The market gapped down, filled, then went basically flat and closed slightly green with a late push on 4.2 billion NASDAQ shares for an expiration Friday.

Net ticks: -14 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 stopped out under the midpoint, triggered short at B but too far out of range to take:

NQ Opening Range Play triggers were too far out of range to take:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: