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Opening Gaps: ICT for Futures Explained

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Opening Gaps — NWOG & NDOG. When a new week or new day opens away from the prior close, it leaves a gap: the N W O G or N D O G.

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This lesson lives in the Stack step of the Confluence Method, where you confirm a key level and price action and structure before a setup qualifies as a trade.

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Full transcript

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0:00Welcome back. Opening gaps — the levels left by the clock, not the candles. When a new week or new day opens away from the prior close, it leaves a gap: the N W O G or N D O G. That gap acts as support and resistance and as a magnet, because the algorithm wants to deliver price back into it. These overlooked levels are some of the cleanest on the chart.

0:22The gap between sessions is both a magnet and a support-resistance zone.