This is the best way to trade a FVG which failed to expand higher
It's called the โPivot Contextโ, and it opens up an alternative way to frame trades
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Before we proceed, you need to know about swing points.
There are two types of swing points:
1. ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ถ๐ด๐ต: A 3-candle pattern forming an inverted V. Buyside liquidity rests above it. 2. ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐๐ผ๐: A 3-candle pattern forming a V. Sellside liquidity rests below it.
Swing points are important because these are where we find resting liquidities that acts as a magnet for price.
Pivot Context is the move fromย ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐ โ ๐ฆ๐๐ถ๐ป๐ด ๐ฃ๐ผ๐ถ๐ป๐.
It's a continuation pattern. Price takes liquidity at an external range (a swing high/low) and then aggressively seeks the opposing external range liquidity.
There are only two types of price legs: the ones that holdโฆ and the ones that retrace.
Let me oversimplify โHigh-probability Price Legsโ ๐งต๐
What's a Price Leg?
Simply, a swing high and a swing low.
But what makes a price leg ๐ต๐ถ๐ด๐ต-๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐?
First, its the presence of a Fair Value Gap in that leg๐
Second, magnet theory.
Having a price leg in context of the timeframe above it makes it higher probability.
This means that above the timeframe youโre looking at, there are no FVGs to pull price higher or lower relative to the high-probability leg.
This is also why you should do a top-down analysis and start in the monthly first, looking at the most recent leg, going to the weekly, the daily, and the 4h.
Beginners, this oversimplified series is for you๐ซต
Your eyes will be opened on how powerful fair value gaps are and how to pick the right ones.
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What is a Fair Value Gap?
There are two types of fair value gaps:
1. Bullish Fair Value Gaps 2. Bearish Fair Value Gaps
Both are a three-candle pattern, wherein the fair value gap is the gap between the first and third candles.
High-probability Fair Value Gaps
The best fair value gaps are created from previous fair value gaps.
Price respecting a fair value gap means we are in confirmed orderflow. Simply put, the trend is extremely strong and can be trusted to continue in that same direction.
You need to learn to ๐๐ฟ๐๐๐ ๐๐ต๐ฒ ๐ฝ๐ฟ๐ผ๐ฏ๐ฎ๐ฏ๐ถ๐น๐ถ๐๐ถ๐ฒ๐ and not get caught on the outcomes of each individual trade.
Let the numbers play out!
Letโs dive into those numbers in this thread๐งต