The markets opened flat again and stayed flat for the first hour, then started moving up and gave us what apparently was options unraveling for December on a Thursday. At least we got that, but it wasn’t a very exciting session on 2.4 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: +12.5 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:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: