Neither trade call triggered as the markets gapped up, drifted higher, but never covered half of average daily range on 1.27 billion NASDAQ shares. See charts below. Not good for the rest of the week.

Net ticks: +0 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: