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AH·US tape

After-hours signal

Pre-market and after-hours moves are conviction from players who will not wait for the open.

Key points

  • Thin hours exaggerate both truth and fakeouts.
  • The options chain often speaks before the cash tape does.
  • An earnings gap is a trade only if it actually trades.

Related labs

After-Hours Decoder

Read pre-market and after-hours prints as conviction, not noise.

Premarket Window

Work the 4:00–9:30 ET window where overnight news hits first.