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ICT Alerts Today: NQ & ES Futures, Oct 12, 2026

3 real 5-minute ICT alerts from the Oct 12, 2026 session: bearish fair value gap retest on NQ, bearish liquidity sweep on NQ, bearish inverse fvg retest on ES. Charts, times and how far price moved after each alert.

Alert 1: Bearish Fair Value Gap retest on NQ at 10:20 AM ET

E-mini Nasdaq-100 (NQZ6), 5 minute. Bearish Fair Value Gap 30,903.00 – 30,945.00. The alert fired at 10:20 AM New York time, when the candle closed. Within the next hour price moved 67.75 points down from 30,925.00, the price when the alert fired.

A fair value gap: a three-candle imbalance where the first and third candles do not overlap. The alert fires when price comes back into the gap. Fair value gap scanner

Alert 2: Bearish Liquidity sweep on NQ at 12:00 PM ET

E-mini Nasdaq-100 (NQZ6), 5 minute. Previous 1H high swept 30,974.50. The alert fired at 12:00 PM New York time, when the candle closed. Within the next hour price moved 78.75 points down from 30,957.00, the price when the alert fired.

A liquidity sweep: price runs past a prior high or low, where stops sit, and closes back inside. Liquidity sweep scanner

Alert 3: Bearish Inverse FVG retest on ES at 12:35 PM ET

E-mini S&P 500 (ESZ6), 5 minute. Bearish Inverse FVG 7,859.50 – 7,860.50. The alert fired at 12:35 PM New York time, when the candle closed. Within the next hour price moved 9.25 points down from 7,858.75, the price when the alert fired.

An inverse fair value gap: a gap that price closed through, so it flips sides. A bullish iFVG was a bearish gap that is now support; the alert fires on the first retest. Inverse FVG scanner

Real alerts from 10/12/2026, selected examples. Not every alert works. Moves shown are the largest move in the alert direction within 1 hour, not trade results. Not financial advice. Futures trading carries substantial risk of loss.