Volume was much better early, although it really drifted off in the second half and only closed at 1.6 billion shares on the NASDAQ. We had a winner on the ES, see that below.
Net ticks: +3 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:
Triggered long at A at 1617.75, hit the first target for 6 ticks but didn’t get through so not everyone would have been filled. Because we had the gap below and were stalling out at R2, I closed at 1618.50. There was also a nice setup falling back under UBreak for the gap fill: