{"id":123886,"date":"2021-12-13T15:49:46","date_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:49:46","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/?p=123886"},"modified":"2021-12-13T15:49:46","modified_gmt":"2021-12-13T15:49:46","slug":"cramer-says-anyone-selling-big-tech-stocks-in-premarket-trading-is-either-a-machine-or-an-idiot","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/fin2me.com\/business\/cramer-says-anyone-selling-big-tech-stocks-in-premarket-trading-is-either-a-machine-or-an-idiot\/","title":{"rendered":"Cramer says anyone selling Big Tech stocks in premarket trading is 'either a machine or an idiot'"},"content":{"rendered":"
CNBC's Jim Cramer on Monday warned investors that selling stocks in thin trading during the early morning premarket hours is not a sound strategy.<\/p>\n
"The selling that goes on between 4 a.m. and 4:30 a.m. in these Nasdaq names is frightening." Cramer said on "Squawk on the Street." "I keep thinking it's a machine or an idiot, because who wants to sell without any real buyers there."<\/p>\n
Futures tied to the Nasdaq, which declined 2.6% last week, did not participate in Monday's rebound that pushed many non-tech stocks higher before regular trading hours began on Wall Street at 9:30 a.m. ET. After the open, the Nasdaq rose, but lagged the strong recoveries in Dow Jones Industrial Average and S&P 500.<\/p>\n
The Nasdaq, as of Friday, was about 6% away from its latest record close on Nov. 19. The Dow was roughly 5% away from its Nov. 8 record close. The S&P 500 was nearly 3.7% away from its Nov. 18 record close.<\/p>\n
Cramer said many big tech stocks, which heavily populate the Nasdaq are in a bear market, defined as being off 20% or more from recent highs.<\/p>\n
"To trade off of the tape is a real mistake here. It could reverse in a nanosecond," Cramer said earlier on CNBC's "Squawk Box," pointing out that Nasdaq selling could turn into buying in this fickle market environment.<\/p>\n
Cramer has never shied away from criticizing "pajama traders" as he calls them. In a couple of examples, the "Mad Money" host blasted them in 2017 and in 2019.<\/p>\n
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