Have you ever heard of order blocks, FVG, and other terms circulating in trading circles? Probably yes if you frequent these spaces, but here I want to really delve into what they mean and how to use them. Today, we’re going to discover how whales move the market and how we can read them.

Let’s immediately forget one thing: the big moves are not made by small traders like us. They are made by whales, the large capitals that have millions to invest. If you want to understand the market, you need to learn to read what they do. An order block is exactly that: the way to find where whales have placed their orders.

When big money buys or sells, they leave traces on the chart. These traces appear as specific candles, and those candles are what we call order blocks. It’s a form of support and resistance, but not the one taught in basic courses. It’s the real one, created by real money.

There are three types of order blocks you need to know. The first is the bearish order block, which acts as resistance. When the market returns to that area, you see a clear rejection. How do you find it? Look for where there was heavy selling, take the last green candle before that crash, and mark the area between high and low. That’s your bearish order block.

Then there’s the bullish order block, its opposite. When you see it, it means that big capitals bought there and the market moved up. It functions as support. Every time the price returns, it bounces. You find it by looking for the last low area from which a strong upward move started.

The third type is consolidation. It happens when whales accumulate assets in a flat zone. You’ll see candles with small bodies and long wicks. Below or above that consolidation (depending on whether it’s bullish or bearish) you will find the order block.

Now, along with the order block, there’s another concept that changes the game: the Fear Value Gap, the FVG. When big capitals place massive orders, the market jumps upward and creates a space between the high of the first candle and the low of the third. This space is the FVG. It acts like a magnet: the price drops there and bounces. Whales have orders waiting in that zone.

Combining order blocks and FVG is where it gets interesting. When you find a bullish order block that coincides with an FVG, that’s where you focus. Wait for the market to drop to that area, place a buy order in the order block, and a stop loss 1% below, then set the take profit at the next bearish order block or bearish FVG.

In the real chart, when the price drops to the order block, it enters and bounces. The stop loss is tight, protecting capital. The take profit is placed where whales have other orders. The market reaches there and continues. This is not casual trading; it’s reading the map that whales leave behind.

One important thing: it doesn’t always work 100%, but if you do things right, it works 75% of the time and gives you at least a risk-reward ratio of 1:3 in 90% of cases. Before using it seriously, do simulations and backtests. Always use a stop loss, do spot trading only, and avoid futures. These tools are powerful if used correctly.