Nice session where our Opening Range plays worked early and also our main call. See ES section below. Markets gapped down, eventually filled the gap, basically closed flat, and all of it on 1.5 billion NASDAQ shares as we wait for the Fed on Wednesday.

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 worked:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play triggered short at A and worked:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play eventually triggered short at A but that was over lunch, didn’t work, the long worked later but also over lunch:

ES:

Triggered long at A at 2065.50 over the Pivot, hit first target for 6 ticks but didn’t reach up and fill the gap, stopped second half under the entry: