NQ Session Recap — Monday, May 25, 2026

NQ gapped up 388.00 points at the open on Monday, May 25, 2026 and settled at 29,962.50, +410.00 points (+1.39%) versus the prior regular-session close. The regular session traded a 83.75-point range between 29,910.00 and 29,993.75, closing in the upper part of the range.

Overnight trade ahead of the open ranged from 29,676.25 to 29,995.00. The day session held inside the overnight range, which is worth logging if you track overnight-range behavior as part of your prep.

Price built a 54.00-point initial balance (09:30–10:30 ET, 29,939.75–29,993.75) and broke below it, extending about 55% of the IB range below the IB low at the furthest point.

This was a shortened session (42 five-minute bars), so range and volume comparisons against full sessions should be discounted. Session volume totaled roughly 125,064 contracts across the trading day, with about 42,324 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 free report engine computes exactly those statistics over the last 120 sessions — no signup required.