PREMARKET--------- 
Not even Sykes nor Bohen nor other millionaire traders trade PREMARKET due to it's risk, so.
(i am typically not awake and alert at this point.
stock's move quickly / highly volatile at market open where it matters most / my stats show i perform poorly in premarket, generally speaking).
Too risky to play due to LARGE DROPS IN PRICE, THUS MAKING IT HARD TO CALL THE BOTTOM ON A DIP BUY, ESPECIALLY if the stock is having an OFFERING. I am not adept to reading SEC filings to the extent of researching and identifying SEC Filings disclosing OFFERING/Dilution/ATM/Financing information.


PRE-MARKET BREAKOUT
Premarket trading comes with significant risk. It’s not great for new traders. I’ve been trading for 20+ years, and I rarely trade premarket. Premarket is the time when you build your trading plans. When the market opens, you’re ready to rock. -SYKES
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CRITERIA (for A+ setup of the pattern)

During PREMARKET, When a stock is GAPPING UP, ask: what is the reason it's moving up? what is the volume looking like?

  1. >5% gainer and <100% gain (you don't want the stock to be over-extended).
  2. news catalyst (ideally: merger news; earnings winner; contract winner; funding news)
  3. premarket volume (at least 100k; or trading >10x more than it's AVG 60-day VOLUME).
  4. ≥2x float rotation (means buyers are willing to pay any price; i.e. there is interest).
  5. low float (less than <10m float | the lower the float, the better) <---VERY IMPORTANT
  6. focus on MULTI-DAY RUNNER stocks (for premarket squeezes/spikes; why? there's PROOF that these stocks can spike big again and soon). A stock can run for days but usually fails once!
  7. the stock should be a former runner (spiked over 100% within past year).
  8. <100m market cap (the lower the better; >200m makes it harder for stock to spike >60%) <----VERY IMPORTANT
  9. no heavy resistance (less than <20m volume at historic resistance levels, going 6-months back)...if there's heavy resistance, SELL before the stock reaches/hits the heavy resistance level.
  10. clean chart (no 3-5 year hard resistance nearby the breakout level).
  11. hot sector (or is a SYMPATHY play/part of a hot market theme; a BIOTECH is great)
  12. it is MONDAY (or if its FRIDAY, short-squeeze spikes are liable to occur as well).
  13. the stock must have decent CONSOLIDATION in premarket for it to work <---VERY IMPORTANT [Min 1:13:30 - Part 4 - Trading Techniques DVD].
  14. if the stock GAPPED UP, make sure there are no ⚠️ WARRANTS, OFFERINGS, DILUTION (if there is, the breakout is likely to fail❌) [Min 1:13:40 - Part 4 - Trading Techniques DVD] <----VERY IMPORTANT

•i must buy the stock at a breakout level (serving as past resistance, or current support).
•i must BUY IN PRE, SELL IN PRE (before the stock TANKS at open, as happens 90% the time).
•a multi-month or multi-year breakout is ideal (the longer the timeframe of the b/o, the better).
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REASONS TO AVOID PRE-MARKET:
-liquidity issues (low volume; this results in poor fills, bigger spreads; and a wide bid/ask spread).
-short-sellers do well shorting pre-market when traders w/ FOMO buy new news haphazardly (DON'T BUY A STOCK JUST BECAUSE THERE'S A NEW HEADLINE; DIGEST THE NEWS...).
-stock's in premarket go crazy. but then when the market opens, the stocks get destroyed (tank).
-depending on your broker, there can be different limits and fees attached to pre-market trading.
-you can't do market orders (only limit orders in premarket)
-After-hours and premarket sessions are mostly made up of professionals. For individual traders, it’s not the most welcoming place. -SYKES
-Premarket trading can create opportunities, but it comes with significant risk. Liquidity issues, bigger spreads, fewer players in the game … It’s not great for new traders. I’ve been trading for 20+ years, and I rarely trade premarket. Premarket is the time when you build your trading plans. -SYKES
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Set STOP LOSS:
The pre-market consolidation high.
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Where to TAKE PROFITS (PROFIT TARGET):
lock in profits in premarket, and look for another entry at the open. -Bohen

If you don't know where the top of a spike's going to be, always sell into the premarket high. -Dux


Always sell before the stock hits the heavy resistance level
(that's where short-sellers come in)....
➤the greater the VOLUME, the heavier the RESISTANCE (due to the stock having a FLOAT ROTATION only so many max number of times before it drops back down in price. 
◆People who don't know about this will become bag-holders, and once it hits resistance AGAIN, they will sell to break-even, creating the self-fulfillment of the stock hitting resistance then dropping in price. -Dux
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The premarket breakout only works on LOW FLOATS and SMALL MARKET CAPS (doesn't work very well on LARGE CAP STOCKS). -Dux
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Keys (keys to heed when trading the pattern)

*nine out of 10 chat pumps fail at the open. So what’s my premarket trading rule? if you buy in premarket, sell in premarket.

*don't size in with your full position. always size in with parts (33% of your position at a time), on minor pullbacks --- 
33% sizing in at pre-market high breakout; 
33% after the stock pulls back to hold 1/2 of its own spike (at a double-bottom); 
33% sizing in after the stock breaks out again above it's most recent highs.
SELL INTO STRENGTH THEN!

When you trade a BIOTECH stock, you don't really care about what the float or the market cap is...you want to instead focus on the clean chart.

Add shares(buy) into weakness (dips/red candles), and sell into strength (on green candles).

4am - 9:30am (5.5 hours) is when LISTED stocks start trading in premarket. 
Listed(Nasdaq) stocks start pre-market trading at 4 am (7 am and 8am is when things pick up).

many brokers will not let their traders trade before 8am, thus many companies will time their press releases for 8AM exactly, to get everybody to rush in to buy their stock.

Sometimes, i'll buy a stock pre-market when the news is so good, & i think by the time the market opens, people will see the news and the stock will spike more (early🦤gets the🪱)... that doesn't happen everyday. Usually the news isn't that meaningful. In which case I want to wait until the market open and i want to see how the stock reacts to the news first (because a lot of times, the news is already priced into the stock, "buy the rumor, sell the news"). -Sykes

I always try to sell into strength. That’s doubly important in premarket trading. -Sykes

if many stocks are spiking in pre-market, be patient and see wait until after 12 pm to see which of the many stocks active in pre-market hold their levels and play for a good AFTERNOON VWAP HOLD pattern.

If the premarket breakout was a CHAT PUMP, look to play it as a DIP AND RIP circa 9:45am.

if a stock spikes pre-market, it likely won't spike at market open.


Min 31 ----- Min 36:15 ------- If a stock has a HUGE RED CANDLE, with a HUGE RED VOLUME BAR, that means that likely it was BAGHOLDERS who were SELLING off #bagholders. There are always more BUYERS than SELLERS(including Short-sellers) in the market ----- https://youtu.be/zvs_8zF-i1E ............
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THE PSYCHOLOGY BEHIND A PREMARKET BREAKOUT CHAT PUMP
When a ‘guru’ sends out their alert to chat followers, the stock spikes in PREMARKET. But when the market opens, it will pull back as the ‘guru’ sells and premarket traders take profits…
Then as more traders come in, buying on the press release, you get a [dip and rip]… Or, if it dies it dies.  -Bohen #premarket #chatpumps #Dip&Rip

After a big run/SPIKE / a GAP UP on Day 1 (or any day of a stock being in play), you can expect to see some profit-taking and pressure from short-sellers... THIS LEADS To the stock being a watch for a [dip and rip] or a [weak open red-to-green] move the next morning... this pertains to a stock with NEWS, LOW FLOAT, HIGH VOLUME, and HEAVY FLOAT ROTATION. -[Bohen]

I normally shy away from PREMARKET chat pumps.
30-minute marks in premarket are important. We see that all the time with stocks flying on 8:30 a.m. news reports.
9:00 a.m. is also a critical time.
That’s when traders start to plan their day.
Making a 10% - 15% gain in premarket is about the max you can get in premarket or should at least try to.
One of the biggest mistakes traders make is failing to lock in profits.
Trading in premarket is tricky and takes practice.
If you don’t consistently make money trading in premarket, stop doing it.
Focus on trading the regular session when the odds are in your favor. -Bohen

Very rarely will I trade PRE-MARKET or AFTER-HOURS, because those times are very illiquid...... many stocks will trade pre-market, but i use PRE-MARKET as a guide to find %gainers and new news......even if the stock is up pre-market, that doesn't mean it'll be up when the market opens... 
however, i have bought pre-market in the past when there's extraordinary news if I think the stock will spike when the market opens... 
AFTER-HOURS trading is very limited; after-hours winners are mainly EARNINGS winners or INVESTOR or big news CONTRACTS that are announced.... but very rarely i will trade it unless the news is amazing...... i just use after-hours to look for big % gainers, for stocks that will be in play tomorrow.... -Sykes

A premarket breakout pattern can be a pattern that appears on a FIRST GREEN DAY chart. -[Dux commentary]


ROLAND: Premarket is very important because that's when new news is being released.

SYKES: i use pre-market as a guide to find %gainers and new news.


Stocks with the highest volume tend to be subject to manipulation (meaning they can spike more).. if a stock trades a lot of volume pre-market, then during the day it will trade a ton of volume likely.. if there's no volume, ignore because if you get in it'll be hard to get out. -brian lee


To view VOLUME CANDLES more easily, view the chart in a 30-min or 1-hour timeframe, as that will CONDENSE the VOLUME into easier-to-calculate candles. -Alex Salf


 if the stock is up pre-market, i put it on my watchlist...No matter what the news is, the STOCK'S REACTION is what determines if the news is significant. If the stock has good news and goes up 10-20% , not everybody will catch it on day 1, so on day 2 and day 3 it can run-up even more as the publicity of the news travels. -Sykes


Just because a stock doesn’t look like a good potential trade in premarket, you have to stay open-minded to opportunities as the day unfolds. Anything can happen in the market — breaking news can be released mid-day, volume can increase as the day goes on, and patterns can emerge... Price action dictates everything... -Bohen


PRE-MARKET spikes almost always pull back hard. . . . Trading in pre-market will work here and there. .  but it's not the path of consistency. . . 


If a stock can hold it's pre-market gains ALL DAY, that means the stock has extra strength... so long-term bagholders are actually sold and there's enough dip-buyers to push the stock to close very strong (relative to the OPEN).. and that's a very bullish signal/factor... -Dux


Look for stocks that spike and pull back in premarket. Or stocks that spike and consolidate... Then watch for breakouts above the premarket high. Notice Oracle resistance areas, and be out of your trade by 10 AM; most stocks slow down after 10 AM. Then come back in the afternoon (after 1 pm) for more opportunities to trade the same stock.

I'm not a fan of premarket, because there's many gappers but few actually spike up. -Tuohey

Min 14:35 ---------- THE BEST DAY FOR DAY-TRADING IS MONDAY MORNING. You must be up at 4 am, 5 am, to catch these pre-market spikes... A close second is FRIDAY AFTERNOON ---- https://youtu.be/HDChGGfg2s4 ..........
Min 39:55 - Min 43 --------- The process of how BREAKOUTS work (the psychology behind them) ------- Everyone is in the stock for the breakout -- the breakout POPS UP --- everyone sells for profit --- the stock goes back down --- all of the breakout buyers remaining then sell (that 90% lose) ---- then Roland comes in and buys the stock if it supports the breakout level (and that's kind of when the short's are covering when it isn't cracking; they cover their shares (they buy back in), and Roland rides the dip-buy momentum upwards) ------- www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XY76jXe-Fk4 ....... [WHY BREAKOUTS ARE CHOPPY] #BREAKOUTS

A key function Grittani uses for the stats he tracks is CONDITIONAL FORMATTING... (i.e. to see if an afternoon breakout is a good pattern to trade, he does the following with the data he's collected) : 

1.       what was the HOD minus the breakout point divided by the breakout (decimal $ amount) -- this will tell me WHAT PERCENT IT RAN FROM BREAKOUT TO HOD... that number will be ideally 15% or 20%....

2.       Then use CONDITIONAL FORMATTING, to highlight the 15% or 20% occurrences amidst all of the data cells.... helping it to visually stand out, the ones that were successful (at a 15% / 20% occurrence)....

3.       Then i will take other columns and sort them highest to lowest (i.e. market cap).... then i will look for clusters (ideally the best percentage runners of the breakout showing in the lower market cap, we'll say for this example... and fewer ones displaying (big % runners) at the higher market caps....

4.       Then this will tell me to begin ignoring bigger market caps when playing afternoon breakouts, for instance... This has produced good results for me #Grittani -------- Min 22:15 --------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PP63Z2Bu-4&t=2s .... [details: https://exceljet.net/conditional-formatting-formulas]

💎this vid shows different chart structures of how a GAP UP can play out at MARKET OPEN💎
SCANNER (for finding the pattern)

 -------Premarket scanning is essential .... awake at 8 am and scan.... find out if the stock is Gapping up based on news (news is a great catalyst). does it have substantial Volume?..


Grittani's PRE-MARKET SCAN
  • >$100,000 in dollar volume ($volume)
  • >500,000 volume in premarket (the more volume the better)
  • low priced (<$15 or under)
  • stock gain: >12%+ [stocks up at least 12%]
    • then I pull up the daily chart, and go from there.
  • Pre-market volume: >100,000 (greater than 100k volume; or at least 50,000)
  • Pre-market %Gain: >20%
  • Has a catalyst (strong news)
  • Buy signal: when the stock breaks it's pre-market highs.
PREMARKET Scanner (grittani)
- up >100 million DOLLAR VOLUME
- under $15
- up 20% or more
* look at charts' history (trend; support/resistance; prev. vol.)

SCAN FOR BIG %GAINERS
THEN SCAN FOR HEAVY VOLUME
FOCUS ON STOCKS WITH HEAVY FLOAT ROTATION

  • A market cap under 100M will be good when considering to buy a pre-market breakout.. If it is around 200m it is then hard for the stock to spike even 60%. -Dux
SCAN FOR BIOTECH %GAIN RUNNERS......When you trade a BIOTECH stock, you don't really care about what the float or the market cap is..you want to instead focus on the clean chart. -Dux
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Stat tracking (stats and columns to track, for the pattern)

Only track the STOCKS that successfully played the pattern out! this way i can look for the multiple similarities the "successful" stocks had with one another, and find consistencies in the probabilities behind a pattern's success.... Then create RULES to follow (based on the factors that the stock ought to possess (i.e. low float, etc.).
FOR ALL PATTERNS, I MUST:
1. track the average gain (the average gain possible across 100+ samples) --- tells me when best  to take profits (so i don't get greedy; gives confidence in holding my position optimally).
2. track the top tick % (what is the avg top tick ($) across 100+ samples) --- tells me when it is best to enter the trade.
3. track the bottom tick % (what is the avg bottom tick ($) across 100+ samples) --- tells me when it is best to exit the trade.
I CAN ADD [SPIKEET] TO MY EXCEL SPREADSHEETS BY USING THE "SPIKEET PLUGIN" TO RETRIEVE STOCK MARKET DATA FOR ME -------- www.twitter.com/_spikeet/status/1567826513915006976?s=20 ......... https://bit.ly/3xB4seL ......... #SPIKEET #EXCEL

As a beginner trader, narrow your entire trading to one or two patterns so you can just FOCUS on those patterns... Then improve your entry and exit points to make this pattern PERFECT based on your performance... Experienced traders know where they're going to enter and exit. Beginner traders do not have enough data to back up their thesis. This is the major difference between experienced and beginner traders... -Dux
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How to track GAPPERS / %GAIN DAY 1 statistics (onwards) ------------ categorize my statistics based on Grittani's Trading Tickers 1 (PART 1) DVD --------- Min 3:55:00 ..........................

Min 18 ------ Min 57 ------- CHAPTER 3 ------- Trading Tickers 2 ----- tracking BREAKOUTS --------- members.timothysykes.com/lessons/trading-tickers-2-chapter-3 .........
 TRACKING STATS ------ Min 51:20----Min 1:12:45 ----- PART 4  ---- TRADING TECHNIQUES ....
  • What is the stock's float?
  • what is the stock's market cap?
  • TRACK:
    • Does the stock have good news?
    • How has the stock reacted to good news historically? (explain the consistent next 5-10 day candles following the stock's supernova/spiking)
  • how many pre-market pullbacks does the stock have?
  • did the stock hold HALF IT'S SPIKE/GAINS when it pulled back?
  • what is the stock's volume?
  • has the pattern i'm considering trading pre-market, been working in the overall market?
  • did the stock GAP UP in premarket?
  • did the stock reclaim it's premarket highs at 9:45 am?
  • did the stock BREAKOUT after it tested it's premarket highs resistance, at 9:45 am?
  • was it a MONDAY when the stock GAPPED UP?
  • did the stock hold above it's PREVIOUS BREAKOUT levels (on the past Friday) during MONDAY MORNING'S GAP UP? <---if yes, this is something to look out for when judging a stock's potential to SPIKE BIG / GAP UP BIG during PREMARKET ON MONDAY.
  • if the stock did GAP UP ON MONDAY, did the stock consolidate with volume on the previous Fridays based on the stock's being up from a First Green Day a couple of days earlier (on Monday/Tuesday/Wednesday of that week)? <---if yes, this is something to look out for when judging a stock's potential to SPIKE BIG / GAP UP BIG during PREMARKET ON MONDAY.
  • what was the FLOAT ROTATION? A stock can have only so many float rotations (only so many maximum number of times) before it drops back down in price.
  • did the company announce an OFFERING / DILUTION / WARRANTS? (if yes, the premarket breakout is likely to fail❌).
  • the stock's previous day's open price?
  • for stocks that spiked during pre-market, did the stock also spike at market open? (if a stock spikes pre-market, it likely won't spike at market open).
  • is the stock a 100%+ gainer (less than <100% gainers = better)?
  • what was the stock's TOP TICK %?
  • what was the stock's LOW TICK %?
  • is it MONDAY morning? (Monday mornings(premarket) tends to be a volatile period).
  • is it FRIDAY morning? (Friday's are short-squeeze days).
  • did the stock hold it's PREMARKET GAINS all day? (this is a very bullish factor)
  • what was the premarket volume when i traded it?
  • what was the premarket volume by the time the stock market opened at 9:30 am?
  • is the stock a SYMPATHY play (in a hot sector / part of a hot market theme)?
  • what is the widest time-frame the breakout spiked above (6 month highs? 3-month highs? 1-year highs? 3-year highs?)
  • how is the overall $IXIC and $SPY and $DJI exchanges performing?
  • did the stock's trend in premarket continue with how the stock trended after the market open? <----------Uptrending price action in pre-market will often have strong price action once the market opens. If a stocking gapping up is fading off hard in pre-market, it is likely it will continue to fade off when the market opens. Sometimes there will be 'no trend' during pre-market, thus wait to see how the stock trends at the market open.
  • did the stock spike based on a trading halt?
  • did the PREMARKET VOLUME exceed the stock's [60-day average volume]?
  • after the stock SPIKED in premarket, how many pullbacks did it have before spiking again (what was it's formation: did it spike, consolidate, tank? spike, consolidate, spike?) --- [Min 52 - Part 4 - Trading Techniques DVD].
  • how much did the PREMARKET VOLUME exceed the stock's [60-day average volume]? (by 10x, 50x, 100x)?
  • what was the stock's previous day's closing price?
  • what is the stock's previous day's pre-market high?
  • what was the stock's previous day's high tick/price?
  • what was the stock's previous day's lowest tick/price?
  • what is the stock's average 10-day volume?
  • is there heavy resistance for the stock in the past 6 months, at the resistance levels, of more than 10m volume? more than 20m volume? more than 30m volume?
  • what was the stock's news catalyst?
  • If the stock was a PREMARKET BREAKOUT on MONDAY MORNING (anytime between 4 am - 9:30 am), had it END THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY NEAR ITS HIGHS?
  • was the stock uptrending in the past 6-months?
  • was the stock uptrending in the past 3-months?
  • was the stock uptrending in the past 1-month?
  • was the stock uptrending in the past 1-year?
  • did the stock rid of all of its BAGHOLDERS when it gapped/spiked? [Min 20:40 | Min 30:30 | Min 36 - Min 40 | Min 50 | Min 58 -- https://youtu.be/zvs_8zF-i1E]
    • was the premarket breakout due to it being a CHAT PUMP?
    • did the stock TANK at the open after it spiked in PREMARKET?
    • did the stock open at 9:30 am, ABOVE or BELOW "vwap"?
    • if the stock was a CHAT PUMP, did it eventually formulate into a DIP AND RIP?
    • did the premarket breakout eventually formulate into an AFTERNOON VWAP HOLD?
    • did the DIP AND RIP PATTERN that was also a PREMARKET CHAT PUMP, end up formulating into a AFTERNOON VWAP HOLD?
    • what is the SPY's performance on the day (green on the day = bullish). 3 out of 4 stocks follow the $SPY and DOW JONES stock trends.
    • at market open, did the stock open near / above its pre-market highs? (if yes, this is a good sign to long the stock #dip&rip or b/o pattern)
    • At the market open, did the stock fade into the open, drifting lower and lower as the day went on? (if so, this nullifies the setup and makes it a NO-GO).
    • was the stock under vwap or above vwap throughout the majority of the day (after market open)?
    • did the stock CONSOLIDATE over a period of time, as the market open (9:30 am) was approaching? <-----I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A FACTOR OR NOT THAT REQUIRES HEEDING, BUT NOTATE IT ANYWAYS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF TREND OR PATTERN WITH STOCKS THAT PERFORM THE PATTERN WELL THAT ALSO CONSOLIDATE IN PRE-MARKET.
    • is the stock a multi-day runner? <-----I DON'T KNOW IF THIS IS A FACTOR OR NOT THAT REQUIRES HEEDING, BUT NOTATE IT ANYWAYS TO SEE IF THERE'S ANY SORT OF TREND OR PATTERN WITH STOCKS THAT PERFORM THE PATTERN WELL THAT ALSO CONSOLIDATE IN PRE-MARKET.
    • if the stock had a big premarket spike, that was based on news, and was also a chat pump, did it fail at the open and fade all day? ★nine out of 10 chat pumps★ fail at the open. But that one out of 10 time, it can short-squeeze.
    • Track for short-selling: stocks that spiked yesterday, but are now DOWN -11% or more in premarket -- how does the stock continue playing out? INSIGHT TO TEST: if a stock spiked yesterday, and is now down in pre-market (by -11%+ or more), then that is a bearish sign that it could be the end of the stock's spiking. -[Sykes commentary]
    • Track volume statistics: stocks that performed the best in pre-market (were the biggest spikers): what was the volume for those stocks? (find all stocks that spiked great in pre-market, and calculate the average volume they all traded), and the average %Gain each had based on it's volume traded. INSIGHT TO TEST: IF there is LIGHT VOLUME (less than 5 million volume) in pre market, that automatically makes the trade a post 9:45 am idea (in other words, never trade at the open or during pre market if there is LOW VOLUME of less than <5 million volume). -[Bohen commentary]
    • Track float statistics: stocks that performed the best in pre-market (were the biggest spikers): what was the float for those stocks? (find all stocks that spiked great in pre-market, and calculate the average float they all traded), and the average %Gain/SPIKE% each had based on it's float. INSIGHT TO TEST: The premarket breakout only works on LOW FLOATS and SMALL MARKET CAPS (doesn't work very well on LARGE CAP STOCKS). -Dux
    • Track market cap statistics: stocks that performed the best in pre-market (were the biggest spikers): what was the market cap for those stocks? (find all stocks that spiked great in pre-market, and calculate the average market cap they all traded), and the average %Gain/SPIKE% each had based on it's market cap. INSIGHT TO TEST: The premarket breakout only works on LOW FLOATS and SMALL MARKET CAPS (doesn't work very well on LARGE CAP STOCKS). -Dux
    • Track volume support candles: did the stock have a massive green support candle (prior to the breakout that occurred?) INSIGHT TO TEST: when a stock has massive green-candle VOLUME SUPPORT at it's previous support levels, it is a very bullish factor. -Dux ......... The larger the support volume at the stock's support price-point (currently / present-day), the easier the SUPPORT LEVEL will hold... The current day volume needs to be higher than the previous support in order to hold. -Dux
    • Did the stock hold near the resistance/at resistance levels for 5-15 minutes? (if so, the stock has a chance at breaking out above resistance; good buyer volume).
    • Did the stock hit resistance and quickly fall away/fade from resistance levels (if so, the trade is a no-go; i.e. not enough buyer volume).
    • Did the stock hold VWAP after it pulled back from resistance levels? (when the stock holds VWAP, even off a pullback from the highs, that can give bulls strength to breakout).
    • When tracking VOLUME, always track both of these:::::: [VOLUME in premarket] and [VOLUME end of day].......
    • What was the stock's OPEN price?
    • What was the stock's CLOSE price?
    • What was the stock's HIGH TICK price?
    • What was the stock's LOW TICK price?
    TRACK THE ACCURACY OF THIS METHODOLOGY
    how to predict volume for a stock (its total for the day):
    1] Multiply the volume by 10 (10x) during pre-market [prior to 9:30 am]
    2] or, during the first hour of the market, multiply that volume by 4 (4x)


