The markets gapped up, pulled back a bit, then came back to just over the open and went flat for the rest of the session on 1.6 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: -18 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 but too much risk to take, triggered short at B and stopped:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A but too much risk to take:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: