The markets gapped down and filled quickly, giving us nice opening range plays, and then volume dropped off sharply for Friday. NASDAQ volume closed at 1.5 billion shares.

Net ticks: +37 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 long at A and worked great:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked great:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: