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title: '4-Step Trading Strategy for Nasdaq 100: Fire Value Gap Setup'
source: 'https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZVP3MmL5wps'
video_id: 'ZVP3MmL5wps'
date: 2026-07-13
duration_sec: 761
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# 4-Step Trading Strategy for Nasdaq 100: Fire Value Gap Setup

> Source: [4-Step Trading Strategy for Nasdaq 100: Fire Value Gap Setup](https://youtube.com/watch?v=ZVP3MmL5wps)

## Summary

This video presents a four-step trading strategy for the Nasdaq 100, focusing on a single daily setup using a 5-minute Fire Value Gap (FVG) during a specific one-hour window. The strategy involves identifying an FVG before 11 AM New York time, placing a limit order within the gap, and targeting a 2:1 risk-reward ratio with a mandatory close by 4 PM New York time. The creator has completed backtesting but delays revealing results to encourage viewer engagement.

### Key Points

- **Step 1: Trade Nasdaq 100 from 10-11 AM** [01:54] — Trade only the Nasdaq 100 (NDQ on TradingView) between 10-11 AM New York time (UTC-4). Adjust for your time zone using TradingView's 'Time Zone' indicator.
- **Step 2: Identify First 5-Minute FVG** [04:21] — Look for the first 5-minute Fire Value Gap (FVG) that forms before 11 AM. An FVG is a three-candle pattern with a gap between the high of the first candle and the low of the third (bullish) or between the low of the first and high of the third (bearish).
- **Step 3: Place Limit Order in FVG** [06:09] — Place a limit order (buy or sell) at the FVG level. Set stop loss above (for sell) or below (for buy) the first candle of the FVG. The order executes when price moves against the expected direction.
- **Step 4: Take Profit at 2:1 R:R, Close by 4 PM** [08:19] — Set take profit at a fixed 2:1 risk-reward ratio. Force close any open trade by 4 PM New York time (22:00 UTC+2), regardless of profit/loss.
- **Backtesting Results Teased** [11:08] — The creator has completed backtesting but will reveal results in a future video. Encourages viewers to comment with guesses.

### Conclusion

The strategy is simple and rule-based, but its profitability remains unverified until the backtesting results are released. The creator emphasizes strict adherence to the time and risk management rules.

