ICT overlay · NQ / ES futures
A live ICT trading overlay for NQ & ES — without the manual drawing.
First Floor Trading renders the ICT concepts you already trade — fair value gaps, liquidity sweeps, market structure shifts, Asia range and session high/low — directly on a streaming candlestick chart. Nothing to mark by hand at the open.
FVGs are drawn the moment they print and stay on the chart until they mitigate. Filtered to the active timeframe so HTF charts stay clean.
Asia and prior-session highs/lows are tracked in real time. A sweep + market structure shift inside a premium/discount zone is the engine's primary entry trigger.
Pivot-based S/R and institutional supply/demand zones are layered on top of the price action — selectable per timeframe so you can stack 5m, 15m and 1h context.
Asia, London and New York sessions are weighted independently. Asia range becomes T1, NY 8AM opening range is tracked from the bell, and the chart highlights the active window.
Higher-timeframe trend gates entries. The overlay won't suggest counter-trend setups during a strong NY trend day — it waits for alignment.
When a position is open, the entry, stop and target lines stay pinned to the chart until the position is closed, regardless of timeframe changes.
How the ICT overlay fits the rest of the engine
ICT structure is one input. The engine pairs it with a futures order-flow layer (CVD, delta, VPOC magnets) and a session/news filter before a signal is promoted to ENTER. That's how a sweep on the 5-minute becomes an actionable bias instead of a screenshot.
For Topstep traders specifically, the Topstep API setup guide walks through connecting an Eval or Funded account so the overlay can read live NQ/ES price feeds.
Frequently asked
What is an ICT trading overlay?
A live chart layer that marks Inner Circle Trader concepts — fair value gaps, liquidity, market structure shifts, premium/discount — so a trader doesn't redraw them every session.
Does it execute trades?
Optional. The chart and signals work standalone. Automation only fires when ICT structure, order flow, and a session filter align inside Topstep risk caps.
Which symbols are supported?
ES, NQ, MES and MNQ index futures. Micros and minis share the same engine; sizing is auto-tiered.
Decision-support instrument. Not financial advice. Futures trading involves substantial risk of loss.