The markets gapped down and went flat for the first hour, then reached up to fill, then came back to the opening level and closed there in another boring session on 1.8 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: -30 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 stopped, triggered short at B and stopped:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A but too far out of range to take under the rules:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: