The markets gapped up and drifted down to fill and then drifted back up to the VWAP for the rest of the session on a weak 1.6 billion NASDAQ shares ahead of the long weekend.

Net ticks: +9.5 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 stopped, triggered short at B and worked enough for a partial:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and worked enough for a partial, triggered short at B and worked enough for a partial:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: