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Pre Market

Overview​

The Pre Market profile helps you track where early group strength, weakness, and setup concentration are forming before the regular session opens. It brings together gaps, volume activity, relative strength, and signal clustering so you can see which industries or themes are getting attention before the bell.

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This profile activates automatically during pre-market hours and highlights early group movement, gap behavior, volume participation, divergence signals, and Top Alpha setup concentration across industries and themes.

Strategy Focus​

  • Spot early leadership themes before the open by watching group movement and 1-day strength rankings
  • Track gap behavior across industries and themes, including moves above previous highs or through support and resistance
  • Measure pre-market participation with Relative Volume and Total Volume (%) to separate real movement from noise
  • Monitor divergence and compression signals that may become actionable after the open
  • Compare fundamental quality through EPS Rating, Sales Rating, Profit Rating, and Accumulation/Distribution Score
  • Build pre-market workflows by drilling into active groups through Ticker Screener, Multi-Charts, and Group Viewer

Filters Applied​

This is a default column-only profile. No filters are applied, so all groups remain visible and are sorted by live 1-day strength.

Metrics Used​

Group Structure and Identity​

  • Industry / Theme: Identifies the group and makes it easier to spot where early movement is developing.
  • Tickers: Shows how many companies are inside the group, which helps frame breadth and relevance.

Pre-Market Movement​

  • Change Pre (%): Measures market-cap-weighted change from the prior close during pre-market trading and helps identify early movers.
  • Gap Over Prev High (%): Shows the percentage of companies gapping above the previous high, which helps surface early breakout behavior.
  • Gap Under Prev Low (%): Shows the percentage of companies gapping below the previous low, which helps surface early weakness.
  • Gap Over Resistance (%): Shows how many companies are opening above structural resistance areas, which can indicate stronger conviction.
  • Gap Under Support (%): Shows how many companies are opening below structural support areas, which can indicate expanding weakness.

Group Ratings and Fundamentals​

  • Group Rating 1 Day: Ranks group strength in real time and helps identify where early leadership is forming.
  • Group Rating 1 Year: Adds long-term context so you can see whether pre-market movement is happening in established leaders or weaker groups.
  • EPS Rating: Highlights earnings strength at the group level and helps support stronger early moves.
  • Sales Rating: Adds revenue momentum context and helps identify groups with better top-line support.
  • Profit Rating: Adds profitability context and helps confirm whether strength is happening in higher-quality groups.
  • Accumulation/Distribution Score: Shows whether institutional buying or selling pressure has been building across the group.

Relative Strength and Momentum​

  • Rel. Strength 1 Day 90+ (%): Shows the percentage of companies already displaying very strong relative strength today.
  • Rel. Strength 1 Year 90+ (%): Shows the percentage of companies with long-term leadership, which helps confirm structural strength.

Volume and Liquidity​

  • Total Volume (%): Shows how much of the market’s total volume is coming from the group, helping identify where attention is concentrated.
  • Relative Volume: Compares current group activity with what is typical for this point in the session, helping confirm whether the move has real participation.
  • Return Year to Date (%): Adds broader trend context and helps separate stronger groups from weaker ones.

Earnings Activity​

  • Reports Earnings Within 1 Week: Shows how many companies in the group report within the next five trading days, which helps identify near-term catalyst clusters.

Divergence and Compression Signals​

  • Positive RSI Divergence 14D (%): Shows where more companies are displaying bullish divergence, which can matter when looking for recovery groups.
  • Negative RSI Divergence 14D (%): Shows where more companies are displaying bearish divergence, which can matter when looking for fading strength.
  • Tight Range (%): Shows how many companies closed in compressed ranges, helping identify groups that may be ready for expansion.

Strategy Metrics​

  • Top Alpha Setups: Counts the number of high-conviction MarketAlpha strategy setups inside the group, helping you focus on areas with stronger setup density before the open.

Default Sorting Logic​

Results are sorted by Group Rating 1 Day in descending order, so the strongest real-time groups rise to the top.

Practical Use Cases​

  • Track pre-market leaders and laggards before the regular session begins
  • Spot groups with strong gap behavior and early participation before drilling into individual names
  • Jump into Ticker Screener to isolate the companies driving pre-market group movement
  • Open Multi-Charts to compare companies across several active groups before the open
  • Use Group Viewer to review group metrics in more detail and confirm the broader context
  • Build pre-market watchlists around early strength, gap behavior, divergence, and setup concentration