Market Maker Model, Fair Value Gap, Market Structure Shift, SMT Divergence Strategy

Learn a lower timeframe SMC trading strategy using the Market Maker Model. Identify 15-minute Fair Value Gaps, consolidations, and Market Structure Shifts for e

Published · Updated · Methodology: SMC

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: 1 minute, 15 minute

Indicators used

  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)
  • SMT Divergence
  • Market Structure Shift

Source video

Decoded from: This is how you need to trade using a lower time frame market bank model by Casper SMC — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction to lower time frame Market Maker Model
  • 0:08 - Higher time frame fair value gap
  • 0:17 - Looking for IRL to ERL move
  • 0:23 - Consolidations and market structure shift as confirmation
  • 0:33 - Definition of market structure shift
  • 0:40 - SMT Divergence at the base of the model

Strategy overview

A fair value gap is the imbalance left on the chart when price moves so quickly that not every level trades cleanly, leaving a zone the market often revisits. In the video decoded here — Casper SMC's "This is how you need to trade using a lower time frame market bank model" — that gap is not treated as a standalone signal but as the higher-timeframe anchor of a larger construct: the Market Maker Model, run on a lower timeframe for execution.

What distinguishes this walkthrough is the roadmap it wraps around the gap. The higher-timeframe fair value gap sets the draw, and price is expected to work from internal range liquidity toward external range liquidity — an 'IRL to ERL' move — as it travels toward that objective. Rather than entering on the gap alone, the video layers in two confirmations: a market structure shift, the break of a recent swing that signals control has changed hands, and SMT divergence, read at the base of the model where two correlated instruments disagree on their highs or lows. The FVG marks where price is being drawn; the structure shift and the divergence are what the video uses to time alignment with it.

That makes the setup as much about sequencing as about any single tool: the Market Maker Model provides the frame, the lower timeframe provides the resolution, and the gap, the shift and the divergence each hold a fixed place in the order Casper SMC lays out. This page catalogs the strategy as presented by the source channel — a conceptual map of how these SMC building blocks are assembled on a lower timeframe, not a codified rule set.

Topics

pine script · trading strategy · tradingview strategy · smc strategy · ict trading · price action · fair value gap · smt divergence · market structure shift · scalping strategy · 1 minute strategy · 15 minute strategy · market maker model strategy

Frequently asked questions

What is the Market Maker Model in SMC trading?

It is a framework that reads price as engineered in stages — a position is built, price is driven toward a target, then unwound — with fair value gaps, liquidity levels and structure shifts marking those stages. This video applies that frame on a lower timeframe for execution.

What does 'IRL to ERL' mean in this strategy?

IRL to ERL stands for internal range liquidity to external range liquidity: the idea that price first takes the liquidity resting inside a range before reaching for the liquidity sitting beyond its edges. The video uses that expected path to frame where the setup is headed.

How is SMT divergence used in this model?

SMT (Smart Money Technique) divergence compares two correlated instruments; when one prints a new high or low and the other fails to, it flags a possible turn. In this video it sits at the base of the model as a confirmation layer, not a standalone entry.

Can I get the exact entry rules for this strategy?

This page maps how the source video frames the Market Maker Model and its components; it does not publish a mechanical rule set for it. Strategy Decoder catalogs strategies like this from video sources so you can study the concept and test your own interpretation on TradingView.

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