The market gapped up and barely touched any levels today. See the Opening Range plays and ES below for some obvious setups. NASDAQ volume closed at 1.6 billion shares, a small uptick from what we have been seeing.

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 enough for a partial:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and stopped:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES:

Nice setup over lunch, set the R2 level at A and triggered at B: