The markets gapped down and although they filled the gap eventually, it was a waste of a day until the last hour when things sold off. NASDAQ volume was a weak 3.8 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: +21.5 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 at A and worked:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A but too far out of range to take:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: