The markets gapped up and held, but it was a fairly flat session on 2.4 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: -12 ticks.

As usual, let’s start by taking a look at the ES and NQ with our market directional lines, VWAP, and Comber on the 5-minute chart from today’s session:

ES and NQ Opening and Institutional Range Plays:

ES Opening Range Play triggered short at A and stopped, triggered long at B and worked enough for a partial and almost worked huge:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and long at B, but both had too much risk to take under the rules:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: