If you trade fair value gaps on major pairs, you know the pattern: price moves away from an imbalance, returns to fill the gap, and continue

If you trade fair value gaps on major pairs, you know the pattern: price moves away from an imbalance, returns to fill the gap, and continues in the original direction. It is one of the most reliable setups in ICT-style trading. But when you apply the same logic to exotic pairs like USD/ZAR or USD/MXN, something strange happens - the gaps do not fill, or they fill differently than expected.As of June 2026, more traders are exploring exotic pairs for the alpha that majors no longer provide. But FVG-based strategies that work on EUR/USD need fundamental rethinking for the exotic...