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Is The Tradeskill good for beginners?

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Inverse Fair Value Gap (IFVG) Explained with Examples

What it means

An inverse fair value gap is a fair value gap that failed. Price closed through it instead of reacting, and the same zone then acts in the opposite direction: a failed bullish gap becomes resistance, a failed bearish gap becomes support.

It is the gap version of "support becomes resistance".

Why traders use it

A gap that is closed through with a full candle body shows the side that created it lost control. Traders then watch the zone for a retest from the other side.

Many traders use IFVGs as confirmation of a market structure shift.

Chart examples

Bullish gap fails, becomes bearish IFVG

Price closes below the bullish gap, then rallies back into it and is rejected: the zone now acts as resistance.Schematic diagrams drawn to explain the idea; they are not market data.

How to identify it objectively

1Mark a fair value gap (candle 1 high to candle 3 low for a bullish gap).
2Wait for a candle to close beyond the far side of the gap (below a bullish gap).
3The zone is now an IFVG with the opposite role.
4Watch for a retest into the zone and a rejection close.

Bullish use

1A bearish FVG is closed through upward.
2Price retests the zone from above.
3A bullish rejection close confirms the IFVG as support.

Bearish use

1A bullish FVG is closed through downward.
2Price retests the zone from below.
3A bearish rejection close confirms the IFVG as resistance.

What confirms it

A full candle close through the original gap.
A rejection on the retest.
The direction agrees with structure.

What invalidates it

Price closes back through the IFVG in the original direction.
The "close through" was only a wick.

How a hypothetical setup is built

Entry

On the retest of the IFVG with a rejection close.

Stop

Beyond the far side of the IFVG.

Target

The next liquidity pool in the new direction.

A hypothetical illustration of how the concept is turned into a plan, not a recommendation. Practise it on a paper account first.

Historical testing

Not tested on The Tradeskill yet.

Limitations: when it fails

Gaps are often partly filled several times; deciding when it "failed" needs a strict close rule.
Small gaps on low timeframes are noise.
The retest may not come.

Knowledge check

Pick an answer to see the explanation. Nothing is saved.

1. What turns a bullish FVG into a bearish IFVG?

2. After that, how is the zone used?

3. What invalidates the IFVG?

Practise it risk-free

Open the free chart, use replay to go back in time and look for this concept candle by candle with $20,000 in virtual money.