Liquidity, Structure, Order Blocks, Fair Value Gap (FVG)

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Published · Updated · Methodology: SMC

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: strategy
  • Markets: Forex, Divisas

Indicators used

  • Liquidez (Liquidity)
  • Estructura (Structure)
  • Order Block
  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)

Source video

Decoded from: Así es COMO APLICO LIQUIDEZ y ESTRUCTURA en un TRADE REAL by Alexflamas — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction to the trade
  • 0:08 - Initial entry strategy (top of wick)
  • 0:18 - First partial take profit
  • 0:23 - Second partial take profit on manipulation of lows
  • 0:38 - Adding to position when in negative
  • 0:45 - Final take profit

Strategy overview

Smart Money Concepts (SMC) reads price through liquidity and market structure — where orders rest, how price is drawn to sweep them, and the imbalances such as order blocks and fair value gaps (FVGs) that get left behind in the process. This entry decodes a Spanish-language video from the Alexflamas channel that is less a definition of those terms than a demonstration of them: a single real trade, narrated from entry to exit.

That framing is what sets this page apart from other liquidity-and-FVG entries. Rather than laying out a setup checklist, the walkthrough follows one position as it is managed in real time — an initial entry taken at the top of a wick, profit scaled out in two partials, size added while the trade sits in negative against a manipulation of the session lows, and a final take-profit to close it out. Liquidity and structure are the lens through which the trader reads the chart; the real subject is execution — how those readings are acted on once capital is on the line and the market moves against the position before resolving.

Because this is a live example rather than a packaged, rule-by-rule system, the emphasis falls on decision-making and trade management. No extracted rule breakdown was produced for this strategy, so the page centers on the concepts themselves and on how liquidity, structure, order blocks and the FVG show up in the concrete choices of one real trade in the source video.

Topics

smc strategy · forex strategy · trading strategy · liquidity trading · order block strategy · fvg strategy · ict trading · market structure · pine script · tradingview strategy · forex smc strategy · swings trading · price action

Frequently asked questions

What are liquidity, structure, order blocks and fair value gaps in SMC?

They are the core building blocks of Smart Money Concepts: liquidity marks where stop orders accumulate, market structure defines which side currently holds control, order blocks are zones tied to where large orders were placed, and a fair value gap is an imbalance left behind when price moves too fast for both sides to transact.

What does the Alexflamas video actually show?

It walks through one real trade from start to finish — an entry at the top of a wick, two partial take-profits, adding to the position while it is in drawdown on a manipulation of the lows, and a final exit — using liquidity and structure as the read behind each decision rather than teaching a definition.

Is this a mechanical setup with fixed entry rules?

No. This entry is a live trade-management example, not a codified rule set, so the focus is on how the SMC concepts are applied and how the position is handled moment to moment, not on a fixed checklist of parameters.

How does Strategy Decoder handle a strategy like this one?

Strategy Decoder catalogs trading approaches drawn from video sources so you can study the concepts behind them. For this entry no on-page rule breakdown was extracted, so the page focuses on the SMC concepts and the single real trade shown in the source video.

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This trading strategy was decoded by Strategy Decoder's AI from a public YouTube trading video and turned into a structured, reviewable specification. In the interactive app this page shows the full entry and exit logic, risk management settings, the indicators involved with their parameters, AlgoWizard-compatible logic and a Pine Script export ready for TradingView backtesting — plus an automated backtest verdict when one has been computed for this strategy.

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