A gap and go day to the downside as the markets gapped down big and didn’t do much for 90 minutes, then drifted lower ahead of lunch, and that was it for the day on 3.7 billion NASDAQ 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 both triggers were slightly too far out of range to take under the rules:

NQ Opening Range Play, same issue:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: