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Elev8+ Momentum Gaps: Spot Displacement Zones, FVGs, and Cleaner Reversal Locations

Most traders don’t struggle to find signals—they struggle with location. Elev8+ Momentum Gaps helps you map where price moved with real momentum and left imbalances behind (FVGs + impulse zones), so you stop guessing and start waiting for your best setups. Use it as your context layer, then use Elev8+ Reversal triangles as your execution trigger when price revisits these zones.

Educational content only. Not financial advice. No performance guarantees.

Core idea

Strong moves leave footprints. Momentum Gaps highlights displacement and imbalance zones so you can trade from locations where reactions are more likely.

What you get

Impulse Zones (volume + ATR displacement), a FVG Pro engine with quality filters, and optional IFVG state tracking.

Best combo

Use Momentum Gaps as context, then take Elev8+ Reversal triangles or LS signals as the trigger when price re-enters a clean zone.

Example 1: Impulse zone prints after strong displacement

Impulse zone on a displacement candle (fill between open and close) — An impulse candle is not a buy/sell signal. It’s a footprint: where price moved fast with strength. Mark it, then wait for a revisit.

What Momentum Gaps Is Actually Measuring

Momentum Gaps blends two practical location tools into one script: Impulse Zones (displacement candles) and Fair Value Gaps (FVGs) (imbalances). Together, they answer a simple question:

The goal

Identify zones where the market likely moved too efficiently (imbalanced), so later price revisits have a higher chance of reaction, rebalance, or rotation.

1) Impulse Zones (Displacement Footprints)

An Impulse is detected when a candle meets two conditions:

Volume Strength: current volume exceeds a volume average by a user-defined multiplier.
Move Size: the candle body is larger than ATR by a user-defined multiplier.

What the impulse zone represents

The script can draw a filled zone between the candle’s open and close. This is the “displacement area” — the portion of the move that often gets revisited later.

Delete When Closed Through (default ON)

If price later closes fully through the impulse zone, the script can remove it automatically. This helps keep your chart clean and focused on zones that still matter.

Example 2: Price revisits an impulse zone (re-entry context)

Price re-enters an impulse zone and reacts — The best use-case is the retest. Don’t chase the impulse candle—wait for price to come back into the zone and then watch for rejection + your trigger.

2) FVG Pro (Fair Value Gaps + Quality Filters)

The FVG engine detects classic 3-candle gaps (imbalances) and lets you control how selective the script is. This is where Momentum Gaps becomes “Pro-grade” instead of a basic gap marker.

Filtering modes (how selective you want it)

All FVG: shows all detected gaps (baseline).
Only FVG in Trend: emphasizes gaps aligned with the higher timeframe trend filter.
Strict: adds candle body-strength requirements (reduces low-quality gaps).
Super-Strict: can additionally require volume confirmation for higher selectivity.

Trend filter (optional)

When enabled, the script checks a higher timeframe EMA-based trend context. This helps reduce counter-trend gap emphasis, particularly on fast charts where noise is high.

Session filter and displacement filter (optional)

Session Filter: only detect new FVGs during a session window you define.
Displacement Filter: only detect gaps created by candles that meet a minimum body-size and body-strength threshold.

Example 3: Clean bullish + bearish FVGs on the chart

Bullish and bearish FVG zones with clean structure — FVGs are “imbalance pockets.” The market often revisits them to rebalance liquidity—especially when they align with trend or displacement conditions.

3) IFVG (Inverse FVG): When the Gap Fails

When price closes fully through an active FVG, Momentum Gaps can flip that zone into an Inverse FVG (IFVG) (default purple). This provides a clean “state change” so you can see where an imbalance was invalidated and potentially becomes a different type of reaction area.

Cleaner visibility controls (so charts stay readable)

IFVGs can be managed in a clean, user-friendly way:

Show inverse FVGs (IFVG)? When OFF, IFVG zones are removed (not shown).
Extend IFVG forward? When OFF (default), IFVGs remain where they occurred but do not keep extending right.

Example 4: FVG flips into IFVG (purple) after a close-through

FVG flips to IFVG after price closes through the zone — IFVGs are a simple “story marker”: the gap was closed through. Many traders use these state changes to track failed imbalance zones and later reactions.

4) Confluence Zones: Impulse + FVG Overlap

Confluence zones highlight where a new impulse displacement overlaps an existing active FVG. This is a strong “why here?” stack: momentum footprint + imbalance in the same region.

Why confluence matters

Most high-quality reactions happen at stacked context. A confluence zone means price moved hard and left an imbalance behind. That’s a better “location” than a random level in the middle of the range.

Example 5: Confluence zone prints (fill only, border hidden by default)

Confluence overlap zone between an impulse and an active FVG — Confluence zones are designed to be visually clean. By default, the border is transparent so you mainly see the overlap fill.

The Right Way to Trade It: Context First, Trigger Second

Momentum Gaps is not a “buy/sell button.” It’s a location engine. Your best results usually come from combining it with an execution tool—like Elev8+ Reversal triangles.

The rule

Momentum Gaps = location + context. Elev8+ Reversal = trigger. Prioritize reversal triangles or LS signals when they print inside an impulse zone, FVG, IFVG, or confluence zone.

Two High-Probability Playbooks (with Elev8+ Reversal)

1) “Retest → Rejection → Trigger” (the core playbook)

Step 1: A clean impulse/FVG/confluence zone prints.
Step 2: Price rotates away (confirms it mattered).
Step 3: Price re-enters the zone (this is the opportunity).
Step 4: Wait for rejection + an Elev8+ Reversal triangle.
Step 5: Define invalidation outside the zone, not “in the middle.”

Example 6: LS signal triggers inside a confluence zone

Elev8+ Reversal LS signal appears inside a confluence zone after re-entry — This is the cleanest workflow: use zones to choose where, then use the triangle or LS signal to choose when.

2) “IFVG flip → retest” (failed gap rotation)

Step 1: An FVG forms and is respected briefly.
Step 2: Price closes fully through it → it becomes an IFVG (purple).
Step 3: Price later revisits the IFVG area.
Step 4: Use rejection + an Elev8+ Reversal triangle for execution.

Example 7: IFVG flip + later retest with a reversal trigger

IFVG retest leading to reversal trigger — IFVGs are excellent “structure memory” zones. When price returns, watch for stall/rejection and then take the clean trigger.

Alerts (What You Can Automate or Monitor)

Momentum Gaps includes alert conditions so you can monitor structure without staring at the chart all day. Useful alerts include:

Impulse Created (new displacement candle)
Impulse Zone Re-Enter (price re-enters an impulse zone)
FVG Created (new bullish or bearish FVG)
FVG Re-Enter (price re-enters an active FVG)
IFVG Created (FVG closed through and flipped)
Confluence Created (impulse + FVG overlap prints)
Confluence Re-Enter (price re-enters a confluence zone)

Momentum Gaps Checklist (before you take a reversal)

• The zone is clear (impulse/FVG/IFVG/confluence), not “random space.”

• Price is re-entering the zone (you are not chasing the impulse candle).

• You see rejection (stall, wicks, failed continuation) at the zone boundary.

• Elev8+ Reversal triangle prints inside/at the edge of the zone.

• Invalidation is defined outside the zone (tight and logical).

• You’re not fading obvious acceptance/continuation behavior.

If you cannot define invalidation, you do not have a clean zone trade—only a guess.

Common Mistakes (and the Fix)

Mistake: Treating zones as auto-entries. Fix: zones are “where,” triangles are “when.”
Mistake: Chasing the impulse candle. Fix: wait for re-entry and rejection.
Mistake: Too many zones on chart. Fix: lower Max zones, use trend/strict modes, and keep IFVG extension OFF.
Mistake: No invalidation plan. Fix: define risk outside the zone boundary.

Want to see Momentum Gaps in action?

Use Momentum Gaps to mark the highest-quality displacement and imbalance zones, then use Elev8+ Reversal triangles as your execution trigger. This combination helps you trade from better locations with defined risk.

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Indicators and examples are for education only. Always define risk and trade only what fits your plan.