## Transcript

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single asset, once a day. As you can see, simplicity permeates every aspect of this strategy. In this video, I'm going to explain step by step what that trading strategy is, which, after backtesting that I've already
completed, has given me one of these two results. The final result of this strategy is...  We won't cover the trading strategy, nor its complete backtesting, in this video. Simply because I do n't want to upload such a long video.
Anyway, I'll be reading each and every one of your comments because I'm very curious to know what you think. Will it be a positive result, or on the contrary, a negative one?
Now, without further ado, let's get to the four steps of this the four steps of this [Music]
trading strategy. Step number one: trade the Nasdaq 100 from 10 to 11 am. The first step, as you can see, is extremely simple, as it involves trading only the Nasdaq 100, one of the most important indices in the United States and, obviously, one of
the most important indices in the world. On TradingView, for example, you can find it by typing the acronym NDQ and selecting this first asset that appears on the screen. Click, and the Nasdaq 100 will automatically appear.
Furthermore, you will have to trade the NDQ 100 between 10 and 11 am, also known as the peak trading hour.  Silver Bullet consists of three different time slots, but we are going to focus only on this
specific time slot, that's why this schedule from 10 to 11 a.m.  This is US time, specifically New York State time. Here in Spain, for example, it would be between 4 and 5 PM. To find this, you
each need to find your own time zone. You can go directly to TradingView and in the top left where it says " the top left where it says " Indicators," type "Time
Zone." Click on the first indicator that appears and go back to the top left to configure it. Click on the gear icon here. This session you're seeing is the session with New York time. So, you can
New York time. So, you can type "10 to 11." Look for the number 10 to enter 10 AM. Here it is. Also type the number 11 to enter until 11 AM. Now click "Accept."
Once you've clicked "Accept," you'll see that time slot between 10 AM and 11 AM in New York, as you can see. If you go back to TradingView and hover over the beginning, you'll see, as I mentioned, from 4 PM to
11 PM.  If we move forward a little to 5 PM to adjust the same time zone, you would have to come down here to the right where it says UTC +2, the time zone, and look for the New York time zone. If we go up a little,
New York time zone. If we go up a little, you'll see that it's UTC -4. If you click now, it will indeed show you that this time zone is from 10 AM to 11 AM. So you can choose which format you want to use. Step
number two: identify the first 5-minute Fire Value Gap. Once we have the asset set, which is the Nasdaq, and the time zone set from 10 AM Nasdaq, and the time zone set from 10 AM to 11 AM UTC-4, which is the
New York time zone we saw, what we are going to do is look for the first 5-minute Fire Value Gap that forms before 11 AM. In my case, according to my time zone, each person should look for theirs before 5 PM. A Fire Value Gap, or FVG,
is simply a three-candle pattern where there is a gap between the first and third candles. Incomplete, for example. Here you are seeing a bullish candle followed by another bullish candle and a third bullish candle. Well, if you look
between the high of the first candle and the low of the third candle, there is an incomplete space. That is a fire value gap.
Conversely, here you are seeing a bearish candle followed by another bearish candle and a third bearish candle. Between the low of the first and the high of the third, there is again an incomplete space. That is a bearish fire value gap. On the
other hand, if one of these two candles had filled that space, either with the low of the first or with the high of the third, there would be no fire value gap. So, as you can see, in this second step we
only have to find a 5-minute fire value gap before the stipulated time. Step number three: place a limit order in the fire value gap.  Once we 've detected that 5-minute fire value gap, what we're going to do is
execute a limit order the moment the price reaches that fire value gap, placing a stop loss above or below the first candle of the fire value gap itself. A limit order is simply an order that we execute when
the price is moving against the movement we expect, either to ensure an entry at a specific price or to avoid having to be in front
of the screen to execute the position. For example, a buy limit order will occur when the price has formed an upward impulse and we want to enter, for example, in the middle of that impulse, either to
ensure a specific price or without having to be in front of the screen. We'll place the order, and the moment the price goes down, falling and going against the movement we expect because
we expect the price to continue rising, that limit order will be executed, giving the possibility of a continuation of the upward trend. On the other hand, a sell limit order happens the other way around. Notice in this case how the price develops  It
now enters the period between 10 and 11, and just before 11, our fire value gap forms. In this case, we would place the
limit sell order at the beginning of the fire value gap itself, setting a of the fire value gap itself, setting a stop loss above the high of the first candle of the fire value gap, which, as you can see, is this candle
here, the first candle of the fire value gap. This is the third candle of the fire value gap, and between the first and third, as I mentioned, is the fire gap itself. The limit sell order would be executed with the price moving against the trend, in
executed with the price moving against the trend, in this case, rising. With this, the to 1 would be complete. In this fourth and final step, what we are going to do is place a take profit at
a fixed risk-reward level of 2 to 1, forcing us to close any open trades before 4 pm New York time, which in our case, or at
New York time, which in our case, or at least in my time zone (UTC +2), would be 2200. In the case of the trade we have shown, we would have to place the take profit exactly at this time.  This level here is exactly that
risk-return level of 2 to 1. As we continue, we see that the price quickly hits the Take Profit in the first 5 minutes, continues to fall a little, and then turns around.
Having shown an example of selling, what I'm going to do next is show you an example of buying. For this, we'll go directly to the chart and simply advance through this repetition. Right now, we've
reached the opening at 16 UTC +2, which is my time zone, and 10 AM, which is New York time. And right
here we see a fire value gap that occurs during the trading day, starting at 10 AM. What we're going to do is mark the incomplete space between the first and third candles. There it is. And we're going to continue advancing because
right now, what we have to do is place the limit buy order. We'll mark it here. When it's executed, sometimes it will be executed, sometimes it won't. Sometimes what will happen is that the price will go
directly down and trigger the Stop Loss. But where do we have to put the  We have to place the stop loss at the end of the fire value gap of the first fire value gap. So we're going to place the stop loss below it and a take profit at
a risk-reward ratio of 2. We're going to go up, we're going to go up. Here we just reach the 2. There it is, and now all we have to do is move forward. Right at this precise moment, our position is executed. Now we would
be bought with the limit order, with our stop loss, with everything, and we would have to let everything flow. In this case, the price also goes quickly back to our take profit. It's a big idea, but imagine that right
here on this candle that I'm marking, even though it's still 10:55 AM (in my case, even though it's still 10:55 AM (in my case, 4:55 PM), imagine that it had hit 2200, which is the moment in
rule number four that we determined that all positions had to be closed. Well, if it catches us with the trade open, we have to close it manually. It doesn't matter if we're close to the take profit, it doesn't matter
if one thing doesn't matter if the other; the rule is this.  If the price reaches is this.  If the price reaches 22:00 UTC +2 while the trade is open, or as we mentioned earlier, 4:00 UTC -4 (New York time), you should
close the trade regardless of the situation. Before I go, I just want to remind you that in this video I 've only explained the four steps of this trading strategy. I've already finished backtesting, which I'll
upload in a few days, and I'll reveal whether this trading strategy is as profitable as this chart suggests, or if, on the contrary, it's not as profitable as shown
in the other chart below. of interest, such as courses, tutorials, training, and other training, and other profitable trading strategies. Also, remember that
profitable trading strategies. Also, remember that uploaded the other video. In that case, you'll also find it in the first pinned comment or in the video description. I'll
leave it here. I hope you liked it and that it was helpful, which is the important thing. If so, please give it a like. Subscribe, share it with friends and family, and we'll see you in the next video. Goodbye!
Goodbye! [Music]