The markets opened with a small gap down that never filled, went lower for an hour and that was it for the day on a summer Friday on 2.2 billion NASDAQ shares.

Net ticks: -42 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 stopped:

NQ Opening Range Play triggered short at A and stopped:

ES Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

NQ Tradesight Institutional Range Play:

ES: