pre-market
Trading before hours
Pre-market refers to trading activity that occurs before the official opening of a stock exchange, typically between 4 a.m. and 9:30 a.m.
Eastern time in U.S. markets: The stock jumped 8% in pre-market trading.
Pre-market prices indicate how a stock might open but often shift once regular trading begins.
The term also describes anything happening before a product reaches the market: pre-market testing, pre-market approval.
Contracts for future delivery
- overnightSpanning evening to morning
- after-hoursBeyond regular closing
- sessionScheduled time for activity
- ordersInstructions to obey
indicators · movers · gainers · losers · volume · quotes · activity · bid
Occurring before expected
- dawnDay's first glow
- morningDay's early hours
- overnightSpanning evening to morning
- commoditiesTradeable raw materials
forex · global · announcements · alerts · watchlist
First functional specimen
- testingExamining to evaluate
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
- feasibilityPotential for success
concept · pilot · beta · MVP · iteration · refinement · focus-groups · surveys
U.S. health regulator
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- filingStoring documents systematically
- submissionYielding to another's will
- clinicalEmotionally detached, medically precise
trials · IPO · SEC · prospectus · clearance · review · authorization · pipeline
futures
Contracts for future delivery
- overnightSpanning evening to morning
- after-hoursBeyond regular closing
- sessionScheduled time for activity
orders · indicators · movers · gainers · losers · volume · quotes · activity · bid · ask
early
Occurring before expected
commodities · forex · global · announcements · alerts · watchlist
prototype
First functional specimen
- testingExamining to evaluate
- researchSystematic fact-finding effort
- validationConfirming truth or accuracy
feasibility · concept · pilot · beta · MVP · iteration · refinement · focus-groups · surveys · sampling
FDA
U.S. health regulator
- approvalFavorable opinion given
- filingStoring documents systematically
- submissionYielding to another's will
clinical · trials · IPO · SEC · prospectus · clearance · review · authorization · pipeline · phases
- stock marketstock, shares, stocks, trading, trader
- market statesopen, closed, halted, suspended, active
- regulatory stagesphase two, phase three, implementation, approval, rulemaking
- tradingbid, buy, ask, sell, trading
- stocksstock, shares, stock price, stocks, stock quote
- stock market startsopening bell, opening price
pre-marketafter-hours
Beyond regular closing
post-market · regular hours · after-market · intraday · closing bell