The opening range plays worked. The markets gapped up and did not fill and got stuck in the morning and into lunch but then pushed upward in the afternoon. NASDAQ volume closed at 1.7 billion shares.

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 and NQ Opening and Institutional Range Plays:

ES Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and didn’t work, triggered long at B and did:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: