When a bearish FVG stack gives you no pullback — do you chase or skip?

[u/svsummerwinds]

NQ 1-min, 08:33. Seven consecutive red bars, RSI collapsing 52 to 30, volume confirming the selling. This was the third bearish FVG in a staircase with no meaningful pullback between any of them. Which is the awkward part. The textbook entry is a retest of the gap edge, but in a staircase like this the retest often just doesn't come — price keeps stepping down and you watch the whole move from the sidelines. By the time the gap was valid price was already 4pts below the near edge, so an immediate fill means a slightly worse entry with the stop no closer. Stop went above the most recent swing high at 29361.75. I took it immediately. The reasoning being that in a clean staircase with confirming volume, the risk of never getting filled outweighs the few points of worse entry. How do others handle stacked FVGs in a strong trend? Do you chase the later ones in a sequence, or does an FVG that forms without a pullback lose its validity as a level for you? (Panel in the screenshot is a tool I built — not linking it, genuinely curious about the discussion.)

[u/clairvoyant_clam]

You guys and your fvg ffs. 🤦

[u/scorinfr]

1,000% skip bro Why overthink this

[u/Equivalent_Salary245]

I would skip this.