Orderblocks, PD Array Matrix, Fair Value Gap (FVG), Premium and Discount Zones, Market Structure Shift (MSS), Breaker Block, Rejection Block, Liquidity

Smart Money strategy for US500: order blocks, fair value gaps, premium/discount zones and market structure shifts across timeframes. Rules and code.

Published · Updated · Methodology: ICT

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: ICT
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: Monthly, Weekly, Daily, 4-hour, 1-hour, 15-minute, 5-minute, 2-minute, 1-minute
  • Markets: US500 (Indices)

Indicators used

  • Orderblocks
  • PD Array Matrix
  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)
  • Premium and Discount Zones
  • Market Structure Shift (MSS)
  • Breaker Block
  • Rejection Block
  • Fibonacci

Source video

Decoded from: Trading Metodo ICT 2023 Estrategia de Trading Mercados Financieros Ejemplos de Trades GANADORES by TradingICT — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - Introduction to ICT method and backtesting
  • 1:50 - Market flow: Consolidation, Expansion, Retracement/Reversal
  • 2:10 - PD Array Matrix explanation (reading market up/down)
  • 2:50 - Bullish Order Block definition and entry model
  • 4:50 - Second bullish entry model (liquidity grab before PD Array)
  • 6:30 - Third bullish entry model (Bullish Breaker after MSS)
  • 7:45 - Bearish Order Block definition and entry model (inverse of bullish)
  • 9:00 - Second bearish entry model (liquidity grab before PD Array)
  • 9:40 - Third bearish entry model (Bearish Breaker after MSS)
  • 10:40 - Backtesting on US500, starting Dec 5, 2022
  • 11:30 - Top-down analysis (Monthly, Weekly, Daily, 4H, 1H, 15M)
  • 14:00 - Midnight opening price of New York and discount zone
  • 16:00 - Example of Bullish Breaker entry in backtesting
  • 17:30 - Example of Bullish Order Block entry in backtesting
  • 19:00 - ICT trading hours for US500 (8:30, 9:30, 11:00, 13:00, 13:30, 14:00, 15:00 NY time)
  • 24:00 - Example of a potential long setup near 3 PM NY time
  • 26:00 - Setting a limit order and stop loss for a long trade
  • 27:00 - Take profit targets using Fibonacci

Strategy overview

A fair value gap is the imbalance left behind when price moves so fast that one side of the market never gets filled — but in this video the FVG is never treated as a signal on its own. It appears as one entry in the PD Array Matrix, the ICT framework that sorts order blocks, breaker blocks, rejection blocks and fair value gaps by whether price is sitting in premium or discount relative to the range being traded. The matrix is the point: it decides which array matters right now and which is just a mark on the chart.

The source is "Trading Metodo ICT 2023 Estrategia de Trading Mercados Financieros Ejemplos de Trades GANADORES" from the Spanish-language channel TradingICT. It opens on backtesting and market flow — consolidation, expansion, retracement and reversal — before using the PD Array Matrix to read direction, and then walks through three separate bullish entry models rather than one: an order-block entry, a second built around a liquidity grab that happens before price reaches the array, and a third that waits for a bullish breaker following a market structure shift. The differences between those three are all about sequencing, which is what makes them worth studying side by side.

The timeframe list runs from monthly down to one minute, the classic ICT top-down workflow where the higher frames set the narrative and the lower frames time the entry. Worth keeping in mind that the trades shown are examples the author selected to illustrate each model — they demonstrate the logic, not its expectancy. This page covers the concepts the video is built on and where each one sits in the ICT vocabulary; the video itself is the source for how the author sequences them.

Topics

ict trading · order blocks · fair value gap · market structure shift · liquidity trading · us500 trading strategy · indices trading · scalping strategy · swing trading · pine script · tradingview strategy · trading strategy · ict strategy 2023 · price action trading

Frequently asked questions

What is the PD Array Matrix in ICT?

PD stands for premium and discount. The PD Array Matrix is an ICT framework that organizes price-delivery structures — order blocks, fair value gaps, breaker blocks, rejection blocks and others — according to whether price is trading in the premium or the discount half of a range, so that a trader knows which array is relevant for buying and which for selling.

How does a fair value gap relate to order blocks and breaker blocks?

They are all arrays price can be drawn to, but they form differently. A fair value gap is an imbalance left by a fast move; an order block is the candle that preceded a displacement; a breaker block is a failed structure that flips role after a market structure shift. In the PD Array Matrix they are ranked by location rather than treated as interchangeable signals.

Why do ICT strategies use timeframes from monthly down to one minute?

ICT methodology is top-down: higher timeframes such as monthly, weekly and daily establish the directional narrative and identify the dealing range, while lower timeframes down to the one-minute are used to locate a precise entry inside an array that the higher timeframe already flagged.

The source video is in Spanish — how can I study the model without it?

The concepts themselves are language-independent, and this page describes them in English along with how the video sequences them. Strategy Decoder catalogs strategies from video sources across languages so you can identify the structure behind a setup and evaluate it on TradingView yourself.

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