The markets opened flat and didn’t do much (as expected) despite a few stocks trading heavy volume from earnings. The Opening Range plays lost one direction and worked the other. NASDAQ volume was 1.8 billion shares.

Net ticks: -2 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:

The markets opened flat and didn’t do much (as expected) despite a few stocks trading heavy volume from earnings. The Opening Range plays lost one direction and worked the other. NASDAQ volume was 1.8 billion shares.

Net ticks: -2 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: