A boring session on light volume to start with the ES stuck in the Value Area, but we broke out and ran (on no volume) in the afternoon anyway and got a nice winner out of it for 40 ticks to the final exit. See ES section below. NASDAQ volume closed at 1.5 billion shares.

Net ticks: +23 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:

Triggered long at A at 1969, hit first target for 6 ticks, raised stop a few times and closed at 1979 for 40 ticks: