We identified that volume was extremely light very early and backed off on most calls. The NQ setup was nice but was really designed for the morning when we were playing with the UBreak level, eventually triggered long in the afternoon. See that section below.
Net ticks: -7 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:
NQ:
Just a reminder that we use half points for ticks on the NQ and not the quarter point measurement that the exchanges switched to in recent years. This allows us to use 6 ticks as a key target as we do on the other contracts. It also keeps the value of a tick at $10, closer to the value of a tick on the other contracts.
Set the UBreak early, but the trade ended up triggering in the afternoon and A and stopping:
