A dull session as the hurricane closes in on Florida. Probably will remain like this for the rest of the week with so many people having other real issues to worry about. Markets gapped up and drifted higher but didn’t even trade half of average daily range. NASDAQ volume was 1.6 billion shares.

Net ticks: +2.5 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 long at A and eventually worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and eventually worked:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES:

My call triggered short at A at 2151.00, missed first target by a tick, and stopped for 7 ticks: