Fair Value Gap (FVG) Fill Scalping

[PTScalper]

That’s nice, you know your game and it’s good

Yeah, 18+ years experience but i do not give up

During those years of trying to be good at trading, were you doing other jobs too

Yes, i have several businesses in IT

[Fairman]

Yeah, 18+ years experience but i do not give up

During those years of trying to be good at trading, were you doing other jobs too

Yes, i have several businesses in IT

Like you have the businesses after you made it from trading or before?

[PTScalper]

During those years of trying to be good at trading, were you doing other jobs too

Yes, i have several businesses in IT

Like you have the businesses after you made it from trading or before?

It was like two separate ways, first of all i made solid money from trading. After that i stoped it for some time and focused on business, when i was successful too.
After that i scaled from business money as well.

[Fairman]

Yes, i have several businesses in IT

Like you have the businesses after you made it from trading or before?

It was like two separate ways, first of all i made solid money from trading. After that i stoped it for some time and focused on business, when i was successful too.
After that i scaled from business money as well.

Which would you say youve made more money from between the two

[HansFX]

A fair value gap forms when three consecutive candles leave a visible imbalance — specifically, when the wick of the first candle and the wick of the third candle don't overlap, leaving a literal gap in the price action where very little trading actually occurred. This represents an inefficiency in how price moved through that zone.

Price has a strong documented tendency to return and "fill" this gap at some point before continuing in its original direction, essentially rebalancing the inefficiency before the broader move resumes. This makes FVGs a genuinely useful reference zone for scalping entries, particularly when combined with additional confluence.

The strongest version of this setup involves confirming the FVG retest with a higher timeframe trend bias — if the 1-hour or 4-hour chart shows a clear directional trend, and an FVG forms in the direction of that trend on a lower timeframe, the retest of that gap becomes a higher-probability entry than trading FVGs in isolation without any broader context.

Enter on the retest of the FVG zone itself, ideally with some additional price-action confirmation at the zone (a rejection candle, a brief pause followed by continuation), and place your stop beyond the far edge of the gap, since a full fill and continuation through the gap would suggest the setup has failed.

Hello,

Now, "Fair Value Gap" is a modern term for something I’ve been seeing since the days of paper charts and ticker tapes. You can call it an FVG, a liquidity void, or a price imbalance—at the end of the day, it’s simply the market's way of showing us where the big players moved so fast that the opposing side couldn't keep up. It’s a "hole" in the tape where the orders weren't filled equally, and as you correctly pointed out, the market has a habit of circling back to fill those gaps before it finds its footing again.

I particularly like your point about the higher-timeframe context. That’s the difference between a lucky guess and a professional trade. A gap in isolation is just a ghost; a gap that aligns with the 1-hour or 4-hour trend is a roadmap. It gives you that extra layer of certainty that the "big money" is backing your move. And your advice on waiting for confirmation at the zone? That’s the hallmark of a disciplined trader. It means you aren't just chasing a moving target; you're waiting for the market to prove its intent before you put your capital on the line.

It’s a solid, disciplined way to trade. But it leads me to wonder: in a market that's constantly evolving, is our greatest skill finding the perfect "gap" to jump into, or having the discipline to wait for the market to confirm the path ahead?

If I am to choose I would personally pick having discipline in o wait for market confirmation

Time to time you are right. But i prefer personally have at least some position in market, because i start to focus better.
But sure i mean to wait as well for good opportunity.
For example with silver i prefer to wait two to three days and after that i go against the market with focus on corection.

[PTScalper]

Like you have the businesses after you made it from trading or before?

It was like two separate ways, first of all i made solid money from trading. After that i stoped it for some time and focused on business, when i was successful too.
After that i scaled from business money as well.

Which would you say youve made more money from between the two

Its hard to tell. I think that from trading.