The markets opened flat and didn’t do much for the first 30 minutes on better volume. then headed up a little but topped out ahead of lunch and came back on 1.7 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: +13 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 long at A and worked enough for a partial:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: