ES Session Recap — Thursday, August 20, 2026

ES gapped down 33.25 points at the open on Thursday, August 20, 2026 and settled at 7,665.25, −66.00 points (−0.85%) versus the prior regular-session close. The regular session traded a 61.00-point range between 7,659.00 and 7,720.00, closing near the session low.

Overnight trade ahead of the open ranged from 7,680.25 to 7,746.50. 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 24.50-point initial balance (09:30–10:30 ET, 7,691.75–7,716.25) and traded through both sides of it — a double-break session that punished one-directional assumptions.

Session volume totaled roughly 1,383,422 contracts across the trading day, with about 1,087,128 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 ES 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.