The markets gapped up, pushed a little higher, then rolled over and gave us a perfect Value Area/Gap Fill play and that was the range for the session on 1.7 billion NASDAQ 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 short by a tick at A and stopped, triggered long at B and worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and worked:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES:

Triggered long at A at 1991.00 and stopped for 7 ticks. Triggered short at B at 1975.25, hit first target for 6 ticks, and stopped second half 19 ticks in the money after we filled the gap and crossed the Value Area: