A liquidity level is swept, then a Fair Value Gap forms in the reversal direction within 8 candles. Entry is at the FVG near edge (the edge closest to price). A limit-order retrace into the FVG is required before the opportunity completes.
A major liquidity sweep (≥2 ATR magnitude) is followed by price closing through an existing FVG, inverting it to the opposite direction. Entry is immediate at the candle close — no retrace phase. The IFVG zone must be ≥0.5 ATR wide. Most aggressive model, biggest moves.
Highest confluence setup. A sweep is followed by a structure break, forming a breaker zone between the swept level and the broken swing. An FVG must be nested inside the breaker zone (zone must be ≥0.5 ATR wide). Entry is at the FVG near edge with retrace required, same as Model 1.
Model 1 & 3: Stop is placed at the FVG's Candle 1 extreme (low for bull, high for bear). Falls back to the sweep extreme if the candle-1 level is unavailable.
Model 2: Stop is the IFVG zone edge (lower edge for bull, upper edge for bear) — tighter than Model 1 to reduce whipsaw exposure.
All setups enforce a minimum risk of max(1.5× ATR, 0.05% of price) to filter out noise.
Targets are opposing liquidity levels in the trade direction — swing highs/lows, session levels, PDH/PDL, PWH/PWL, equal highs/lows.
Every target must meet a minimum 2:1 R:R (reward ÷ risk). Targets are ranked nearest to furthest:
Conservative (2–3R) · Moderate (3–5R) · Extended (5R+)
Discount/Premium: Longs must be in discount (below 50% of range), shorts in premium. Hard filter.
HTF Bias: Against-bias trades are blocked when bias confidence ≥66%, unless the sweep is of PDH/PDL or higher significance.
Deduplication: Duplicate entries at the same price level (quantized to ATR/4) are skipped.
Time Decay: Opportunities expire after 30 candles without a completed entry model.