Markets gapped up and went dead flat, which is normal for options expiration, 2.5 billion NASDAQ shares. Waste of a day.

Net ticks: -18 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 and stopped, although we closed it sooner than the rules in the Lab:

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

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: