NQ Session Recap — Thursday, June 25, 2026

NQ gapped up 639.00 points at the open on Thursday, June 25, 2026 and settled at 29,748.75, +234.50 points (+0.79%) versus the prior regular-session close. The regular session traded a 897.25-point range between 29,295.75 and 30,193.00, closing around the middle of the range.

Overnight trade ahead of the open ranged from 29,924.50 to 30,263.75. 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 897.25-point initial balance (09:30–10:30 ET, 29,295.75–30,193.00) and stayed inside it for the rest of the session — a rarer inside-IB day.

Session volume totaled roughly 616,416 contracts across the trading day, with about 468,906 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.