Premarket Volume Scan

Market Narrative

## Premarket Scan: September 16, 2026 Today's scan is straightforward but unusual: every named gap candidate, including NFEGP, AT, and HVIIU, is showing zero premarket volume as of this writing. That is a hard disqualifier under the volume-first framework. NFEGP is printing a jaw-dropping 776% gap at $492.50, and AT is up over 563% at $20.03, but without volume confirmation, those numbers are noise. HVIIU at 36.76% faces the same problem. All three are flagged C-tier and shares-only, which already signals illiquid options chains, and with zero premarket range, there is no actionable setup here before the open. The real volume activity today is sitting in the no-directional-move bucket: PDSB, ADBT, CTNT, RETO, and VEEA are the names seeing actual participation. These are worth watching for HOD/LOD breakout entries if they establish a clean range in the first 15 minutes, but treat them as reactive trades, not anticipatory ones. The macro context completely dominates September 16, 2026. The FOMC rate decision hits today with a forecast of 4.00% against a prior of 3.75%, meaning a 25 basis point cut is the consensus expectation. That is followed by the dot plot projections, the FOMC statement, and the Powell press conference. On a day like this, the broad market will likely compress into a tight range before the announcement and then move hard in one direction. VWAP strategies are better suited to post-announcement action than HOD/LOD breakouts, because the breakout level established in the morning session may be completely irrelevant after the Fed speaks. Gap plays that look clean at 9:35 AM can reverse violently at 2:00 PM Eastern. The strategy recommendation for today is to keep size small and be selective. With no strong gap-and-volume setups from the named candidates, and with a Fed decision creating a binary macro event mid-session, this is not a day to force trades. If PDSB, ADBT, or any of the volume leaders develop tight 5-minute ranges in the first half hour, a HOD breakout with a defined stop below the opening range low is the cleanest structure available. Stay in shares given the liquidity profile across today's watchlist. After 2:00 PM, VWAP reclaim or rejection trades on index-correlated names will be the higher-probability play once the Fed direction is known. Patience is the edge today.