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ICT Alerts Today: NQ & ES & Gold Futures, Oct 20, 2026

3 real 5-minute ICT alerts from the Oct 20, 2026 session: bullish fair value gap retest on ES, bullish cisd + 70.5% retracement on Gold, bearish inverse fvg retest on NQ. Charts, times and how far price moved after each alert.

Alert 1: Bullish Fair Value Gap retest on ES at 9:45 AM ET

E-mini S&P 500 (ESZ6), 5 minute. Bullish Fair Value Gap 7,709.50 – 7,715.00. The alert fired at 9:45 AM New York time, when the candle closed. Within the next hour price moved 78.5 points up from 7,713.00, 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: Bullish CISD + 70.5% retracement on Gold at 10:05 AM ET

Gold futures (GCZ6), 5 minute. Bullish CISD · 70.5% at 4,140.33. The alert fired at 10:05 AM New York time, when the candle closed. Within the next hour price moved 34.75 points up from 4,140.10, the price when the alert fired.

A change in state of delivery (CISD): price closes through the open of the last run of candles against it, which often marks a turn. The alert fires when price then retraces to the 70.5% level of that move. CISD scanner

Alert 3: Bearish Inverse FVG retest on NQ at 11:20 AM ET

E-mini Nasdaq-100 (NQZ6), 5 minute. Bearish Inverse FVG 29,795.75 – 29,821.75. The alert fired at 11:20 AM New York time, when the candle closed. Within the next hour price moved 82.75 points down from 29,783.25, 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 10/20/2026, 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.