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The Trade Signal β€Ί Nov 5, 2026 β€Ί Pre-market

Pre-market brief Β· Thursday, November 5, 2026

Futures Mixed Ahead of US Data

Dow futures lead gains while Nasdaq 100 futures lag as traders eye the economic calendar.

Published Β· Data as of 8:30 AM ET
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Today's economic calendar

Time (ET)EventImpactActualForecastPrevious
7:00 AM ETGB Interest Rate (Nov. 2026)High4%4%3.75%
8:30 AM ETUnit Labour Costs QoQ Prel (Q3 2026)Medium–0.6%1.3%
8:30 AM ETNonfarm Productivity QoQ Prel (Q3 2026)Medium–2.8%1.4%
8:30 AM ETInitial Jobless Claims (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium–196K194K
8:30 AM ETUSDA Pork Net Export Sales (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium––42.3K
8:30 AM ETUSDA Pork Gross Export Sales (w/o Oct. 26, 2026)Medium––44.9K
11:30 AM ET4-Week Bill Auction Allotted at High (Nov. 5, 2026)Medium–––
11:30 AM ET4-Week Bill Auction Bid-to-Cover (Nov. 5, 2026)Medium–––
11:30 AM ET4-Week Bill Auction Total Accepted (Nov. 5, 2026)Medium–––

Calendar times are ET and come from TradingView's public calendar, an unofficial feed; times and figures can change.

Earnings today

Before the open

  • COP ConocoPhillips
  • PH Parker-Hannifin Corporation
  • SOJE Southern Co 4.2 % Notes 2020-15.10.60 Global Series 2020C Deferrable
  • SO Southern Company
  • CNQ Canadian Natural Resources Limited
  • DUK/PA Duke Energy Corp Depositary Shs Repr 1/1000th Cum Red Perp Pfd Registered Sh Series A
  • CI Cigna Group
  • APD Air Products and Chemicals, Inc.
  • KMB Kimberly-Clark Corporation
  • TRP TC Energy Corporation

After the close

  • ABNB Airbnb, Inc. Class A
  • MNST Monster Beverage Corporation
  • NET Cloudflare Inc Class A
  • EOG EOG Resources, Inc.
  • SPG/PJ Simon Property Group, Inc. 8.375 % Cum Red Pfd Registered Shs Series -J-
  • WPM Wheaton Precious Metals Corp
  • NTRA Natera, Inc.
  • DVN Devon Energy Corporation
  • TEAM Atlassian Corp Class A
  • ED Consolidated Edison, Inc.

Time not confirmed: BRK.B, UI

US-listed companies over $10B market cap, largest first. Report dates and times come from TradingView (unofficial feed) and can change.

Overnight

S&P 500 futures are +0.07% at 7,727.50, bracketed by 7,691.00 and 7,738.75. Dow futures are +0.61% at 53,836, while Nasdaq 100 futures are βˆ’0.80% at 28,338.50. The VIX is +0.66% at 16.89. Gold is +1.23% at $4,124.40 and WTI crude is +1.33% at $89.88. Bitcoin is βˆ’0.57% at $79,588. The dollar index is +0.11% at 101.62, with EUR/USD at 1.1222 and USD/JPY at 158.45. The 10-year yield is 4.894%.

Movers

Pre-market leaders include APP at +22.72% and WRBY at +21.51%. Decliners are led by MNTN at βˆ’45.04% and GIL at βˆ’22.69%. Mega-cap names show +1.61% for AAPL, +0.71% for MSFT, βˆ’1.69% for NVDA, +2.51% for AMZN, βˆ’2.35% for TSLA, +0.70% for META, and +1.05% for GOOGL.

Calendar

Unit Labour Costs QoQ Prel is due at 8:30 AM ET with a forecast of 0.6% versus 1.3%. Nonfarm Productivity QoQ Prel follows at 8:30 AM ET with a forecast of 2.8% versus 1.4%. Initial Jobless Claims are also at 8:30 AM ET, forecast at 196K against 194K.

Levels to watch

S&P 500 pivot points are PP 7,680.00, R1 7,724.19, and S1 7,644.43, with the prior day ranging from 7,635.81 to 7,715.57. Nasdaq 100 pivots are PP 28,514.35, R1 28,752.48, and S1 28,199.04, with the prior day ranging from 28,276.22 to 28,829.66.

Overnight moves

Change since the prior session's close; the range covers the overnight session up to the time shown. Data as of 8:30 AM ET.

Index futures & volatility

InstrumentLastChgChg %Range
S&P 500 futures (ES)7,727.50+5.75+0.07%7,691.00 – 7,738.75
Nasdaq 100 futures (NQ)28,338.50βˆ’228.75βˆ’0.80%28,167.75 – 28,649.75
Dow futures (YM)53,836+328+0.61%53,506 – 53,913
Russell 2000 futures (RTY)2,869.00+2.70+0.09%2,864.00 – 2,888.30
VIX16.89+0.11+0.66%16.57 – 17.19

Commodities & crypto

InstrumentLastChgChg %Range
Gold futures$4,124.40+$50.00+1.23%$4,067.00 – $4,155.80
WTI crude futures$89.88+$1.18+1.33%$86.65 – $90.35
Bitcoin$79,588βˆ’$459βˆ’0.57%$79,454 – $80,881

Dollar, FX & yields

InstrumentLastChgChg %Range
US Dollar Index (DXY)101.62+0.11+0.11%101.19 – 101.63
EUR/USD1.1222βˆ’0.0011βˆ’0.10%1.1220 – 1.1271
GBP/USD1.3463βˆ’0.0009βˆ’0.07%1.3449 – 1.3501
USD/JPY158.45+0.01+0.00%157.78 – 158.50
US 10-year yield4.894%––– – –

Pre-market movers

US-listed stocks above $2 and a $300M market cap with at least 100K shares traded pre-market.

Gapping up

TickerPriceChg %Volume
APP AppLovin Corp. Class A$333.50+22.72%649.4K
WRBY Warby Parker, Inc. Class$25.87+21.51%234.3K
RUN Sunrun Inc.$10.63+20.93%1.88M
U Unity Software, Inc.$51.14+20.44%4.46M
ADMA ADMA Biologics, Inc.$12.60+20.23%106.7K
FUN Six Flags Entertainment $9.25+16.65%665.7K
IRWD Ironwood Pharmaceuticals$4.25+12.73%148.0K
JOBY Joby Aviation, Inc.$5.66+12.08%1.91M

Gapping down

TickerPriceChg %Volume
MNTN MNTN, Inc Class A$5.70βˆ’45.04%385.0K
GIL Gildan Activewear Inc.$33.45βˆ’22.69%105.3K
TRIP TripAdvisor, Inc.$8.13βˆ’20.29%236.5K
PCT PureCycle Technologies I$2.36βˆ’15.33%203.9K
FSLY Fastly, Inc. Class A$18.29βˆ’13.07%182.5K
QCOM QUALCOMM Incorporated$152.86βˆ’11.74%334.7K
BROS Dutch Bros, Inc. Class A$39.00βˆ’11.34%176.9K
SNAP Snap, Inc. Class A$5.30βˆ’10.48%803.1K

Unusual pre-market volume

Large caps (over $2B) ranked by pre-market volume as a share of their 10-day average daily volume.

TickerPriceChg %Volume% of avg day
U Unity Software, Inc.$51.14+20.44%4.46M42%
RUN Sunrun Inc.$10.63+20.93%1.88M16%
APP AppLovin Corp. Class A$333.50+22.72%649.4K13%
JOBY Joby Aviation, Inc.$5.67+12.28%1.91M11%
WRBY Warby Parker, Inc. Class$25.87+21.51%234.3K7%
STLA Stellantis N.V.$4.69+0.86%3.26M7%

Levels to watch

Prior regular-session high, low and close with classic floor pivots (P = (H+L+C)/3). Index overnight ranges are from the matching futures contract; the stock pre-market range starts at 4:00 AM ET.

IndexPrior highPrior lowPrior closeR1PivotS1Futures overnight range
SPX500 (S&P 500 index)7,715.577,635.817,688.627,724.197,680.007,644.437,691.00 – 7,738.75
NAS100 (Nasdaq 100 index)28,829.6628,276.2228,437.1728,752.4828,514.3528,199.0428,167.75 – 28,649.75
StockPre-mktChg %Pre-mkt rangePrior highPrior lowPrior closePivot
Apple (AAPL)355.12+1.61%348.90 – 355.35354.50340.99349.51348.33
Microsoft (MSFT)559.77+0.71%550.12 – 559.93559.15542.30555.80552.42
Nvidia (NVDA)196.75βˆ’1.69%196.25 – 200.00206.79199.68200.13202.20
Amazon (AMZN)272.70+2.51%264.10 – 272.80271.49263.85266.03267.12
Tesla (TSLA)376.14βˆ’2.35%375.38 – 379.79392.04375.50385.19384.24
Meta (META)634.42+0.70%622.60 – 639.08643.09624.50630.00632.53
Alphabet (GOOGL)291.97+1.05%286.46 – 293.99296.49283.40288.93289.61

Sources: Yahoo Finance, TradingView. Data may be delayed.

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