Silver Bullet
Also known as: ICT silver bullet, silver bullet setup, one-hour FVG entry, 10-11 window
What is it?
The Silver Bullet is a one-hour entry model: inside a fixed 60-minute window you wait for price to displace in one direction, leave a fair value gap behind, and then enter on the pullback into that gap. The best-known window runs from 10:00 to 11:00 New York time. Suppose EUR/USD is at 1.0842 when it opens.
The 10:15 displacement left a gap at 1.0849-1.0858; the retrace into it was the entry, the 1.0838 low the invalidation, and the 1.0888 old high the target.
At 10:15 price displaces upward, and the three candles around that move leave a gap between 1.0849 and 1.0858 that price skipped over. The entry is the retracement back into 1.0849-1.0858, the stop sits below the 1.0838 low the move started from, and the target is the buy-side liquidity resting at the 1.0888 old high. Window, displacement, gap, entry - that is the entire model.
Its appeal is that every component is defined before the hour starts, which removes the improvisation that costs most traders money. Its constraint is the same thing: if the displacement never comes there is no trade, and taking one outside the window is no longer this model. Like every entry model it fails regularly, and your capital is at risk on each attempt.
Why it matters: It compresses an entire trading plan into one hour with a pre-defined entry, stop and target, so you either get a setup by 11:00 or you are done.
It governs entries inside a single hour, so it shapes when and where you enter rather than how much of your account is exposed.
Real-world example
EUR/USD displaced upward at 10:15 New York time leaving a gap at 1.0849-1.0858; price retraced into it at 1.0853 and continued to the 1.0888 old high.
How SignalBots handles it
SignalBots' session filter can restrict a bot to a single hour, so a window-bound model like this one runs only when you intend it to instead of firing at 03:00. See /risk-warning.
Pro tip
Set the target on liquidity you can point at - an old high or low - rather than a fixed pip count, since the model's whole logic is that price is travelling to that level.
Common pitfalls
Treating any pullback inside the hour as the entry. The model needs a real displacement that leaves a gap; a slow drift up leaves nothing to enter into.
Frequently asked questions
What time is the Silver Bullet window?
Three windows are commonly used, all in New York time: 03:00-04:00 during London, 10:00-11:00 in the New York morning, and 14:00-15:00 in the afternoon. The 10:00-11:00 window is the one most traders mean by the name.
What if no fair value gap forms in the hour?
Then there is no trade. The gap is the entry mechanism, not an optional confirmation, and forcing an entry without one turns a defined model back into a discretionary guess.
Where does the stop go?
Below the swing low that started the displacement for a long, or above the swing high for a short. That level is what invalidates the move the gap came from, so it is the natural place for risk to sit.
How many Silver Bullet trades are there per day?
Usually zero or one per window, which is the point - the model is designed to produce few, well-defined opportunities. Hunting for a second entry after the first has played out is outside the model.
Does it work on indices and crypto?
The structure of the model transfers, but the windows are anchored to New York session behaviour. On instruments with different active hours you would need to test which hour actually carries the displacement before relying on it.
Trading involves substantial risk of loss. Historical and backtested results do not guarantee future performance. Read the full risk warning.
