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.

[Fairman]

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.

I used to have lots of ideas but now I don’t really, all I’m thinking of is probability and ability

[PTScalper]

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

Its hard to tell. I think that from trading.

I used to have lots of ideas but now I don’t really, all I’m thinking of is probability and ability

Yeah, i got it.
I found it as well. I try to catch as many news as possible, try to think about it and based on that make trading decisions.
Sometimes is best not to trade at all.

[Fairman]

Its hard to tell. I think that from trading.

I used to have lots of ideas but now I don’t really, all I’m thinking of is probability and ability

Yeah, i got it.
I found it as well. I try to catch as many news as possible, try to think about it and based on that make trading decisions.
Sometimes is best not to trade at all.

I’m not even talking about trading right now, I love trading but if my path is not I’m trading I need to figure it out and I can’t figure it out if I’m not stable

[PTScalper]

I used to have lots of ideas but now I don’t really, all I’m thinking of is probability and ability

Yeah, i got it.
I found it as well. I try to catch as many news as possible, try to think about it and based on that make trading decisions.
Sometimes is best not to trade at all.

I’m not even talking about trading right now, I love trading but if my path is not I’m trading I need to figure it out and I can’t figure it out if I’m not stable

I got it, its part of the yourney of trader.
Sometimes you will find best way how handle things in life under deepest pressure.
Because you will be forced to think about it very deeply.

I found out my trading strategy after 10 loosing forex trading series, i wanted to quit, but i did not give up.
And finaly after years i made it.