The markets gapped up, sold off hard, and then went flat for the last four hours on 3.6 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: +24 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 worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A but too far out of range to take:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES:

My call triggered short at A at 2900.75, hit first target for 8 ticks, stopped second half in the money at 2895.25: