Pre-open prep board: the overnight briefing centerpiece, session clock + watchlist left, pre-market movers + breadth right, news and the econ/earnings calendars in a full-width bottom rail

Pre-open prep board: the overnight briefing centerpiece, session clock + watchlist left, pre-market movers + breadth right, news and the econ/earnings calendars in a full-width bottom rail
Use it when: The first thing you open in the morning, before the desk you actually trade on.
The pre-open board: what happened overnight, what is scheduled today, and what is already moving before the bell.
Breadth and the pre-market movers are the two that set expectations for the open. A gap with broad participation behind it holds far more often than one carried by two names.
The earnings calendar matters more here - a megacap reporting last night is usually the reason NQ is gapping while ES is not.
The econ calendar and news carry crude; the equity-breadth half of this desk does not.
Presets in the menu bar, under the category this desk belongs to — one click applies the whole layout, and a checkmark tracks which one is active.Ctrl+P, which finds it by name.show me pre market.Add Panel menu.The tell: The question this board answers is whether today has a catalyst or not. A day with nothing scheduled and no overnight story trades ranges; a day with a print at 08:30 has a time on it, and that time should be in your plan before the open.
8 panels, read straight from the preset definition in the desktop build: