A gap and go session that was mostly a drift higher and showed very little excitement throughout. The NASDAQ was dead flat early after the gap, while the ES drifted higher, but then things flattened out over lunch and resumed the climb in the afternoon. NASDAQ volume closed at 1.7 billion shares. Felt exactly like one of the Core Eight Days of Earnings with another gap. None of our futures calls triggered.

Net ticks: +0 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: