NQ Session Recap — Thursday, April 30, 2026

NQ gapped up 154.00 points at the open on Thursday, April 30, 2026 and settled at 27,577.50, +240.25 points (+0.88%) versus the prior regular-session close. The regular session traded a 458.75-point range between 27,163.25 and 27,622.00, closing near the session high.

Overnight trade ahead of the open ranged from 27,185.25 to 27,622.75. The day session took out the overnight low, which is worth logging if you track overnight-range behavior as part of your prep.

Price built a 328.25-point initial balance (09:30–10:30 ET, 27,163.25–27,491.50) and broke above it, extending about 40% of the IB range above the IB high at the furthest point.

Session volume totaled roughly 688,492 contracts across the trading day, with about 461,140 traded during regular hours.

One session is a data point, not a pattern. The way to use a day like this is to compare it against the distribution: how often NQ breaks its initial balance in this direction, what range expansion typically follows, and how similar sessions resolved. Profitabul's paid report engine computes exactly those statistics over historical sessions.