    include these in my stats to track
    • is the stock a former supernova? does it have a history of spikes and/or breakouts?
    • how much did the stock's volume increase during it's past breakouts?
    • what time of day was the breakout?
    • how many times did the stock test PREVIOUS HIGHS before breaking out?


    SHORTING A PREMARKET BREAKOUT: the over-extended gap-down strategy is a good strategy to play after a pre-market breakout occurs... You play the over-extended gap down on day 2 or day 3 of the stock's spiking (after it's first green day).... Min 49:10 on PART 2 ORIGINAL. 

    I ALREADY WATCHED EVERYTHING BELOW!


    ■ HOW TO SPOT THE BEST TRADE OF THE DAY --- wait to observe all of the stocks after 12 pm to see which one really has the potential to be active/spike even more as a multi-day runner!
    ★ PLAYING AFTERNOON VWAP HOLD PLAYS IS ALWAYS THE BEST DECISION WHEN LOTS OF STOCKS ARE SPIKING LARGE PERCENT GAINS IN THE MORNING (AND OVERALL, MULTI-DAY RUNNERS ARE MUCH BETTER TO PLAY THAN PREMARKET BREAKOUTS (NEVER TRADE PREMARKET; IF YOU DO TRADE PREMARKET, "BUY IN PRE, SELL IN PRE" is the saying) because a stock can tank at the open after it's spiked in premarket
    ⇾ With all the gappers in premarket yesterday, a lot of traders got excited.
     ⇾ a lot of traders struggle with FOMO. They want to nail every play and make bank, Bro…  
      ⇾ So they bounce all over the place, chase entries in the wrong tickers, then end up with a loss and wasted capital.
       ⇾ Here’s what I prefer to do...
        ⇾ I wait until the afternoon — at least noon or later.
         ⇾ Because when you let the charts play out, it makes it easier to spot the one lone survivor. -Bohen

    PREMARKET SPIKES BASED ON A CHAT PUMP, AND THE DIP AND RIP PATTERN --- ARE COMPLEMENTARY TO EACH OTHER
    With [chat pumps] you want to "buy in pre, sell in pre".
    Because "buy in pre, sell in pre" and the [dip and rip] are complementary patterns when it comes to trading [chat pumps].
    Here’s why…
    When a ‘guru’ sends out their alert to chat followers, the stock spikes in PREMARKET. But when the market opens, it will pull back as the ‘guru’ sells and premarket traders take profits…
    Then as more traders come in, buying on the press release, you get a [dip and rip]… Or, if it dies it dies.  -Bohen #premarket #chatpumps #Dip&Rip


    Listed(Nasdaq) stocks start pre-market trading at 4 am (7 am and 8am is when things pick up).



    PRE-MARKET BREAKOUT happens between 9:30 am - 11:30 am ----- starts at Min 37:40 in "Part 2" of Trading Techniques DVD... Min 30:30 of "Part 2 ORIGINAL" vid...  ------- ALREADY WATCHED.


    nine out of 10 chat pumps fail at the open. So what’s my premarket trading rule? If you buy in premarket, sell in premarket. After the market opens, you can look for another pattern and entry. -Bohen

    www.youtube.com/watch?v=8TnRpH4FtXE ........ --------- ALREADY WATCHED.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=op_qbzcs6OI .........  --------- ALREADY WATCHED.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=mu9vArRuIMo ........ --------- ALREADY WATCHED.
    www.instagram.com/p/CljyJoCPeU9 ................... --------- ALREADY WATCHED.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=TQgVtsrOK4w ........ --------- ALREADY WATCHED.
    www.youtube.com/watch?v=npV7Ln-katE .......... --------- ALREADY WATCHED.
    www.timothysykes.com/blog/when-to-trade-premarket....ALREADY WATCHED.
    www.timothysykes.com/blog/premarket-trading ..............ALREADY WATCHED.


    PREMARKET TRADING DOWNSIDES [Pre-market trading is not advised/recommended/best]
    -very wide bid/ask spreads (tough to get a fill at the price you seek)
    -tough executions (lack of volume)
    -not a lot of volatility (lack of volume)

    The truth is, premarket trading can be volatile and risky.
    Newbies who don’t have enough understanding or knowledge to be able to take advantage of premarket movers can find themselves in nasty situations.
    I’ve been trading for 20+ years … and even I don’t trade premarket that often.
    I try to approach trades with a ‘retired trader’ mindset … The play has to be so good that it takes me out of retirement.
    In the case of premarket trading, the trade has to be truly incredible — it’s gotta be worth the bigger risk. -TIM SYKES

    It’s not so much a question of if you should trade premarket. It’s more about knowing when to trade premarket. It’s not gonna be every single day. 
    How did I know that a stick is providing a great pre-market opportunity? It is a sympathy play to another stock that has spiked up huge the day before.
    I understand things like informational inefficiencies and how they can be a powder keg near the market open — especially on a Monday morning. 
    The question of when to trade premarket isn’t so much about the time of day, but whether there’s a real opportunity. -TIM SYKES

    Premarket trading is risky. Premarket trading is more common for bigger investors… -TIM SYKES

    Different brokers may have different rules for premarket trading. Before making ANY premarket trade, check your broker’s policies. Always read the fine print. Some brokerages have special fees or a surcharge during these times. Those fees can add up. -TIM SYKES

    I don’t recommend trading premarket. You can’t cut your losses quickly if you don’t have volume. -TIM SYKES

    OBSERVE what's moving in pre-market (rather than trading it). The premarket is an important time for traders. That’s when the day’s big movers are building momentum... -TIM SYKES


    Whenever I look for a stock in premarket, I want to see five things:
    ❥Former runner
    ❥Breaking news
    ❥Low float
    ❥Hot sector
    ❥High volume

    Whenever dealing with morning trades, especially stocks with higher floats, I need the stock to tell me it wants to go higher. The only way it does this is by breaking & holding an important level. -Bohen

    CHECKLIST CRITERIA:
    - Does the stock have news?
    - Is there heavy premarket volume?
    - Was the stock a former runner?
    - Is it a low float stock?
    - Is it a hot sector?

    REFRAIN FROM TRADING IN PRE-MARKET!
    ..kind of like traders who play around in the pre and post-market.
    They look at the price action and think there has to be easy money.
    I have yet to meet someone who consistently makes money trading outside of the regular session.
    Sure there’s probably an exception or two to the rule.
    Yet, the way I see it, most traders are better off not trading during those times.
    1. Outside normal market hours, you can only trade using limit orders. Market orders are unavailable. The real problem is lack of LIQUIDITY (remember, the best opportunities come w/ HEAVY VOLUME). Low volume & illiquidity -- with less demand comes wider spreads (market makers are the ones filling your orders; they control the bid/ask spread, thus slower fills & higher priced fills).
    2. Spreads expand significantly... Not only does the ask have to hit your price, but there has to be enough demand from the market maker to fill the order. 

    yo....... i probably shouldn't trade PREMARKET....... check my stats! see if i shall continue trading premarket or not........ if so, what plays do best when i trade premarket (what type of catalysts/news items are best for me to trade during pre-market then?)...........

    100%+ Premarket Squeezers [vs] Multi-Day Runners
    Which would you rather trade: A premarket squeezer: on the 1st day, or as a multi-day runner?
    My money’s always on the multi-day runner.
    Why?
    Because multi-day runners have something these fly-by-night stocks don’t … PROOF!
    let me tell you a little secret … A stock can run for days but usually fails once!
    That’s a big reason why I don’t like the sketchy biotechs that pop on news.
    I prefer stocks that show me over a series of days, if not weeks, that they want to move higher.
    Many traders struggle to find these stocks for two reasons:
    - Multi-day runners have news that dropped before the current trading day
    - Traders miss the trend reversal

    PRE-MARKET SHORT-SQUEEZES:::::::: You could say that shorts build up at the highs. In order for short positions to build up so that can get squeezed out, you need the stock to drop enough and suck them in. -Bohen


    BUY IN PRE, SELL IN PRE
    The rules for premarket trading aren’t the same as they are for regular hours.
    You need to look at the premarket and regular session almost as if they’re two different days.
    My advice? Buy in pre, sell in pre [exit premarket positions by 9:30 am].
    For starters, you can’t do market orders [only LIMIT ORDERS].
    But more importantly, trading volume in the premarket is typically lighter than the regular session.
    That’s why I like to look for stocks with HEAVY PREMARKET VOLUME.


    In the premarket, we rely on the news to create the initial setup. From there, it’s the technicals of the chart and price action that create the execution framework... (we love it when a stock can) open (at 9:30 am) near the pre-market highs... That tells me not only is there bullish momentum in the stock, but I can look for a quick push higher, a slight pullback, and then a bump to the next level. -Bohen #premarketBreakout

    A stock that performs great in pre-market (spikes big on news), BUT IS ALSO A CHAT PUMP, is liable to leave the stock fading the rest of the day during market open hours (9:30 am and onwards). Remember, ★nine out of 10 chat pumps★ fail at the open. -Bohen #premarketBreakouts #ChatPump #pumpandDump


    ➜Buy in premarket, sell in premarket.
    ➜When you see profit, take it.
    ➜Nine out of 10 chat pumps fail at the open.  -Bohen

    Companies usually announce offerings in premarket or after-hours. Those are illiquid trading times when it can be tough to exit positions quickly. So avoid trading during these times and… -Bohen #premarket #afterHours #dilution #offerings


    Usually, a stock will spike in premarket on the pump announcement … Then, nine out of 10 times, it fails at the open... But the odd time — that one out of 10 — it can spike and squeeze. -Bohen #chatPumps #pump&Dump #premarket


    After a big run/SPIKE / a GAP UP on Day 1 (or any day of a stock being in play), you can expect to see some profit-taking and pressure from short-sellers... THIS LEADS To the stock being a watch for a [dip and rip] or a [weak open red-to-green] move the next morning... this pertains to a stock with NEWS, LOW FLOAT, HIGH VOLUME, and HEAVY FLOAT ROTATION. -[Bohen commentary]

    Most morning spikes are a fluke. Most of them do not succeed. you don't get those every day. -Tim Sykes


    It's very difficult buying a stock hitting new highs because you never know when you're going to run into a solid brick wall. I don't like chasing stocks... I like panic dip-buying, esp. in the morning. -Sykes


    When I see 40 million shares traded half an hour before the market open — 99% of the time it will be one of my two top watches. Because unusual volume creates unusual moves. So when you’re looking for your number one potential stock to watch today and it’s moving on news — check the volume. Float rotation means new buyers are coming in, willing to pay any price. And that’s what drives prices higher.  Combine that high volume stock with a pattern and plan then — BOOM — you’ve got yourself a good trade. -Bohen #FloatRotation #premarket #spike #plays #volume


    Here are my stock criteria for a [PRE-MARKET] trade:
    •good news
    •heavy volume
    •multi-month / multi-year breakout       -bohen


    When to Trade in Premarket
    Watch multiple stocks for potential dip and rips, weak open red-to-green moves, breaks above the previous day’s high, and chat pumps [for chat pumps, the safe play was to wait until 9:45 a.m. or later]….
    Buy in Pre, Sell in Pre --------- Anytime you trade a chat pump in premarket and you get a $1 to $2 rip before the open and you take profits… That’s how you trade a chat pump.
    I don't care if [the stock] would’ve gone to $30 after they sold. It’s not worth the risk to hold a chat pump through the market open… Because nine out of 10 times they fail. Don't overstay and watch the stock sink like a stone at the market open (turning your winner into a loser)… And the one time out of ten that a chat pump doesn’t fail at the open — you can always get back in. -Bohen #chatPumps #pumpanddumps #pump&dumps


    Use the 15 Minute Rule
    With any trade that breaks a premarket high, we always risk a fakeout.
    More often than not, shares will poke through the high and then quickly fall away.
    That’s why the timing component is so crucial here.
    It’s what made the difference.
    Every time a stock runs up into a resistance level, give it 5-15 minutes to tell you which way it wants to go.
    If shares spike through and quickly fall away, you know the morning trade is a no-go.
    If shares hold near that level for 15 minutes and VWAP starts to creep up, now you’ve got a shot at pushing higher.
    It’s also important to analyze the volume.
    Higher volume means more conviction. When a stock makes a high-volume tail candle at the premarket highs, it will have a heck of a time trying to break through again.
    Also, keep an eye on VWAP. 
    When stocks hold VWAP, even off a pullback from the highs, that can give bulls the strength to bust through and keep running. -Bohen #breakouts #dipandrip #premarket

