NQ Session Recap — Wednesday, September 23, 2026

NQ gapped down 22.75 points at the open on Wednesday, September 23, 2026 and settled at 30,770.25, −259.00 points (−0.83%) versus the prior regular-session close. The regular session traded a 370.25-point range between 30,642.75 and 31,013.00, closing in the lower part of the range.

Overnight trade ahead of the open ranged from 30,910.75 to 31,094.75. 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 370.25-point initial balance (09:30–10:30 ET, 30,642.75–31,013.00) and stayed inside it for the rest of the session — a rarer inside-IB day.

Session volume totaled roughly 525,428 contracts across the trading day, with about 418,759 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.