The markets gapped up and headed lower on improved volume of 1.75 billion NASDAQ shares. Even though the second half of the day still wasn’t very interesting, we had some nice clean Opening Range plays.

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 worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and worked:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: