Fair Value Gap (FVG) Fill Scalping

[Fairman]

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.

I don’t have the luxury of waiting decades, the pressure is insane for me as the first male child

[PTScalper]

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.

I don’t have the luxury of waiting decades, the pressure is insane for me as the first male child

It is not easy way.
And good things need time.
Every single time, when i wanted to rush things .. it failed.
But i found out that winning will not teach you.

[Fairman]

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.

I don’t have the luxury of waiting decades, the pressure is insane for me as the first male child

It is not easy way.
And good things need time.
Every single time, when i wanted to rush things .. it failed.
But i found out that winning will not teach you.

It’s not about rushing, it’s about having the ability not to rush

[PTScalper]

I don’t have the luxury of waiting decades, the pressure is insane for me as the first male child

It is not easy way.
And good things need time.
Every single time, when i wanted to rush things .. it failed.
But i found out that winning will not teach you.

It’s not about rushing, it’s about having the ability not to rush

Yeah, exactly.

And i got it, sometimes its not easy.
Sometimes you are forced to rush by all staff what is going on around you.

[Fairman]

It is not easy way.
And good things need time.
Every single time, when i wanted to rush things .. it failed.
But i found out that winning will not teach you.

It’s not about rushing, it’s about having the ability not to rush

Yeah, exactly.

And i got it, sometimes its not easy.
Sometimes you are forced to rush by all staff what is going on around you.

Yeah that’s true, glad you could understand

[PTScalper]

It’s not about rushing, it’s about having the ability not to rush

Yeah, exactly.

And i got it, sometimes its not easy.
Sometimes you are forced to rush by all staff what is going on around you.

Yeah that’s true, glad you could understand

Yeah, i was in same situation as university student.
I had like 40$ per week in Prague.

[Fairman]

Yeah, exactly.

And i got it, sometimes its not easy.
Sometimes you are forced to rush by all staff what is going on around you.

Yeah that’s true, glad you could understand

Yeah, i was in same situation as university student.
I had like 40$ per week in Prague.

Fortunately for me I had good business in crypto when I got in university

I could make like $500 or more in a day if I was lucky

I have made like $10k on a trade before when I was in first year

[PTScalper]

Yeah that’s true, glad you could understand

Yeah, i was in same situation as university student.
I had like 40$ per week in Prague.

Fortunately for me I had good business in crypto when I got in university

I could make like $500 or more in a day if I was lucky

I have made like $10k on a trade before when I was in first year

Wow, that sounds great
What kind of business?
What did you buy for that money if i may ask?

[LondonScalper]

FVG fills are only interesting to me when the gap is tied to displacement and a real location, not every three-candle inefficiency.

I want a defined invalidation and a spread gate; otherwise “fill” becomes a story you can fit to any wick. Log the gap size and time-of-day separately.

Do you filter FVGs by session or volatility regime, or take the same rule all day?

[Fairman]

Fair Value Gaps: When They Fill and When They Don't


Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) get treated like a guarantee in a lot of SMC content — "price always fills the gap." It doesn't always, and trading it like gospel is how scalpers end up holding a bag on a trade that had no business being taken in the first place. Here's how to actually read them.


What an FVG Is


A Fair Value Gap forms across three candles when the first candle's high (or low) doesn't overlap with the third candle's low (or high) — leaving a visible imbalance in the middle candle. It represents a stretch of price where one side (buyers or sellers) moved so aggressively that the other side didn't get a fair chance to transact. The theory is that price is inefficient there and will often return to "rebalance" before continuing.


Why Some FVGs Fill and Others Don't


Not all imbalances are created equal. An FVG formed during a low-conviction, choppy move is far more likely to get fully filled than one formed during a high-momentum breakaway impulse off a major liquidity sweep. The stronger and more decisive the move that created the gap, the more likely price only needs a partial fill — sometimes just a wick into the top or bottom third of the gap — before continuing.

A useful filter: FVGs that form on the back of a liquidity sweep and structural shift (i.e., they're part of the reaction, not the initial move) tend to hold as strong continuation zones. FVGs that form in the middle of an already-extended trend, without a fresh liquidity grab behind them, are far more likely to get fully run through and invalidated.


Trading FVGs for Scalps


Don't treat the entire gap as your entry zone. Split it mentally into thirds. The most reactive area, statistically, is the top third of a bullish FVG (for a long entry) or the bottom third of a bearish FVG (for a short entry) — often called the "Consequent Encroachment" level, essentially the midpoint. Waiting for price to tap into that zone with a lower-timeframe confirmation (a CHOCH on the 1-minute, for example) gives you a tighter, more defined entry than just guessing where in the gap price will react.

The Mistake That Costs Scalpers Real Money


Treating every FVG as a target. If you're in a long and there's an FVG below current price that hasn't been touched yet, that doesn't mean price "has to" go back and fill it before continuing up. Gaps get left unfilled for days, weeks, or permanently — especially in strong trending conditions. Don't manufacture bearish bias out of an unfilled gap that the market has clearly moved on from.

Treat FVGs as areas of interest for entries with confirmation, not certainties. The gap tells you where liquidity/inefficiency exists — it doesn't promise price will go collect it on your timeline.