Morning Brief — Monday, October 19, 2026
Pre-market levels, expected moves, earnings and catalysts as published before the open on Monday, October 19, 2026.
Pre-market indices
| Index | Price | Change |
|---|
| SPY | 766.78 | +0.46% |
| QQQ | 718.95 | +1.29% |
| IWM | 271.65 | +0.45% |
Options-implied expected moves
| Ticker | Expected move | Implied range |
|---|
| SPY | ±$5.19 (0.68%) | 758.06 – 768.44 |
| QQQ | ±$9.77 (1.38%) | 700.03 – 719.57 |
| IWM | ±$2.29 (0.84%) | 268.16 – 272.73 |
Pre-market movers
| Ticker | Gap | Catalyst |
|---|
| CLF | +15.51% | Earnings |
| NBIS | +7.09% | |
| CRWV | +6.28% | News |
| WULF | +5.74% | |
| MRVL | +4.81% | |
| LRCX | +4.53% | |
| KLAC | +4.50% | |
| INTC | +4.46% | |
| ARM | +4.39% | |
| SMCI | +4.17% | |
Earnings today
| Ticker | When | Implied move | Mkt cap |
|---|
| FITB | Pre-Market | ±7.05% | $45.7B |
| CLF | Pre-Market | ±12.62% | $6.9B |
| DX | Pre-Market | ±10.34% | $2.8B |
| STLD | After Close | ±10.31% | $34.5B |
| WRB | After Close | ±5.95% | $27.5B |
| CCK | After Close | ±11.44% | $12.4B |
| AGNC | After Close | ±5.16% | $10.5B |
| WTFC | After Close | ±5.72% | $9.7B |
| ZION | After Close | ±7.76% | $9.2B |
| WAL | After Close | ±9.86% | $8.1B |
Headlines that morning
- Here are Monday's biggest analyst calls: SpaceX, Nvidia, Apple, CoreWeave, Amazon, Meta, Eli Lilly & more
- SpaceX, Tesla earnings to test Musk's AI spending ambitions as merger talk grows
- Fed sees AI boom adding to inflation headache, but others may pay for the medicine
- VERTICAL VIDEO CONTEMPLATE
- Super League stockholders approve $132M bitcoin investment from Metaplanet; shares up
- Watch US Stocks Rebound Ahead of Earnings; Zelenskyy Says Trump Pushing Kyiv to Yield
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