Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 4, 2026
VGAS on August 4, 2026: why it ran
On August 4, 2026, VGAS opened up 16.2% from the previous close of 1.05 and reached 1.54 at 11:00 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 1.05
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 1.22
- Gap at the open
- up 16.2%
- Pre-market high
- 1.34 at 4:52 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 1.54 at 11:00 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 1.09
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 1.40 at 4:05 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 1.34
- Volume
- 2.72 million
- Relative volume
- 55.0x
- Float
- 17.81 million shares, from filings as of August 4, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 44.55 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for VGAS published between the previous session's close and the first minute VGAS traded 20% above it, at 4:00 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
No news found before the move.
How it traded
Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 16.2% to 1.22 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 1.54 in 90 minutes, then gave back 61% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 1.34.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 4:00 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 1.05 |
| 4:52 a.m. | Pre-market high, 1.34 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 1.22, up 16.2% from the previous close |
| 11:00 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 1.54 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 1.34, 12.7% 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
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 1.01 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (37%), 112,407 in the first 30 minutes (4%), and 1.59 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (59%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day VGAS met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for VGAS 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.
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