Premarket Volume Scan

Market Narrative

## Premarket Scan: August 13, 2026 This morning's scan for August 13, 2026 is presenting an unusual situation: the gap candidates are showing large percentage moves but zero confirmed premarket volume across the board. NEBX leads the list at up 68.51% to $35.74, followed closely by NBIL at up 68.28% and NBIG at up 68.07%, with NBIC rounding out a cluster of names all gapping between 66% and 69%. The shared ticker prefix and near-identical gap percentages suggest these are related securities, possibly tranches or share classes tied to the same underlying event, which warrants caution rather than excitement. Without volume, none of these gaps are confirmed. A 68% gap with zero volume is a data point, not a trade. The primary signal here is volume, and right now that signal is silent on all six candidates. QNTU and CRWX show smaller gaps and equally empty volume. For shares-only strategies, the plan stays the same: wait for open-market volume confirmation before sizing into any of these names. HOD breakout setups apply to the tighter PM ranges like CRWX at 2.7% and QNTU at 0.0%, where price discovery will happen at the open rather than in premarket. The real volume activity this morning is concentrated in CHOW, RMCF, SPCX, SMCI, and INTC, none of which are showing directional gap moves but are generating the kind of participation that actually produces tradeable setups. SMCI and INTC in particular are names with active options markets, and elevated volume without a gap can signal institutional positioning ahead of a catalyst or macro print. That brings the macro context into focus: PPI m/m prints today with a forecast of 0.2% against a prior reading of -0.3%, and Core PPI m/m is expected at 0.3% versus 0.2% prior. Both reads suggest the market is pricing in a modest inflation uptick. A hotter-than-expected print pressures rate-sensitive sectors and can flush risk names fast, while an in-line or soft read could give a bid to beaten-down tech and small caps. On a macro-driven day like this, VWAP reclaim and rejection setups are more reliable than pure momentum, since the tape will reprice around the data rather than hold clean technical levels through the open. For the August 13, 2026 session, the approach is straightforward. Treat the NEBX, NBIL, NBIG, NBIC cluster as a watch-and-confirm situation: if volume materializes at the open and one