The markets gapped up, did nothing for over an hour, pulled back quickly on some comments by the Fed Chair to basically fill the gap, then bounced a bit and went flat for almost 5 hours on 4.6 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 triggered short at A but too far out of range to take:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A but too far out of range to take, triggered long at B, same gig:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: