A filtered news feed for the US pre-market session. Earnings beats, guidance updates, M&A, FDA decisions, analyst rating changes — everything that lands between 04:00 ET and the open, surfaced with a single click on the PRE-MKT badge. The signal-rich slice of the morning, none of the after-hours noise.
Free on Basic · Pro adds custom window times, watchlist-only filtering, audio squawk, Telegram alerts
A representative slice of items that landed between 04:00 ET and the 09:30 ET open on a busy earnings morning. The PRE-MKT badge highlights every item inside the window — click the badge in the search bar and the rest of the feed dims.
The pre-market window concentrates the highest-quality catalysts of any 5-hour slice of the trading day. Here's what you get when you filter for it.
~70% of S&P 500 earnings releases hit between 04:00 and 09:00 ET — companies file 8-K Item 2.02 before the call. You see the press release and the guide before the market does.
Sell-side desks publish upgrade/downgrade notes between 05:00 and 07:30 ET — well before the cash open. Catching a downgrade at 05:30 can save you 5% on a 09:30 sell.
FDA approvals, AdCom votes, and CRLs publish during US business hours but most often before the open. Single-day moves of 50-300% on small-cap biotech are normal here.
Deals are announced pre-market to give the market a full session to digest. 8-K Item 1.01 filings — surfaced here in seconds.
CPI, PPI, NFP, retail sales — all 08:30 ET. The 1-minute reaction in equity futures sets the tone for the entire session.
Mid-quarter guidance updates (pre-announcements, profit warnings) tend to land between 06:30 and 08:30 ET to maximise distribution to overnight news desks.
Pre-market is a different beast from cash hours. Lower liquidity, wider spreads, gap setups instead of trends. Three workflow patterns that work consistently.
If you trade for a living and your day starts at 04:00 ET, the pre-market routine is the day. Three phases:
The PRE-MKT filter compresses all the pre-market noise into the signals you need to execute the routine. Without it, you're scrolling through 80% Asia/Europe news to find the 20% US catalysts.
Most edges in single-name day trading live in the first hour after the open. The cleanest setups are continuation or reversal of overnight gaps, where the gap is driven by an identifiable pre-market catalyst:
The catalyst quality determines the setup. The PRE-MKT filter is how you triage which catalyst you're looking at.
Most pre-market catalysts are single-name. But once a month, the catalyst is macro:
The PRE-MKT filter still shows you the macro print at 08:30 — but the trade context shifts from single names to index futures.
The PRE-MKT badge sits next to PRO, AFTER-HRS, SEC EDGAR, and the asset chips in the search bar. One click activates the filter — the feed dims everything outside 04:00–09:30 ET and items inside the window get a coloured PRE-MKT tag. Click again to deactivate. Combine with a watchlist filter to see only pre-market catalysts on your names. Pro: customise the window start to 02:00 ET (Asia handoff) or 06:00 ET (CME direction) under Settings → News Filter.
Pre-market liquidity is 5-20% of cash session liquidity. Spreads are wide. Some practical rules:
Some terminals run a separate "pre-market news" panel. Two reasons we built this as a filter on the main feed instead:
If you want pre-market data segregated, click the chip. If you want continuity, don't. Your choice every morning.
The PRE-MKT chip is exclusive on big chips but combines cleanly with small chips:
The combo is where the workflow speed comes from. PRE-MKT + watchlist + audio squawk (Pro) is the trader's morning room set up in 3 clicks.
A filtered view of the news terminal showing only items published between 04:00 and 09:30 ET. One click on the PRE-MKT chip activates the filter; the rest of the feed dims and items inside the window get a coloured tag.
More than 60% of overnight catalysts (earnings beats, guidance updates, M&A, FDA, analyst calls) hit the wires between 04:00 ET and 09:30 ET. Those catalysts drive the gap on open — and gaps are where the highest-R/R day trading setups live.
SEC EDGAR (8-K filings), PRNewswire, BusinessWire, GlobeNewswire, FDA press announcements, analyst rating changes from major desks, and breaking news from major US business wires.
SEC 8-K appears within seconds of EDGAR publishing. Press wires within 10-30 seconds. FDA approvals within seconds. The pre-market filter doesn't add latency — it's a visual gate on the same real-time feed.
Default is 04:00–09:30 ET. Pro users can adjust the start to 02:00 ET (Asia–Europe handoff) or 06:00 ET (CME futures direction) depending on workflow.
Yes — the PRE-MKT toggle is free on Basic with the standard news feed. Pro adds custom window times, watchlist-only filtering inside the window, audio squawk, and Telegram alerts.
The PRE-MKT badge is US-specific. For European pre-market (06:00–08:00 UK time) use the EUROPE chip. Asian pre-market has a similar treatment under the ASIA chip.