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# Fair Value Gaps (FVG)

### Overview

The FVG column tracks localized market inefficiencies and structural imbalances caused by rapid, aggressive institutional candles. It filters normal volatility using a strict threshold width parameter to flag key vacuums that price wants to mitigate.

#### [**Market Core Fair Value Gaps**](/main-toolkits/market-core-pro-tm/fair-value-gap.md)

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### Table Values & States

* Bull: A new Bullish Fair Value Gap (buying inefficiency) has been left behind below current market price.

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* Bear: A new Bearish Fair Value Gap (selling inefficiency) has been left behind above current market price.

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* Retest: Price has successfully pulled back into an active, unmitigated gap zone to balance the historical inefficiency.

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* (# bars ago): Tracks how many bars ago the gap was created or tested.
* Dash `-`: The asset's local price delivery is perfectly balanced; no active imbalances reside within the lookback buffer.

### Interface Visuals

* Teal Cells: Bullish FVG creation or retest events (downward magnets for buyers).
* Red Cells: Bearish FVG creation or retest events (upward magnets for sellers).
* Tooltips: Hovering reads out exact state context: `New [Bullish/Bearish] Fair Value Gap created [X] bars ago` or `Price retested a [Bullish/Bearish] Fair Value Gap [X] bars ago`.

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### How to Use It

* The Imbalance Retest Entry: When a market structure shift occurs, look for a Bull FVG to form. Wait until the screener changes the FVG status to Retest. Entering exactly on the retest allows you to join the institutional pump right as the market balances its delivery.
* Setting Institutional Targets: If you are long an asset from a demand zone, look at the screener to see if there is an active Bear FVG flagged above current price. Because these gaps act as natural price magnets, use that Bearish FVG level as your mathematical take-profit target.