The markets gapped down, bounced to fill the NQ gap but not the ES in the first hour or so, and then dropped until the end of lunch, where things rebounded a bit to the VWAP on 3.2 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: -33 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 short at B, both stopped under the midpoint:

NQ Opening Range Play:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: