The markets gapped up, filled, turned up, held for a bit, then sold off until lunch. The rest of the day (again) was just a drift back higher to the midpoint or a little more. NASDAQ volume was only 1.8 billion shares.

Net ticks: +4.5 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 and NQ Opening and Institutional Range Plays:

ES Opening Range Play triggered short at A and stopped, triggered long at B and worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A way too far out of range to take, triggered long at B and worked:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: