The markets gapped up on NFLX earnings and others and then literally flatlined the whole day on 1.6 billion NASDAQ shares. We had a tiny winner in the calls and the Opening Range plays didn’t do anything for once. The Institutional Range Plays did work. See ES section below.

Net ticks: +2 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 both ways and didn’t work:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered both ways and didn’t work:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play triggered long and worked:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play triggered long and worked:

ES:

My call triggered long at 2115.25 at A and after more than an hour of not hitting the first target or the stop, I closed it for 2 ticks: