MOEX Premarket: the evening and morning before the main session
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Short version for experts: tables, lists and screenshots only.
Words in this lesson (4)
Gap — A jump in price: today trading opened noticeably higher or lower than it closed yesterday. Closed at 100 yesterday, opened at 108 today — an 8% gap up.
Volume — How much money or how many units changed hands over a period. A move on high volume is more reliable than one on low volume.
Screener — A filtering program: it scans hundreds of stocks or coins and shows only those that match the given criteria.
Premarket — Trading before the exchange's main session opens. There are few participants, and the price moves easily.
Moscow Exchange sessions
| Session | Time (Moscow) | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Evening (the day before) | 19:00–23:50 | reaction to news and to US markets |
| Morning | 6:50–9:00 | few participants, the price moves easily |
| Main | 9:00–18:55 | the bulk of the day's turnover |
These are the boundaries the screener uses. On Monday, the "evening" is taken from Friday, including weekend trading.
The idea of the screener
News came out in the evening or at night — the stock moved during the evening and morning sessions, when few people trade. By the open of the main session, everyone else arrives. The question: will the move continue, or will the gap be closed?
The "MOEX Premarket" screener finds such stocks and shows everything you need to answer that.