NQ Session Recap — Tuesday, August 25, 2026

NQ gapped up 198.00 points at the open on Tuesday, August 25, 2026 and settled at 29,270.50, +171.50 points (+0.59%) versus the prior regular-session close. The regular session traded a 276.75-point range between 29,138.00 and 29,414.75, closing around the middle of the range.

Overnight trade ahead of the open ranged from 29,017.00 to 29,425.75. 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 205.50-point initial balance (09:30–10:30 ET, 29,209.25–29,414.75) and broke below it, extending about 35% of the IB range below the IB low at the furthest point.

Session volume totaled roughly 480,549 contracts across the trading day, with about 346,276 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.