How Fair Value Gaps Reveal Hidden Institutional Intent

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Fair Value Gaps represent one of the few repeatable patterns that consistently expose the imbalance driving institutional pricing.

Plazo Sullivan’s methodology emphasizes that Fair Value Gaps act as magnets—not because retail traders watch them, but because institutions must mitigate the imbalance they caused.

The Science Behind Fair Value Gaps

An FVG forms when the market displaces violently in one direction, preventing the opposite side from offering liquidity at fair value.

The Institutional Logic Behind FVGs

This creates natural magnets: price will typically revisit these imbalances to test, mitigate, or confirm order flow.

The FVG Trading Model Used by Elite Traders
1. Identify the Displacement

Before an FVG matters, there must be displacement—strong, directional movement marked by high volume or momentum.

2. Mark the Gap

Highlight the zone between the prior candle’s high and the next candle’s low (or vice versa).

3. Wait for the Retracement

The best entries occur when price revisits the FVG, taps into it, and shows signs of rejection or continuation.

4. Align With Market Structure

An FVG entry aligned with higher-timeframe direction is exponentially more effective.

Imbalances Work Both Ways

Marking both bullish and bearish gaps creates natural take-profit levels.

The Institutional Edge FVGs Provide

They reveal where institutional orders entered, where they left inefficiencies, and where price is likely to return.

Combine FVG logic with market structure, liquidity pools, and volume confirmation, and you have one of the strongest Machine learning in trading frameworks available to retail traders today—one that aligns perfectly with the advanced methodologies taught inside Plazo Sullivan Roche Capital.

FVGs aren’t signals—they’re context.
And once you learn their language, the market starts to speak back.