Recently noticed that many confuse regular levels with what actually works. We're talking about imbalance — one of the most reliable tools on the chart if you know where to look for it.

Imagine a situation: the price suddenly jumps up or down in three candles, and a gap forms between the first and third candles that no one closes. It’s not just random — here, there’s a disbalance between supply and demand. Someone bought or sold too aggressively, and the market didn’t have time to react properly. And here’s what’s important: markets rarely like to leave these gaps unfilled. The price almost always returns to restore balance. That’s where your trading idea comes in.

How does this look in practice? First, you look for an impulse of three candles with a price gap (FVG) — this is the imbalance zone. Then, you draw a Fibonacci grid from the start of the move to the high. Key levels 0.5 and 0.618 often align with the middle of the imbalance — providing a very precise entry point.

Enter when the price returns to this zone (ideally at the 50% level). Place your stop-loss just outside the imbalance itself. Take profit at the previous high or at the liquidity level.

One important clarification: imbalance works in trend, not in sideways markets. It’s not magic, just that the market seeks equilibrium, and this movement can be predicted. XRP, ALT, ICP — on these assets, you can see how precisely this works if you look at it from the right angle.