The common person looks for rumors or volume spikes like with MVIS and UAVS, and bythen you're just another guy on the roller coaster, but what does the sophisticated trader look for in advance?
for trading that rarified 'grey poupon, rolls royce' atmosphere, it be's the bourse according to lambofan, be still and knowwwww...... https://www.elitetrader.com/et/thre...st-right-here-baby.335635/page-6#post-4947199
Sign up to press releases, pump and dump promoters if they still exist get on their email list. Then learn to decipher which ones are fake , which companies reverse split or reversed into an existing corp shell. The more fucked up the better. Then front run releases if possible. It used to work but the only problem is you cant do size. Biggest winners for me were always companies in the cross bones and skull category.