    There should be over 100k+ VOLUME in premarket, as this signifies eyes are on the stock. -Dux


    TRADING IN PRE-MARKET
    I’m not a fan of premarket trading.
    Quite simply, I don’t think the reward justifies the risk.
    That said, premarkets aren’t void of opportunities, you just have to know HOW to play them.
    I normally shy away from PREMARKET chat pumps.
    30-minute marks in premarket are important. We see that all the time with stocks flying on 8:30 a.m. news reports.
    9:00 a.m. is also a critical time.
    That’s when traders start to plan their day.
    Making a 10% - 15% gain in premarket is about the max you can get in premarket or should at least try to.
    However, the price action at the open can quickly spike stops and leave you with nothing.
    That’s why I strongly recommend ‘buy-in pre, sell in pre.’
    One of the biggest mistakes traders make is failing to lock in profits.
    Trading in premarket is tricky and takes practice.
    Don’t let those initial pushes make you feel like you’re missing out on the action.
    If you don’t consistently make money trading in premarket, stop doing it.
    You won’t get better by losing money.
    Focus on trading the regular session when the odds are in your favor. -Bohen #premarket


    Very rarely will I trade PRE-MARKET or AFTER-HOURS, because those times are very illiquid...... many stocks will trade pre-market, but i use PRE-MARKET as a guide to find %gainers and new news......even if the stock is up pre-market, that doesn't mean it'll be up when the market opens... however, i have bought pre-market in the past when there's extraordinary news if I think the stock will spike when the market opens... AFTER-HOURS trading is very limited; after-hours winners are mainly EARNINGS winners or INVESTOR or big news CONTRACTS that are announced.... but very rarely i will trade it unless the news is amazing...... i just use after-hours to look for big % gainers, for stocks that will be in play tomorrow.... -Sykes

    Min 13 (pre-market watching; I might have 15 or 20 stocks on the watchlist but I'll be actively watching to pull the trigger on 2 or 4 stocks) ------ Min 15 (pre-market trading; tips for shorting) ----- Min 21-27 (focus on 1 or 2 tickers to play; 80% of your profits will come from 20% of your plays) ------- Min 29 - end (the benefits of using alerts) ---------- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0gH6YyUHM ......... #BTheStory #NateMichaud


    A premarket breakout pattern can be a pattern that appears on a FIRST GREEN DAY chart... -[Dux commentary]



     

    If you're longing, pre-market planning in the morning is very important because that's when new news is being released.... -[ROLAND commentary]

    Grittani's PRE-MARKET SCAN (circa 2015, so some of these # may need to get adjusted, such as volume/dollar volume especially (which Monaco for instance scans for $1m of dollar vol.)
    ·         at least $100k in volume (dollar volume)
    ·         lower priced ($15 or under)
    ·         stocks that are gapping up (at least 20% up)
    ·         then I pull up the daily chart, and go from there...

    Min 12:50(pre-market watchlist; I might have 15 or 20 stocks on my watchlist, but I'll actively watch to trade 2 or 4 stocks) ------ Min 15 (pre-market trading; tips for shorting) ----- Min 21-27 (focus on 1 or 2 tickers only; 80% of your profits will come from 20% of your plays) ------- Min 29 - end (the benefits of using alerts) ---------- https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Yj0gH6YyUHM ......... #BTheStory #NateMichaud



    PRE-MARKET VOLUME -------- Min 33 ----------- pre-market volume is important to gauge (evaluate how the volume impacts how it's traded in the past)... stocks with the highest volume tend to be the most crowded and subject to manipulation (meaning they can spike more) ---if a stock trades a lot of volume pre-market then during the day it will trade a ton of volume likely ---------- if there's no volume at all, ignore because if you get in it'll be hard to get out ------ www.youtube.com/watch?v=Is_L18QDg9Y ............. #BrianLee


    If a stock is trading more than 5m volume or 10m+ volume during PREMARKET, that is kind of abnormal and suggests that during the day it's going to trade a ton of volume. -Brian Lee

    Min 5:50 -------- Scanning for large cap/small cap gappers in pre-market ---------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=Kc1BqinZ994 ........ #kunal #bthestory #scanning


    When you see the pre-market volume, you can estimate the entire day's volume..... [Whatever the volume is during pre-market, multiply it by 10 (10x) and that gives you the average prediction for the volume throughout the day..... [If no volume during the pre-market, at the open, after the first hour, multiply that first hr volume by 4x to get the day's volume....... this helps out a ton especially when you're shorting a resistance play and you're using a previous day's volume (you don't want it to be overwhelming volume compared to that volume which you're using as resistance, b/c then there's a higher chance it's not going to work)..... this is how it's helped me, i know it can help you too....... A heavily volume traded stock is anything trading over 25M... 5M = light resistance | 20M = Mid resistance | 30M = Large resistance | 40M = Heavy resistance......  -Dux


    How to predict volume for a stock (its total for the day):
    1] Multiply the volume by 10 (10x) during pre-market [prior to 9:30 am]
    2] or, during the first hour of the market, multiply that volume by 4 (4x)


    I'm more likely to buy morning spikes, on Fridays......-Sykes


    MONDAY gap-ups are notoriously known for being very good in spiking (when consolidation with volume happens on Fridays based on a stock's being up from a First Green Day a couple of days prior at the least), so long as it holds on Monday morning over the previous Breakout level. . . -[Marianna commentary] #mondays

    If the market cap is around 200m, it is hard for the stock to spike about 60% or 100%.... A market cap under 100M will be good when considering to buy a pre-market breakout.. If it is around 200m it is then hard for the stock to spike even 60%... -Dux

    I trade pre-market if the stock has great news in the early morning....Otherwise i don't trade pre-market -- the price action can be very wrong/ misleading.. if the stock is up pre-market, i put it on my watchlist...No matter what the news is, the STOCK'S REACTION is what determines if the news is significant. If a stock does spike in reaction to earnings, that's an "earning's winner"; the same for a "contract winner"..... [Sometimes good news is already included in the stock's price action].... If the stock has good news and goes up 10-20% , not everybody will catch it on day 1, so on day 2 and day 3 it can run-up even more as the publicity of the news travels..... #Sykes


    Very rarely will I trade pre-market or after-hours because those times are very illiquid...... many stocks will trade pre-market, but i use pre-market as a guide to find %gainers and new news......

    PREMARKET trading usually has light volume / little liquidity... the stock might be up or down a little bit and some people are just trying to get a head-start... even if the stock is up pre-market that doesn't mean it'll be up when the market opens...however i have bought pre-market in the past when there's extraordinary news if I think the stock will shoot up when the market opens...
    AFTER-HOURS trading is very limited (based on any news that is being released after-hours); after-hours winners are mainly EARNINGS winners or investor or big news contracts that are announced after-hours.... but very rarely i will trade it unless the news is very amazing...... i just use after-hours to look for big % gainers, for stocks that will be in play tomorrow.... -Sykes

    Rules For Trading Premarket Runners ----------- Buy In Pre, Sell In Pre:::: If you take a position in a premarket spiker, I always say buy in pre, sell in pre. If you have profits, lock them in before the market opens. Because that’s when you can get choppy price action. It doesn’t matter if the stock goes up more after the open. Take profits doing safe trades (selling for profit in pre-market). And you can always get back in. -Bohen #premarket #plays #pre-market

    I don't like trading the open... I'm generally going to give a stock at least 5 minutes, to see where the action goes... The market opens, and i wait... That's what i do... Volume is very important -- so if i can let the stock shake out a little bit, the volume levels will reveal themselves... It's very hard to find solid risk levels at market open (unless you're using pre-market action or arbitrary numbers).. but if you give a stock 5-15 minutes after market open, the support level will reveal itself, as will risk/reward... -Roland Wolf [www.youtube.com/watch?v=cE3P8mtSyx4]     #PLAYS #MARKETOPEN

     ----------Premarket scanning is essential ........ awake at 8 am and scan...... find out if the stock is Gapping up based on news (news is a great catalyst)........ does it have substantial Volume? ........


    If I see a low-float stock (10 million float) trading 20 million volume in premarket — it has 2X float rotation. That’s what I like to see…
    There are plenty of stocks that can rotate their float throughout the day. But seeing that kind of volume in premarket shows me that traders are interested ... Like all eyes are on this one ticker.


    The tickers that trade the most VOLUME are the ones that end up running/spiking large percentages. -Alex Salf

    Just because a stock doesn’t look like a good potential trade in premarket, you have to stay open-minded to opportunities as the day unfolds. Anything can happen in the market — breaking news can be released mid-day, volume can increase as the day goes on, and patterns can emerge. ... Price action dictates everything... -Bohen #PLAYS

    Before you buy a premarket runner, ask yourself if the pattern your trading has been working. Or if the stock has news, has it been a good catalyst in the current market? Is the stock part of a hot market theme? -Bohen

    Stick to day trades only. Companies usually announce offerings in premarket or after hours. Those are illiquid trading times when it can be tough to exit positions quickly. So avoid trading during these times and… -Bohen #dilution #offerings #financing


    Morning spikes occur more on Fridays.... Spikes occur more on Fridays because short-sellers are scared on Fridays..... they don't want to hold positions on Fridays... They’d rather exit positions so that they don't have to think about what could happen over the weekend...

    --------pre-market spikes seem to replace morning spikes after the market opens...... (if a stock spikes pre-market, it likely won't spike at market open).........


    Min 27 ---------- big-time gems on VOLUME -------- too much VOLUME in the MORNING makes the stock drop in the afternoon ------- https://youtu.be/A72ereAb9xc ........ #Volume #dux

    WAKE UP EARLY ON MONDAY MORNINGS FOR PRE-MARKET BREAKOUTS ON TICKERS THAT ENDED NEAR THEIR HIGHS ON THE PREVIOUS FRIDAY.... THESE STOCKS CAN SPIKE HUGE IN PRE-MARKET ON MONDAY MORNINGS! AT 4 AM, 5 AM EVEN... ESPECIALLY IF THEY MATCH THE CRITERIA OF THE WEEKEND HOLD PATTERN, then MONDAY MORNING (pre-market, or market open) becomes a trade day for the ticker!  [Min 14:35: https://youtu.be/HDChGGfg2s4]....

    REMEMBER: the #1 day for day-trading is MONDAY MORNING.... FRIDAY AFTERNOON is the 2nd best time to trade.

    A stock’s pre-market trend will be a strong indicator of how the stock will behave once the market opens. Uptrending price action in pre-market will often have strong price action once the market opens. If a stocking gapping up is fading off hard in pre-market, it is likely it will continue to fade off when the market opens..... Don’t fight strong pre-market trends. If there is no obvious pre-market trend, wait to see how the stock behaves when the market opens, and join the trend versus trying to guess which way the stock will go.


    Min 14 --------- min 18 --------- pre-market trading is difficult -------- Dan Irish doesn't do it, it's too much for him | trends are tough to read in premarket when there isn't volume --------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=QU1bBmRyKn0 ........... #DanIrish #premarket

    ESSENTIAL ======== I know people like Bohen refuse to buy any stocks in the first 15 minutes of the day. And I know some people love buying stocks at the beginning of the day or premarket, and then they’re done for the rest of the day. So try different things and see what works over and over.

    QUESTION: how do you trade pre-market, or after-market closers?
    ANSWER: you got to have the right broker. . . . if you don't understand how to trade pre-market or after-hours, you shouldn't be doing it. . . Pre-market is crazy. After-hours is totally wonky. . crazy moves all over the place. If you're new, avoid after-hours like the plague. And try to avoid pre-market. If you're new, avoid the wild wild west. . . -Tim Bohen

    STRATEGY ---------- Low float, big % gainer (with news) will spike through the high of day when the price reclaims pre-market highs at around 9:45 am............ [at 9:45 am, look for stocks that are reclaiming their pre-market highs]........... -Tim Bohen


    QUESTION: What do I use as an indicator to determine unusual volume?
    ANSWER: The 60-day Average Volume. . . . . Every stock, every day, I look at that. I want to know what is it doing in pre-market, and does it have the potential to exceed that AVERAGE 60-day VOLUME by 10x, 50x, 100x. . .

    WHETHER OR NOT YOU SHOULD BE TRADING, if the stock you're looking at:
    - In Pre-Market, isn't trading 50k shares minimum. . . .  IGNORE IT. . .
    - After 9:30 open, isn't trading 1million shares. . . IGNORE IT. . . 
    * say the stock is trading 1M shares at the open, but if the AVG Volume is 15M shares, it's not going to be unusual volume. . .IGNORE IT. . . . . Recognize unusual volume, and ignore low-volume stocks.

    PRE-MARKET STOCKS TO PLAY
    - Low float stock (less than 10 million shares [in pre-market])
    - Big gainer (greater than 20% [in pre-market])
    - Real Volume (1 Million shares or more [in pre-market])
    - News (the news doesn't need to be that great; any news in LOW FLOAT stocks will bring buyers)
    - Spiked  [in pre-market]


    PRE-MARKET spikes almost always pull back hard. . . . Trading in pre-market will work here and there. .  but it's not the path of consistency. . . 


    * volume during pre-market and after-hours is generally low volume. . .  These are riskier times to be trading and better times to be planning your trades for the upcoming day.

    I don't really like to trade pre-market.... (it's) for the degenerate gamblers..... But i use pre-market levels as a guide... -Sykes

    Sykes doesn't trade pre-market.... he uses it as a guide to find percent gainers and new news........

    PREMARKET TRADING DOWNSIDES [Pre-market trading is not advised/recommended/best]
    -very wide bid/ask spreads (tough to get a fill at the price you seek)
    -tough executions (lack of volume)
    -not a lot of volatility (lack of volume)  -GRITTANI

    OTCs start pre-market trading at 8 am.
    Listed(Nasdaq) stocks start pre-market trading at 4 am (8am is when things pick up)


    ADD TO MY PRE-MARKET SECTION THE WHOLE SECTION AND IMAGES OF GRAPHS FOUND IN DUX’S DVD WEBPAGE I CREATED -------- https://qintarcapital.com/trading-techniques.php ............<----------I ALREADY DID THIS!


    If you don't know where the top of a spike is going to be, always sell into the pre-market high (check the top tick in the pre-market and sell there)... -Dux commentary

    In the pre-market, anything that is over 100% and starts gapping and holding -- that's called a GAP FILL strategy (b/c it closed above the open). -Dux

    If a stock can hold it's pre-market gains ALL DAY, that means the stock has extra strength... so long-term bagholders are actually sold and there's enough dip-buyers to push the stock to close very strong (relative to the OPEN).. and that's a very bullish signal/factor... -Dux


    SHORTING A PREMARKET BREAKOUT: the over-extended gap-down strategy is a good strategy to play after a pre-market breakout occurs... You play the over-extended gap down on day 2 or day 3 of the stock's spiking (after it's first green day).... Min 49:10 on PART 2 ORIGINAL.


    Look for stocks that spike and pull back in premarket. Or stocks that spike and consolidate... Then watch for breakouts above the premarket high or consolidation area. Notice Oracle resistance areas, and be out of your trade by 10 AM; most stocks slow down after 10 AM. Then come back in the afternoon (after 1 pm) for more opportunities to trade the same stock.

     Min 1:40 --------- the importance of VWAP::::: anytime a stock opens up under VWAP, be wary of it; VWAP works as heavy resistance anytime a stock is beneath it ------ www.youtube.com/watch?v=v5sH7wUJqHw ........ #VWAP


    I'm not a big fan of trading pre-market trading, because there are so many gappers but so few of them actually end up spiking up. -Tuohey

    Min 16 — knowing what a stock will do next (at market open) is all dependent on probability. There is no exact way of knowing without tracking the data — youtu.be/AWremDPOXYA …… #AlexTemiz

    I only recommend premarket trading for experienced traders and those who are on a hot streak......Premarket can be dangerous with less liquidity......Buy in pre, sell in pre. Notice all of these stocks pulled back at the open. This rule helps you lock in profits in premarket, and look for another entry after the open. -Bohen #premarket

    INSIGHT-------------if a stock spiked yesterday, and is now down in pre-market (by -11%+ or more), then that is a bearish sign that it could be the end of the stock's spiking. -[Sykes commentary]

    Min 7:45 — buy in pre and sell in pre ONLY WHEN THE STOCK IS HOLDING NEAR ITS HIGHS IN PREMARKET — https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=JRDcZr0bVko …… 

    IF there is LIGHT VOLUME (less than 5 million volume) in pre market, that automatically makes the trade a post 9:45 am idea (in other words, never trade at the open or during pre market if there is LOW VOLUME of less than <5 million volume)…. -[bohen commentary]


    In premarket, focus on LIQUID STOCKS only ---- digest the news first (don't just click "buy" b/c you see big headlines), react instead to the market's reaction to the news ----- youtu.be/8TnRpH4FtXE ......

    Min 14:35 ---------- THE NUMBER ONE DAY FOR DAY-TRADING IS MONDAY MORNING. You must be up at 4 am, 5 am, to catch these pre-market spikes... A close second is FRIDAY AFTERNOON ---- https://youtu.be/HDChGGfg2s4 ..........

    Min 3:55 ---------- https://youtu.be/JtgvdoKE6JI .......... #sykes #premarketB/O .........

    TRACKING STATS: Min 51:20 AND Min 1:12:45 of PART 4 of TRADING TECHNIQUES (Dux DVD). <-----------ALREADY WATCHED..............
    Min 2:29:00 -------- when a stock has prior massive green-candle VOLUME SUPPORT at it's previous support levels, it is a very bullish factor ---- www.stevenduxi.com/trading-techniques-video-course/?_login=20b01b8e4b ........ #Dux #BREAKOUTS #DIPBUYS
    REVIEW MY PART 4 STATISTICS NOTES I TOOK ON TRADING TECHNIQUES (DUX's DVD) --- PART 4 (STATISTICS) -------- http://qintarcapital.com/trading-techniques.php< --------ALREADY WATCHED............

    TRACKING THE MAXIMUM SHORT-SQUEEZE PERCENTAGE OF A STOCK ------- Min 00:21:00 AND Min 1:36:30 AND Min 2:56:20 of Part 4.

    TRACKING THE SUPPORT AND RESISTANCE DETAILS OF A STOCK ------- Min 23:40 AND Min 1:29:40 of Part 4.

    TRACKING OPEN VOLUME THESIS (PATTERN) ----- Min 30:10 AND Min 1:38:20 AND Min 3:03:50 of Part 4.

    TRACKING SUDDEN MOMENTUM CHANGES ------- Min 31:45 of Part 4.

    TRACKING THE BEST ENTRY AND EXIT OF A STOCK ------- Min 28:50 of Part 4.

    Min 57 ------ how to track the best entry and exit points ------- PART 4 ---------- www.stevenduxi.com/trading-techniques-video-course/ .........

    Min 1:01:10 -------- HOW TO DIP-BUY ------- PART 4 ---------- www.stevenduxi.com/trading-techniques-video-course/ .........

    Min 1:06:00 ---------- Min 1:15:40 -------- Min 2:27:00 ---------- IT IS ESSENTIAL TO TRACK SPECIFIC MARKET CAPS AND FLOAT CATEGORIES AND MATCH THEM ----------- PART 4 ---------- www.stevenduxi.com/trading-techniques-video-course/ .........

    Min 1:14:10 --------- Min 1:22:45 --------- Min 1:27:00+ -------- everything Dux tracks is stated here [how he builds his database and how he tracks details of the pattern] --------- each year it is different stats that Dux tracks -------- PART 4 -------- www.stevenduxi.com/trading-techniques-video-course ......

    REVIEW ALL OF DUX'S NOTES ON "PREMARKET BREAKOUT" PATTERN, HERE FOR HIS DVD ------ https://qintarcapital.com/trading-techniques.php ...... <----------I ALREADY DID THIS........



    Min 20:40 ----- Min 30:30 ----- Min 36 - Min 40 ----- Min 50 ----- Min 58 -------------- A great video explaining how BAGHOLDERS and VOLUME influence the stock's technical analysis ------ How to ensure a massive supernova doesn't have many bagholders still in the stock (so it can keep spiking instead of selling off and tanking due to bagholders selling to break-even or minimize the amount of losses they're holding -------- if a stock has a HUGE RED CANDLE with a HUGE RED VOLUME BAR underneath it, that means it was likely BAGHOLDERS who were SELLING off. There are always more BUYERS than SELLERS(including short-sellers) in the market ---------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=zvs_8zF-i1E ........... #bagholders #stephenJohnson #gappers #gapAndCrap #Gap&Crap


    Min 39:55 - Min 43 --------- The process of how BREAKOUTS work (the psychology behind them) ------- Everyone is in the stock for the breakout -- the breakout POPS UP --- everyone sells for profit --- the stock goes back down --- all of the breakout buyers remaining then sell (that 90% lose) ---- then Roland comes in and buys the stock if it supports the breakout level (and that's kind of when the short's are covering when it isn't cracking; they cover their shares (they buy back in), and Roland rides the dip-buy momentum upwards) ------- www.youtube.com/watch?app=desktop&v=XY76jXe-Fk4 ....... [WHY BREAKOUTS ARE CHOPPY] #BREAKOUTS

    A key function Grittani uses for the stats he tracks is CONDITIONAL FORMATTING ("OR Function") in Excel (google sheets)... (i.e. to see if an afternoon breakout is a good pattern to trade, he does the following with the data he's collected) : 
    1.       what was the HOD minus the breakout point divided by the breakout (decimal $ amount) -- this will tell me WHAT PERCENT IT RAN FROM BREAKOUT TO HOD... that number will be ideally 15% or 20%....
    2.       Then there is a function called CONDITIONAL FORMATTING, which can highlight the 15% or 20% occurrences amidst all of the data cells.... helping it to visually stand out, the ones that were successful (at a 15% / 20% occurrence)......
    3.       Then i will take other columns and sort them highest to lowest (i.e. market cap).... then i will look for clusters (ideally the best percentage runners of the breakout showing in the lower market cap, we'll say for this example... and fewer ones displaying (big % runners) at the higher market caps....
    4.       Then this will tell me to begin ignoring bigger market caps when playing afternoon breakouts, for instance... This has produced good results for me #Grittani -------- Min 22:15 --------- www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PP63Z2Bu-4&t=2s ......... [details: https://exceljet.net/conditional-formatting-formulas]