@itsnathanoreilly: The best-looking entry doesn't mean much if it goes against the bigger picture. In this bullish price action example, I'm looking at three things before considering a buy: the daily bias, a 15-minute fair value gap (FVG), and a lower-timeframe inverse fair value gap (IFVG). They each have a different job. Here's how they fit together. DAILY BIAS First, establish the direction you're looking to trade. In the example, the broader move is bullish. That gives us a reason to look for possible buying opportunities on a pullback rather than immediately trying to short every push higher. But a bullish daily bias is a working view of the market. It's not a promise that the next candle will go up. THE 15-MINUTE FAIR VALUE GAP Next, we look for an area where a pullback might become interesting. A fair value gap is a three-candle price imbalance often marked by ICT/SMC traders. Here, the 15-minute FVG gives us a zone to monitor as price retraces. That zone alone isn't a buy signal. Price can trade straight through a fair value gap and invalidate the idea. The useful question is how price behaves once it gets there. LOWER-TIMEFRAME IFVG Once price reaches the area of interest, we can zoom in and look for a more specific entry condition. An inverse fair value gap forms when price trades through a previously identified FVG, changing how that zone may be interpreted. In this example, the lower-timeframe IFVG is used as an entry trigger within the larger bullish context. So we're not choosing a buy simply because price has fallen into a coloured rectangle. We're looking for alignment between the broader directional view, the 15-minute area and the smaller price-action trigger. WHAT ABOUT THE STOP LOSS AND TARGET? The chart then illustrates a possible long entry, an invalidation level below the recent low, and an upside target near a previous high. The distance between those levels matters. A setup isn't automatically worth taking just because three things line up. You still need to assess the risk, the available reward and whether the trade idea remains valid. The key takeaway is that these aren't three interchangeable 'confirmations': Daily bias = directional context. 15m FVG = area of interest. LTF IFVG = potential entry trigger. Each answers a different question. Three confluences don't guarantee a profitable trade, and an illustrated move to target isn't proof of a repeatable edge. That's something you'd need to test across many trades, including execution costs. Follow for more price action, fair value gap and multi-timeframe chart breakdowns. #FairValueGap #IFVG #PriceActionTrading #ICTTrading #MultiTimeframeAnalysis

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