this bearish shift'
  • 12:00 - Order Block and 50% retracement: 'you can go into the open order block that includes the 50% of the BCI and finally target the previous highs'

Strategy overview

A fair value gap is the imbalance left behind when price moves too fast for both sides to transact — but in ICT's Market Maker Buy Model (MMBM), it is never read alone. This entry decodes a session walkthrough from ULTRA ACADEMY whose stated subject is not the gap itself but the clock around it: "ENTIENDE LOS CICLOS DE TIEMPO | ICT MMBM | NQ 20 09 24" applies order blocks, fair value gaps and liquidity to Nasdaq futures across one specific dated week, treating time cycles as the organizing layer that decides when each of those elements matters.

The walkthrough is built as a top-down drill: weekly context established on the 1-hour chart, refinement on the 5-minute, and order flow read on the 1-minute. The narration follows a single week's story rather than an abstract template — the presenter frames it as a strong week, then walks through Monday's post-open drop and the new high and new low it leaves behind as the reference extremes everything after is measured against. A fair value gap in this treatment is a location inside that chronology, not a standalone entry trigger.

This page catalogs the video as a worked example rather than a formalized ruleset. It is a Spanish-language chart replay of one session, so what it offers a reader studying FVGs is the sequencing discipline — establish context before refining, refine before dropping to the execution timeframe — and a look at how MMBM narrative and time windows get layered onto the same chart. Traders comparing ICT sources will find this one weighted toward the timing question that most FVG material leaves implicit.

Topics

ict trading · ict strategy · order block strategy · fair value gap strategy · liquidity trading · pine script · tradingview strategy · nasdaq futures strategy · nq trading · 1h trading strategy · 5m trading strategy · scalping strategy · day trading strategy · price action trading

Frequently asked questions

What is the ICT Market Maker Buy Model (MMBM)?

MMBM is an ICT framework that describes a complete buy-side cycle: price is first driven lower to take sell-side liquidity, then reverses and works higher toward buy-side objectives, with order blocks and fair value gaps marking reference levels along the way. It sequences a move rather than firing a single entry signal.

How does a fair value gap fit into an MMBM sequence?

Within MMBM, a fair value gap is one of the imbalances left behind as price travels between liquidity objectives. It functions as a reference area inside the larger narrative — the model's structure and timing decide which gaps are relevant, rather than every gap being treated as equally tradeable.

What timeframes does this walkthrough use?

It works top-down across three: the 1-hour chart for weekly context, the 5-minute for refinement, and the 1-minute for reading order flow at the execution stage.

Where can I compare different traders' use of fair value gaps?

Studying several sources side by side is the fastest way to see which parts of the FVG concept are shared and which are one trader's preference. Strategy Decoder indexes video-sourced strategies by concept, so entries like this one sit alongside other fair value gap material for comparison.

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