The markets opened basically flat (a small 1 point gap in the ES that never filled) and were very dead and not in sync (at one point, NASDAQ was strong and ES weak, but then that flipped. NASDAQ volume closed at 1.6 billion shares. We ended up closing Opening Ranges plays after they took forever to move. See that and the ES section below.

Net ticks: +7 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 worked enough for a partial:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered long at A and I closed for 1 tick after everything took so long:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES:

Triggered long at A at 2113.00 and closed even in a dead market: