General market news. Not investment advice.
Start here if the premarket is new. One topic per guide. The daily notes are separate.
How the US premarket works
The hours before the 9:30 ET open, and what a print there is not.
Gap types before the open
The space between the prior close and the premarket print.
Float and short interest
Two share counts, and the page each one has to come from.
What a trading halt does
Prints stop. The notice names the reason. Rumors do not.
Dilution and offerings
New shares, the prospectus, and the three lines that matter.
How to read an 8-K
The item number is the map. The exhibit is the document.
Premarket volume
Shares that changed hands before the open, and what a big number is not.
The risk before the open
Halts, dilution, thin prints, and a record that keeps the misses.