# Fair Value Gaps

> Trade fair value gaps (FVG) and imbalances where price moved too fast, leaving unfilled zones. Use when identifying retracement targets, finding high-probability entry points, or analyzing institutional order flow imbalances.

- **Type:** Skill
- **Install:** `agentstack add skill-ske-labs-agent-trading-skills-fair-value-gaps`
- **Verified:** Yes — security-reviewed for prompt injection and unsafe behavior
- **Seller:** [SKE-Labs](https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ske-labs)
- **Installs:** 0
- **Category:** [Agent Skills](https://agentstack.voostack.com/c/agent-skills)
- **Latest version:** 0.1.0
- **License:** Apache-2.0
- **Upstream author:** [SKE-Labs](https://github.com/SKE-Labs)
- **Source:** https://github.com/SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills/tree/main/skills/ict-smart-money/fair-value-gaps

## Install

```sh
agentstack add skill-ske-labs-agent-trading-skills-fair-value-gaps
```

Requires the [AgentStack CLI](https://agentstack.voostack.com/docs/cli). Works with Claude Code, Cursor, and any MCP-compatible agent.

## About

# Fair Value Gaps (FVG) Trading

3-candle patterns where price left an unfilled gap between wicks, indicating market inefficiency.

## Identification

### Bullish FVG

1. Strong bullish middle candle
2. Gap between **Candle 1 high** and **Candle 3 low**
3. Zone = the unfilled gap area

### Bearish FVG

1. Strong bearish middle candle
2. Gap between **Candle 1 low** and **Candle 3 high**
3. Zone = the unfilled gap area

### Quality Factors

- **Size**: Large gap (>50% of middle candle) is high quality; small gaps are weak
- **Context**: After a liquidity sweep is ideal; random location is weak
- **Volume**: High volume on creation; low volume = unreliable
- **HTF**: Must align with HTF bias

## Workflow

1. **Identify FVG** after impulsive move using candle data:
   ```
   get_candles_around_date(symbol=, exchange=, interval=, date=)
   ```
2. **Mark the zone** using `draw_chart_analysis` with type `demand` (bullish) or `supply` (bearish)
3. **Wait for retracement** into the gap
4. **Enter at Consequent Encroachment (CE)** — the 50% midpoint of the FVG for the most precise entry
5. **Stop loss** beyond the full FVG boundary
6. **Target** the high/low of the impulse move

### FVG + Order Block Confluence

When an FVG overlaps with an order block, treat as a single high-probability zone. These are the best setups.

## Key Rules

- FVGs act as magnets — price tends to return to fill them
- Unfilled FVGs on HTF are powerful future targets
- Multiple stacked FVGs in one direction = strong directional bias
- NEVER trade an FVG against the HTF trend direction
- CE (50% midpoint) offers the best entry; waiting for full fill risks missing the move

## Related Skills

- **order-blocks** — FVG + OB confluence creates highest-probability zones
- **premium-discount** — Enter FVGs in discount for longs, premium for shorts

## Source & license

This open-source skill is cataloged on AgentStack and links to its original source — we do not rehost the code.

- **Author:** [SKE-Labs](https://github.com/SKE-Labs)
- **Source:** [SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills](https://github.com/SKE-Labs/agent-trading-skills)
- **License:** Apache-2.0

Install and usage instructions live in the source repository linked above.

## Pricing

- **Free** — Free

## Security capabilities

Automated source analysis of v0.1.0 — what this tool can access:

- **Network access:** no
- **Filesystem access:** no
- **Shell / process execution:** no
- **Environment & secrets:** no
- **Dynamic code execution:** no

*"Yes" means the capability is present in the source — more access means more to trust, not that it is unsafe.*


## Versions

- **0.1.0** — security scan: passed — Imported from the upstream source.

## Links

- Listing page: https://agentstack.voostack.com/l/skill-ske-labs-agent-trading-skills-fair-value-gaps
- Seller: https://agentstack.voostack.com/s/ske-labs
- Browse the marketplace: https://agentstack.voostack.com/browse

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