Glossary

Fair value gap

Also: FVG, imbalance

A three-candle pattern where the first candle's high and the third candle's low do not overlap (or the reverse for a down move). The untraded range between them is the gap. Price often returns to fill part of it.

How Sentinel uses it

An SMC engine. Its 0 to 1 score is stored on every signal it contributes to and shown on the signal's page. How much of the gap is already filled is recorded with it.

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