NQ Session Recap — Wednesday, July 29, 2026

NQ gapped down 4.00 points at the open on Wednesday, July 29, 2026 and settled at 27,335.50, −583.00 points (−2.09%) versus the prior regular-session close. The regular session traded a 782.00-point range between 27,317.50 and 28,099.50, closing near the session low.

Overnight trade ahead of the open ranged from 27,640.00 to 28,178.25. 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 457.25-point initial balance (09:30–10:30 ET, 27,538.75–27,996.00) and traded through both sides of it — a double-break session that punished one-directional assumptions.

Session volume totaled roughly 796,209 contracts across the trading day, with about 579,741 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.