The markets gapped up small, came back and filled, and went a little lower for options expiration Friday on 1.5 billion NASDAQ shares, which is horrible for expiration.
Net ticks: +9 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 stopped, triggered short at B and worked (after an hour):
NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked enough for a partial, triggered short at B and worked enough for a partial:
ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:
ES:
