We had a big gap up and then a little push early with a winning ES trade and then things went flat for the rest of the session, which isn’t uncommon on the first day of a new options cycle.
Net ticks: +6.5 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 1373.75, hit first target for 6 ticks, and after raising the stop, stopped the second half 7 ticks in the money: