The markets gapped up, tried to go higher for 15 minutes, and then sold off sharply all day on 3.4 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: +12.5 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, triggered short at B and worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked but too far out of range (just by a tick or 2, you really should have taken it, but we didn’t count it), triggered, short at B but too far out of range:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: