Premarket

When to Use

• At the start of the trading day (the runner runs it at 18:05 ET, after the
  18:00 ET open), or on request. It prepares the whole trading day, which
  ends at 16:00 ET the next afternoon: the Asia, London, and New York
  sessions and that day's 08:30 ET data.

How It Works

1. get_server_config; search_contracts for the symbol (active contract,
   tickSize, tickValue); the account (the cycle prompt's account line, else
   get_account_snapshot, and the harness tool combine_status for a
   running prop attempt): today's game plan is sized from its balance, the
   room to the daily limits, and for an attempt the cushion and budget.
2. Run in parallel (as in trade-session step 2): the three market analysts,
   news-calendar-analyst for the trading day's date (the date it ends on,
   as the prompt says), and risk-manager phase 1.
3. Blackouts: add each proposed window with the append-only harness tool
   blackouts_add (it can't remove a window, so blackouts only ever
   restrict trading): {"start": "<ISO>", "end": "<ISO>", "reason": "<event>"}.
4. Game plan (you, as head trader):
   • Bias per timeframe from the multi-timeframe read (no bars file in
     premarket: bars_fetch 3m with record and daily first, once; then
     mtf_read with bars and daily, see the
     multi-timeframe-analysis skill): one line per timeframe, the alignment
     for longs and shorts, and where analysts disagree.
   • Key levels table (price, what, source).
   • Strategies in play: from strategies_list with json: true
     (status, sessions, instruments), the active ones for this
     symbol whose sessions are today, with the exact trigger each needs.
     Strategies to avoid today, with reasons.
   • Risk budget and stand-down conditions; event windows.
   • The calendar: a CME holiday or an early close today (from the news
     analyst) that the built-in calendar or the runner config doesn't list →
     tell the user (it goes in closedDates / earlyCloseDates) and plan for
     it (see session-timing).
     A contract roll this week → the active contract from search_contracts,
     and levels from before the roll read with care.
5. journal_add {kind:"note", contractId, tags:["premarket", "<SYMBOL>"]} with
   the game plan, then show it.

Examples

MNQ premarket 18:05 ET for the trading day 2026-10-08: daily range
20900-21700, 1h uptrend, PDH 21640 / PDL 21480, settlement 21610. CPI 08:30
tomorrow (blackout 08:25-08:40 ET). In play: ema_cross and supertrend all
session; orb in ny only (ADX gate). Avoid cisd_ote longs below PDH. Budget
$40/trade, $160/day; stop after 2 losses.