NQ Session Recap — Thursday, October 8, 2026

NQ gapped down 161.50 points at the open on Thursday, October 8, 2026 and settled at 30,976.25, −419.50 points (−1.34%) versus the prior regular-session close. The regular session traded a 577.75-point range between 30,792.00 and 31,369.75, closing in the lower part of the range.

Overnight trade ahead of the open ranged from 31,119.75 to 31,466.00. 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 213.50-point initial balance (09:30–10:30 ET, 31,156.25–31,369.75) and broke below it, extending about 171% of the IB range below the IB low at the furthest point.

Session volume totaled roughly 685,131 contracts across the trading day, with about 530,439 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.