We closed out the week and started the new month with a winning session in futures. See the ES section below. Markets gapped down and filled quickly. NASDAQ volume closed at 1.8 billion shares.

Net ticks: +6.5 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:

Triggered long at A at 1924.00, hit first target for 6 ticks, stopped second half for 7 ticks: