Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 3, 2026
PUSA on August 3, 2026: why it ran
On August 3, 2026, PUSA opened down 1.3% from the previous close of 3.02 and reached 3.75 at 8:10 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 3.02
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 2.98
- Gap at the open
- down 1.3%
- Pre-market high
- 3.75 at 8:10 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 3.75 at 8:10 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.61
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 2.75 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 2.71
- Volume
- 2.68 million
- Relative volume
- 20.8x
- Float
- 15.66 million shares, from filings as of August 3, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 21.60 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for PUSA published between the previous session's close and the first minute PUSA traded 20% above it, at 8:03 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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Powerus Awarded U.S. Air Force IDIQ Contract Up to $90 Million for Aerial Denial
News via Stock News API
How it traded
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 8:00 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): Powerus Awarded U.S. Air Force IDIQ Contract Up to $90 Million for Aerial Denial |
| 8:03 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 3.02 |
| 8:10 a.m. | Pre-market high, 3.75 |
| 8:10 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 3.75 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 2.98, down 1.3% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 2.71, 27.7% below the high |
The shape is a fixed rule, not a judgement: gapped 10% or more at the open, ran 10% or more from the open to the high, and faded if it gave back 30% or more of that move by the close.
The day in numbers
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 3 minutes after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 8:00 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 2.00 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (75%), 129,334 in the first 30 minutes (5%), and 547,879 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (20%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day PUSA met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for PUSA that day.
On this date the LULD plan ran under Amendment 18, in force from February 24, 2020: no band doubling at the open, and the closing doubling only for Tier 1 stocks and Tier 2 stocks whose previous close was at or below three dollars. See LULD halts or work out a band with the LULD calculator.
Trade this day
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