A nice winner to start the week again. See the NQ section below.
Net ticks: +18.5 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:
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.
Mark’s call triggered long at A at 3157.50, hit first target for 6 ticks, and he adjusted the stop several times and stopped the final piece at 3173.00 at B for 31 of our ticks (half point):
