With Wednesday’s options unravel behind us, Thursday was dead. I was expecting slow, but this was crazy. The ES literally never touched a level. Look at the ES market directional chart to see how bad it was. The Opening Range plays were mixed. Nothing 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 and NQ Opening and Institutional Range Plays:

ES Opening Range Play triggered short at A and didn’t work, triggered long at B and did:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and didn’t work, triggered long at B and did:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: