How Liquidity Voids (FVGs) Create Trade Blueprints Fair Value Gaps (FVGs), also called liquidity voids, form when price moves so aggressively that it leaves behind untraded areas — and smart traders treat them like treasure maps. In 2025, FVGs are used to track institutional intent. When price breaks with a strong candle — often during news or session opens — it leaves a 3-candle formation: candle A, big candle B, and candle C that doesn’t fully overlap A. This zone (between A and C) is the FVG. Smart Money returns to fill it — not always, but frequently — because that’s where orders got skipped. FVGs are reaction zones, not entry signals. Combine them with: Liquidity sweep + CHoCH = confluence HTF FVG + session OB = sniper zone DXY direction = confirmation In essence, FVGs show where the market is imbalanced. And if you master where imbalance began, you master where it often returns.