Pretty much as expected on a Friday heading into the long weekend. We couldn’t even fill the small gaps. NASDAQ volume looked OK early but closed at 1.6 billion shares.

Net ticks: +2.5 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 didn’t work:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play triggered long at A and worked enough for a partial:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play triggered short at A and didn’t work:


ES:

Triggered short at A at 2084.50, hit first target for 6 ticks, closed second half over the entry: