Recaps · August 3, 2026

FCUV, August 3: $21.00 at 4 a.m., two halts, and back to $11.47

• Small cap
• Momentum
• Main move: pre-market
• Gap, run and fade
• Halted twice
• Float traded 10x

Float

601,411 shares

Volume

6.11 million shares

Previous close

$11.50

Open

$15.51 (up 34.9%)

High

$21.00 at 4:00 a.m.

Halts

2 (9:47 a.m. and 2:28 p.m.)

Close

$11.46

The day before

On July 31, FCUV ran from $1.95 to $18.79. It closed at $11.50.

After hours it was back up to $17.10. So the stock came into the 3rd already well above that close.

Pre-market: the high came in the first minute

The first trades on the 3rd were at $18.70, already above the $11.50 close. In the very first minute, 4:00 a.m., it hit $21.00, the high so far. That candle traded 80,348 shares.

It did not hold. It fell to $16.54 at 4:08 a.m., down 21% from the top.

It slid to around $15 by 4:56, then climbed back to about $17 by 6:00. At 7:00 a.m. it started to run again. At 7:09 a.m. it pushed to $20.50, a lower high under the $21.00 top. That minute traded 124,649 shares.

Later, a bid wall of 21,215 shares (3.5% of the float) sat at $18.50. It was first seen at 7:17:22 and pulled at 7:19:28.

Then came a flush. From 7:57 to 7:59 a.m. the stock fell from about $17.30 to a low of $13.71. By 8:00 it was back at $15.69. By 9:29 it was $15.47. About 2.95 million shares traded before the bell.

The open and a wall at $20

It opened at $15.51, up 35% from the previous close. A single print of 22,569 shares went through at $15.51 at 9:30:00. The 9:30 candle dipped to $14.50.

Then it ran. The 9:33 candle closed at $16.53 and the 9:34 candle at $17.18 on 96,867 shares. At 9:40 it reached $17.90, well under the $21.00 pre-market top.

At 9:40:39 an ask wall showed up at $20.00.

Here's what happened. The stock stayed between $16.55 and $17.34 through 9:45. At 9:46 the candle ran from a $17.88 high down to $15.15 on 109,623 shares. At 9:47:10 it was halted (a volatility pause) with the last trade at $15.15.

It reopened at 9:52:10 at $15.13. A 13,759-share print went through at $15.13 at that second. By 9:55 the candle had dropped to $13.75, and it closed that minute at $14.32.

Midday: sweeps in a range

From 10:35 to 11:44, the stock stayed between about $14.20 and $16.05. Several large orders swept through the book in that stretch.

At 10:35:36 a buy of 14,916 shares ran from $14.80 to $15.33 across 38 levels. At 10:38:57 a sell of 13,989 shares went from $15.00 to $14.60. At 11:23:40 a buy of 17,997 shares took it from $15.35 to $16.05, and 20 seconds later a 14,224-share sell ran from $15.65 down to $14.96.

At 11:30:07 a 16,884-share print crossed at $15.25, at the bid, and a 19,605-share buy went through the same second. At 11:43:49 a sell of 19,960 shares ran from $15.18 to $14.85. A buy of 16,324 shares went through at 11:44:50.

The $20.00 ask wall from 9:40 stayed on the book. It peaked at 25,293 shares (4.2% of the float) at 12:17.

None of that turned into a new high. After noon it drifted lower: $13.64 at 12:29, $11.58 at 1:26 p.m., and $9.30 at 2:14 p.m.

The afternoon low

Here's what happened. The 2:27 candle went to $10.70 and closed at $10.61. In the next minute it reached $11.00. At 2:28:23 it was halted (a volatility pause) with the last trade at $11.00.

It reopened at 2:33:23 at $11.10.

After the reopen the stock touched $11.47 at 2:34. It then faded back toward $10.65 by 2:49. It bounced at 3:04 and again at 3:40, when a 28,267-share candle ran to $11.88. It closed at $11.47, about four cents under the $11.50 previous close and 45% under the $21.00 high.

The regular session traded 3.08 million shares. With pre-market included, 6.03 million shares traded by the close: the float changed hands about 10 times, at about 2.5 times its normal volume. Another 79,066 shares traded after hours.

What to take from it

• After the top, the next push stopped lower. $21.00 at 4:00 a.m., then $20.50 at 7:09 a.m., then a $17.90 high in the regular session.
• Halt reopens are thin. A 5,000-share buy one second after the 2:33 p.m. reopen paid $1,819 more than the screen showed.
• Nearly half the volume came before the open. About 2.95 million shares traded pre-market, roughly five times the float. The stock ended the day four cents under the previous close.