A flat opening and a back and forth day with market direction changing 7 times. NASDAQ volume was 1.7 billion shares. Opening range plays both worked, as did the main call. See ES section below.

Net ticks: +16 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 a full 25 minutes into the market and worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and worked:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES:

My call triggered short at A at 1997.25 going into the Value Area, hit first target for 6 ticks, and stopped second half over the entry: