Monday's most active premarket stocks 📈

Good Morning! Hey, there! It's Chris from Elite Trade Club, here to give you this morning's premarket trading news. Happy Monday! It's October 16th. I hope you had a great weekend. Now, let's get ready to trade! Markets 📈 Stocks closed out the trading week with a lackluster performance on Friday. The Dow was the loan gainer with a 0.1% advance, while the Nasdaq suffered a 1.2% sell-off. The S&P 500 lost half a point, while the Russell 2K fell 0.8%. Today, futures are ticking higher in early trading. S&P 500 contracts are up by around 0.3%, so we could be headed for a higher open. Sponsored [FedCoin Could Send this $3 Stock Skyrocketing]( The government-backed digital dollar, better known as "FedCoin", is finally set to "go live"... Think of the 40-year-old U.S. banking system as the dial-up internet of the late 1990s... And FedCoin as wireless, high-speed internet. 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An auction is in the pipeline to explore the possibility of receiving a more competitive offer, according to inside sources quoted by The Wall Street Journal. What to Watch Today 👀 Earnings Season Rolls On Earnings season goes into full swing this week. Today's docket is pretty light, with Charles Schwab topping off the notable names list. Investors will be analyzing Q3 earnings closely for signs of economic trouble, so keep an eye on the fallout from quarterly reports today and throughout the trading week. Major Earnings 💰 Charles Schwab [SCHW] ... AM Guaranty Bancshares [GNTY] ... AM Equity Lifestyle Properties [ELS] ... PM Servisfirst Bancshares [SFBS] ... PM Enerpac Tool Group [EPAC] ... PM FB Financial Corporation [FBK] ... PM Cross first Bankshares [CFB] ... PM Economy 🏗\ - Empire State manufacturing survey [Oct] ... 8:30a Running Hot 🔥 Gainers - Mingzhu [YGMZ] >> +73.3% - Redhill [RDHL] >> +28.3% - Almacenes Exito [EXTO] >> +34.4% Decliners - Sigma Labs [SASI] >> (27.6%) - Shift Technologies [SFT] >> (19.7%) - BioPath [BPTH] >> (17.3%) Mettler-Toledo International [MTD] - Last Close: $1,033.64 Mettler-Toledo is breaking out in early trading. The precision manufacturer is on the rise this morning despite a lack of company-specific news. Mettler-Toledo suffered a 5.9% steep sell-off among a spike in trading volume on Thursday, despite no negative headlines that would explain the news. It's possible there are some macro considerations driving this move, but there hasn't been any major news surrounding the stock for more than a month. Whatever the reason, MTD is leading the S&P 500 in the premarket with a 5.9% gain. My Take: There could be some kinda macro issue here that I am overlooking, but, from what I can tell, there's no concrete impetus behind this MTD's recent volatility. PCTEL [PCTI] - Last Close: $4.66 A buyout deal is boosting shares of PCTEL. Late Friday, the company announced it had agreed to be acquired by Amphenol [APH] in an all-cash deal worth roughly $139.7 million. Shareholders will receive $7 in cash for each share of common stock in their possession, representing a 50% premium from its Friday closing price. The companies say they expect to close the deal sometime in Q4 or early 2024, subject to shareholder approval and customary closing conditions. PCTI is up 47.8% on news of the deal. My Take: PCTI landed a nice deal for itself, but the upside between its current price and the buyout premium is fading fast. Processa Pharma [PCSA] - Last Close: $0.48 A flurry of insider trading activity is rallying Processa Pharma. Last week, at least half a dozen insiders at the company disclosed significant share purchases via Form 4 filings. Most notably, CEO George Ng acquired a total of 200,000 shares, while CAO Wendy Guy picked up 14,771, and CBSO Patrick Lin picked up 5,000 shares. The company also said it will participate at the upcoming ThinkEquity Conference in New York starting on Oct. 19th. PCSA is one of this morning's top stocks with a 60.4% gain. My Take: Judging by the insider buying, PCSA may be gearing up for a big announcement at this upcoming conference. This one might be worth keeping an eye on. LQR House [LQR] - Last Close: $0.1723 LQR House is rocketing higher in a rebound rally. The tiny stock sold off on Friday after announcing the pricing of a public offering of 28.42 million shares, priced at $0.19 apiece. LQR House expects to reap gross proceeds of approximately $5.4 million from the sale, before deducting expenses and underwriting discounts. EF Hutton division of Benchmark Investments is the sole book runner for the offering. LQR fell 27.2% on Friday following the announcement, but shares are rebounding in dramatic fashion in today's premarket. LQR is this morning's top-performing stock with a 188.9% gain. My Take: LQR looks like a pump-and-dump but you might be able to cash in on the volatility if you play your hand right. That's it for today! Thanks for reading, and good luck out there! Best Regards, Chris D. -- Elite Trade Club P.S... Want alerts delivered straight to your cell every morning for free?* Text ELITE to 47121 to sign up now and get our watchlists sent directly to your phone! Or text CLOSE to 47121 to get on the mobile alert list for our Closing Bell Roundup report, featuring the day's top winners and losers. *Standard message/carrier rates may apply. Legal Stuff: Stocks featured in this newsletter are for entertainment purposes only. 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