NQ Session Recap — Friday, October 9, 2026

NQ gapped up 190.75 points at the open on Friday, October 9, 2026 and settled at 31,112.25, +136.00 points (+0.44%) versus the prior regular-session close. The regular session traded a 189.00-point range between 30,991.00 and 31,180.00, closing in the upper part of the range.

Overnight trade ahead of the open ranged from 30,953.00 to 31,266.50. 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 189.00-point initial balance (09:30–10:30 ET, 30,991.00–31,180.00) and stayed inside it for the rest of the session — a rarer inside-IB day.

Session volume totaled roughly 478,115 contracts across the trading day, with about 331,241 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.