The markets gapped up, pushed a little higher, and that was most of the day. We closed inside the opening 5 minute candle on the ES on 6.5 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: +4 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 but too far out of range to take, triggered long at B and worked enough for a partial:

NQ Opening Range Play. triggers were out of range:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: