Power of 3 (AMD), Structure, FVG, Order Block, Engulfing Candle Strategy

Learn a Smart Money Concepts (SMC) strategy using Power of 3 (AMD), market structure, and Fair Value Gaps (FVG) for refined entry/exit points on Gold and Forex

Published · Updated · Methodology: SMC

Part of: Fair Value Gap (FVG)

  • Methodology: SMC
  • Content type: strategy
  • Timeframes: Higher Timeframe (HTF), Lower Timeframe (LTF), 8 hours (example for Gold), 30 minutes (example for Gold)
  • Markets: Gold (example), Forex (implied)

Indicators used

  • Fair Value Gap (FVG)
  • Inverse Fair Value Gap (IFVG)
  • Power of 3 (AMD)
  • Engulfing Candle
  • Market Structure

Source video

Decoded from: Cómo sé EXACTAMENTE Cuando ENTRAR | PARTE 19 BOOTCAMP by Santanafxpro — watch the original

Key timestamps:

  • 0:00 - INTRO
  • 2:00 - Enfoque
  • 4:10 - Estructura
  • 5:15 - Fractalidad
  • 6:35 - Set ups
  • 13:00 - Donde entrar
  • 18:19 - Qué hacer si la entrada se va
  • 24:38 - Riesgo beneficio
  • 29:04 - BE
  • 30:00 - Graficos
  • 38:17 - Cierre
  • 32:00 - Setup 1: Bias HTF, FVG as reaction point, then lower timeframe BOS and FVG
  • 34:00 - Setup 2: HTF 'ride' between two candles, then lower timeframe 'mini ride' and engulfing candle/IFBG
  • 35:50 - Entry on engulfing candle or IFBG
  • 36:20 - Stop loss placement
  • 37:00 - Take profit strategy (1:2 or 1:3 RR)
  • 38:00 - Break-even strategy

Strategy overview

A fair value gap is the imbalance a fast, one-sided move leaves behind on the chart — and in Smart Money Concepts it is rarely traded alone. This entry decodes lesson 19 of Santanafxpro's Spanish-language bootcamp series, a video whose entire subject is the moment of execution: "Cómo sé EXACTAMENTE Cuando ENTRAR" ("How I know EXACTLY when to enter"). That framing is what separates it from most FVG material, which stops at defining the gap; here the gap is the last link in a chain that starts several timeframes above it.

The video's own chapter list traces that chain in order — focus, then structure, then fractality, then setups, and only at the end where to enter. Fractality is the hinge: the same structural read is applied at two scales, with Gold used as the worked example on an 8-hour higher timeframe and a 30-minute lower timeframe. Around that skeleton sit the rest of the vocabulary the lesson leans on — Power of 3 (AMD), the accumulation–manipulation–distribution cycle that gives a session its shape; market structure, which says who currently holds control; and the engulfing candle and inverse fair value gap as the finer-grained confirmations that appear once the lower timeframe is in play.

No rule extraction has been produced for this lesson, so this page is a concept map rather than a mechanical breakdown: it shows which building blocks the video works with and the order in which it assembles them, from higher-timeframe context down to the entry candle. For the timing judgement itself — the part the title promises — the source video is where it lives.

Topics

smc strategy · trading strategy · price action · fair value gap · power of 3 · market structure · engulfing candle · forex strategy · gold trading strategy · swing trading · multi-timeframe analysis · ict trading · tradingview strategy · trading indicators

Frequently asked questions

What is Power of 3 (AMD) in Smart Money Concepts?

Power of 3, also written AMD, describes a three-stage cycle traders look for within a session or trading day: accumulation, where price ranges and positions build; manipulation, the sweep that takes out obvious highs or lows; and distribution, the directional expansion that follows. It is used as a framing device for when in the day a setup is likely to appear, rather than as a signal on its own.

Why do SMC setups use a higher and a lower timeframe together?

The higher timeframe supplies context — direction, structure and the levels that matter — while the lower timeframe supplies precision for the entry and the risk placement. This lesson calls that relationship fractality, and demonstrates it on Gold with an 8-hour chart for context and a 30-minute chart for execution.

What role does a fair value gap play in an entry model like this one?

In multi-concept SMC models the fair value gap is typically the reference zone rather than the trigger: it marks where price moved too quickly for both sides to transact, giving a defined area price may revisit. Whether that revisit is acted on usually depends on the surrounding conditions — structure, the stage of the AMD cycle, and confirmation candles such as an engulfing bar.

Where can I find other strategies built on fair value gaps?

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