Premarket: CBOE VIX macro proxy is the high-conviction pressure on a mixed tape into the open.
Yahoo Finance chart API put VIX on the desk's radar before the open, checked against 12 live quote points and 41 tracked sources before this premarket issue went out.
What would change the readThis read fails and proves wrong if VIX loses relative strength, the peer group refuses to participate, or the move fully retraces before the premarket closes the loop.