SWEEP → IFVG → FVG

A shared confluence framework for MGC/GC and NQ/MNQ futures.

Research Lab · Pending Validation
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SWEEP

Price runs to an obvious liquidity level — a swing high/low where stop-losses are stacked — and takes it out.

Find the real level: plot the line chart (body closes only) to spot clean swing peaks, then switch back to candles and drag the level to the highest/lowest wick touching that peak. That wick, not the body, is the real stop cluster.

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IFVG (Inversion FVG)

Almost immediately after the sweep, an existing Fair Value Gap gets tapped and the candle body (not the wick) closes all the way through it.

That close proves whoever was defending that zone lost control — confirmation the sweep was real, not a fakeout.

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FVG

A fresh Fair Value Gap forms in the new true direction.

This box is the sniper entry zone.

Glossary

Fair Value Gap (FVG)

3+ same-colored candles pushing one direction (a supply or demand push). Take candle 1 and candle 3, skip the middle candle. The leftover space between them is the gap/box — price is expected to eventually tap back into it.

Bearish FVG

Bottom wick of candle 1 to top wick/body of candle 3.

Bullish FVG

Top wick of candle 1 to bottom wick/body of candle 3.

Entry / Stop / Target

Entry

  • Never enter on the first touch of the new FVG box.
  • Aggressive entry: a strong rejection/push candle off the box.
  • Safer entry: wait for a confirmed engulfing candle closing back out of the box.
  • Works in any session — NY, Asia, London.

Stop / Target

  • Stop-loss sits a few ticks beyond the FVG box — above it for shorts, below it for longs.
  • Minimum target: 1:3 R, taken mechanically even if price keeps running.
  • Multiple-FVG rule: if more than one FVG stacks in the same move, only take the 1st or 2nd. Skip the 3rd — it fails more often than it works.

⚠ Open Items / Caveats