Light volume for the US bank Holiday as expected. The first 2 hours were dead flat, and then the market drifted up to fill the gap. NASDAQ volume closed at 1.35 billion shares, and we had a small winner on the ES. See that section below. We ended up covering average daily range and more despite all of that.
Net ticks: +2.5 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:
Mark’s call triggered long at A at 1690.00, hit first target for 6 ticks, and stopped second half under the entry. Unfortunately, the actual move to fill the gap didn’t come until lunch:
