Mega-cap tech reports after the close — and their guidance drives index futures into the overnight, setting the next morning's open across the entire equity complex. One click on AFTER-HRS surfaces every 8-K Item 2.02 and press release filed inside the post-close window. The highest-leverage 4 hours of every earnings season.
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A representative slice of items that landed between 16:00 ET and 20:00 ET on a major reporting day. The AFTER-HRS badge tags every item inside the window — click the badge in the search bar and the rest of the feed dims.
The post-close window concentrates the highest-stakes reports of the entire week. Index-moving guidance, sympathy moves across sectors, and the setup for tomorrow's gap all live here.
AAPL · NVDA · MSFT · GOOGL · META · AMZN · TSLA — the seven names that drive the index — all report after the close. Their guidance moves NQ futures by 1-3% routinely.
NVDA, AMD, AVGO, MRVL, AMAT, LRCX all report AH. One semi beat or miss creates a full sympathy wave across the sector by 17:30 ET.
NOW, PANW, CRWD, SNOW, ADBE, ORCL, CRM all report AH. Net retention, ARR growth, and FY guides drive the entire SaaS complex overnight.
The earnings call starts at 17:00 ET typically. Wires inside the call (CEO commentary, CFO Q&A) come through the AFTER-HRS filter live — not just the 8-K release.
NQ and ES futures react to AH earnings continuously from 16:00 to 20:00 ET. The cumulative move sets the next morning's gap.
Pro: Telegram + webhook alerts the second an 8-K Item 2.02 hits for any watchlist ticker. Beat the wire scrolls.
After-hours has even thinner liquidity than pre-market, but the catalysts are larger. Three patterns that survive the slippage.
When NVDA's 8-K Item 2.02 hits at 16:01 ET, the AH price moves 2-8% in the first 30 seconds. The first-print reaction is everyone in the world reading the same press release and front-running consensus expectations.
Most retail traders shouldn't trade this 30-second window. The liquidity is dominated by sell-side market makers and HFT, the spreads are wide (often 0.5-2% on mega-caps), and a market order will fill 1-3% off the wire price. If you must participate, use limit orders priced inside the spread, half size, with a hard mental stop at -1.5% from entry.
The better trade is the second move — the 17:00 ET conference call commentary.
The earnings 8-K gives you the numbers. The conference call gives you the context that moves the second leg of the AH price action:
The AFTER-HRS filter shows you the call wires as they happen — major newswires push CEO/CFO quotes within seconds. That's the second-leg trade window.
When NVDA reports a strong beat at 16:01 ET, AVGO, AMD, AMAT, LRCX, MRVL all move 2-4% in sympathy without any company-specific news on them. The sympathy trade is taking a position in the second-tier name before the move is complete, on the assumption that the leader's print confirms the sector setup.
Risk: sympathy moves often fade overnight if the leader's call commentary tempers the initial reaction. Manage by sizing smaller, setting stops at the pre-print base, and exiting before the next morning's open rather than holding through.
The AH price at 20:00 ET is the market's first attempt to price the news. The 04:00 ET pre-market price is the second attempt after Asia and Europe have weighed in. The 09:30 ET cash open is the consensus.
If NVDA settles +6% at 20:00 ET, it doesn't mean NVDA gaps +6% on the open. The path can be:
The AFTER-HRS filter doesn't predict which path you'll get — but it shows you the full sequence of wires from 16:00 through 20:00, which lets you read the pressure direction (positive incremental commentary = continuation likely; cautious Q&A = fade likely).
The AFTER-HRS badge sits next to PRO, PRE-MKT, SEC EDGAR, and the asset chips in the search bar. One click activates the filter — the feed dims everything outside 16:00–20:00 ET and items inside get a green AFTER-HRS tag. Click any earnings 8-K item to open the company detail modal; from there you can request the AI 5-bullet summary on the new quarter (uses the 8-K press release as source). Pro: extend the window to 22:00 ET to capture late call wires under Settings → News Filter.
After-hours liquidity is roughly half of pre-market liquidity, which is already a fifth of cash hours. Practical implications:
You can predict which names report AH from any earnings calendar — most calendars show BMO (before market open) or AMC (after market close) per company. The AFTER-HRS filter is for the actual print, not the prediction. Combine the two:
The AFTER-HRS chip combines with small chips for high-precision filtering:
A filtered news feed for the 16:00–20:00 ET window. One click on the AFTER-HRS chip surfaces only earnings releases, guidance updates, and conference call highlights filed inside the window. Applies to SEC 8-K Item 2.02 and post-close press wires.
AAPL, NVDA, MSFT, GOOGL, META, AMZN, TSLA — the seven names driving the index — all report after the close. Their guidance moves NQ futures into the overnight, which sets the next morning's open across the entire equity complex.
Mega-cap tech almost always reports after the close. Most semiconductor names. Most software names. The retail/consumer names (WMT, HD, TGT) lean pre-market.
SEC 8-K appears within 5-15 seconds of EDGAR publishing. Press wires within 10-30 seconds. The AFTER-HRS filter doesn't add latency — it's a visual gate on the same real-time feed.
When an 8-K Item 2.02 hits at 16:08 ET, click the ticker to open the company detail modal and request the AI 5-bullet summary. The summary uses the 8-K press release as source. You get the synthesised view of the print within seconds of it hitting.
Yes — AFTER-HRS toggle is free on Basic with the standard news feed. Pro adds custom window times, watchlist-only filtering, audio squawk, and Telegram alerts.
Pro users can extend to 22:00 ET to capture late conference call wires. The default 20:00 cutoff matches the official extended-hours close.