The markets gapped up, tried to pull back, and then went flat until a 10 minute push up after lunch and that was it on 1.7 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: -25.5 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 stopped, triggered short at B and worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and stopped over the midpoint, triggered long at B but too far out of range to take:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: