The markets gapped up and kept going, running for about another hour and giving us some nice winners before flattening out ahead of lunch for the rest of the day. NASDAQ volume was strong early but only 1.7 billion at the close. Huge Opening Range play winners for the session.

Net ticks: +39.5 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 huge:

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

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: