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Pre-Market Movers Scanner
The opening bell universe starts forming at 4am ET. Earnings, FDA news, partnership announcements, macro-catalyst reactions — all show up in pre-market trade. This scanner surfaces the names with real pre-market activity (not just one halted print) so you're watching 5-10 tickers at 9:29, not 500.
Triggers for PRE market movers
Triggers for pre-market movers
- Pre-market price change > 2% (configurable)
- Pre-market volume > 50K shares (configurable — filters single-print noise)
- News / earnings flag where available
- Sorted by pre-market RVOL for biggest anomalies first
Top tickers right now
Top tickers right now
As of 2026-10-14 21:46 UTC · cached 30s · delayed 15 min
| SYMBOL | PRICE | %CHG | VOL | RVOL | SECTOR |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| AEHL | $14.89 | +74.15% | 12.8M | 190.1x | |
| GLND | $3.61 | +63.35% | 172.9M | 20.7x | |
| GENK | $1.74 | +20.01% | 56.7M | 2786.7x | |
| GRML | $6.42 | +15.88% | 27.6M | 5.7x | |
| LQDA | $33.74 | +25.85% | 21.1M | 2.4x | |
| BSP | $52.96 | +39.88% | 19.6M | 5.9x | |
| NCPL | $2.18 | +56.92% | 29.2M | 2.3x | |
| MXCT | $1.26 | +30.66% | 12.6M | 39.1x | |
| TCRT | $2.15 | -29.04% | 68.3M | 155.4x | |
| TC | $1.86 | +45.31% | 36.1M | 3001.0x | |
| FFAI | $1.04 | -6.31% | 64.1M | 21.4x | |
| VSTM | $7.82 | +4.90% | 33.8M | 11.9x | |
| SOXS | $43.04 | +15.03% | 87.6M | 1.2x | |
| RCON | $1.01 | -0.98% | 459.4K | 2.0x | |
| BORR | $4.74 | -1.25% | 10.8M | 1.2x | |
| CRML | $6.23 | -4.74% | 8.0M | 1.6x | |
| CAMT | $132.00 | -7.55% | 1.9M | 4.4x | |
| VIR | $10.54 | -0.66% | 2.8M | 1.2x | |
| TDIC | $2.02 | +23.93% | 26.5M | 299.0x | |
| GFS | $49.30 | +5.57% | 13.7M | 3.1x |
Editorial notes
Editorial notes
When it earns its keep
When this preset earns its keep
Morning prep. Every day-trading routine starts with 'what gapped overnight, what's moving pre-market, what's the catalyst.' This scanner compresses that research into a single streamed table instead of four browser tabs.
How Tapeboard runs it
How Tapeboard runs this scanner
- Streaming updates, rows update continuously, not a 10-second refresh delay. Free tier runs on standard 15-minute delayed data; real-time on the free Pro trial and Pro.
- Click-through to full research: chart + 50 indicators, L2 book, time & sales, SEC filings, insider transactions, and news recency on every row.
- Paper-trading simulator (Pro tier), size the setup against L2-book-walked sim fills before risking capital.
- AI research briefings summarize news and filings behind a ticker without opening six tabs.
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The trading day starts at 4 AM ET, not 9:30. Earnings drop after the closing bell, FDA news prints overnight, partnership announcements hit before sunrise, and macro reactions to international sessions show up in pre-market trade hours before retail brokerages even open. The pre-market movers scanner is the tool that compresses that overnight news flow into a single watchlist instead of four browser tabs and a Twitter feed.
What we filter on. Pre-market price change above 2% with configurable threshold, pre-market volume above 50,000 shares to filter out single-print noise, sorted by pre-market RVOL so the biggest anomalies surface first. News and earnings flags layer on top where the data is available. The 50,000-share floor is what separates a real pre-market mover from a stock with one thinly-traded print at a wide spread.
Why pre-market matters. Two reasons. First, the catalyst-to-price reaction window is most informative in pre-market because volume is thin and the tape is reactive. A stock that gaps 8% on 200,000 shares of pre-market volume tells you exactly how the market is reading the catalyst. Second, pre-market action sets the stage for the opening bell. The gap-and-go setup, the failed-gap short, the morning-reversal trade all key off pre-market price levels.
How traders use this. Run the scanner at 7 AM ET to see what gapped overnight. Re-run at 9 AM ET to catch names that started moving on the European session reaction. Cross-check against the gap-and-go scanner to identify names that satisfy both criteria. Names that show up in both feeds are higher-conviction opening-bell setups.
Common pre-market catalysts: earnings released after-hours the prior session, overnight FDA panel decisions, geopolitical headlines that hit during Tokyo or London hours, macro releases scheduled for 8:30 ET that move sector ETFs in pre-market, M&A leaks, and crypto-sector news that breaks 24/7.
Pre-market is also where overnight Blue Ocean ATS prints get promoted into the standard pre-market session at 4 AM. Tapeboard runs a dedicated bridge for that handoff so the tape stays continuous.
By Marcus Reilly, Editor.