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SCKT on August 10, 2026: why it ran

Published October 9, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On August 10, 2026, SCKT opened up 583.2% from the previous close of 0.3864 and reached 3.97 at 9:07 a.m. ET. The exchange halted it 24 times.

Previous close

0.3864

Open, 9:30 a.m.

2.64

Gap at the open

up 583.2%

Pre-market high

3.97 at 9:07 a.m.

High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

3.97 at 9:07 a.m.

Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

0.3620

After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

2.35 at 4:03 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

2.10

Volume

81.49 million

Relative volume

1770.3x

Float

6.35 million shares, from filings as of August 10, 2026

Shares outstanding

8.24 million

Halts

24

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for SCKT published between the previous session's close and the first minute SCKT traded 20% above it, at 9:02 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.

1. 9:00 a.m. ET · PRNewsWire

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News via Stock News API

How it traded

Gap and fade. It gapped up 583.2% to 2.64 at the open and traded below the open by 4:00 p.m., at 2.10.

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 2 minutes after the latest news item before it (PRNewsWire, 9:00 a.m.).
• Volume, from the one-minute bars: 27.00 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (33%), 2.68 million in the first 30 minutes (3%), and 51.81 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (64%).
• Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 6.35 million shares: past it once at 9:07 a.m., twice at 9:11 a.m., three times at 9:17 a.m.
• The halt at 9:30 a.m.: up 3.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.69, up 3.1% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 9:35 a.m.: down 2.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.23, down 12.2% from the last trade before it, then down 6.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 9:46 a.m.: down 18.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.83, down 12.0% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 9:56 a.m.: down 4.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.79, down 9.6% from the last trade before it, then down 8.4% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:02 a.m.: down 17.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.64, unchanged from the last trade before it, then up 17.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:08 a.m.: up 17.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.94, up 0.5% from the last trade before it, then down 7.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:14 a.m.: down 7.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.69, down 5.6% from the last trade before it, then up 13.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:20 a.m.: up 6.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.85, down 3.1% from the last trade before it, then up 16.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:26 a.m.: up 13.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.14, down 0.9% from the last trade before it, then down 4.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:34 a.m.: down 5.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.98, down 3.4% from the last trade before it, then down 1.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:41 a.m.: down 4.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.87, down 4.1% from the last trade before it, then down 1.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:49 a.m.: down 5.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.80, down 2.7% from the last trade before it, then down 6.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:57 a.m.: down 8.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.69, unchanged from the last trade before it, then down 6.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:03 a.m.: down 6.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.59, up 0.6% from the last trade before it, then up 14.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:18 a.m.: down 8.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.64, up 3.1% from the last trade before it, then down 7.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:28 a.m.: down 13.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.45, up 0.7% from the last trade before it, then down 0.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:06 p.m.: up 13.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.99, up 0.5% from the last trade before it, then up 3.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:21 p.m.: up 13.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.23, up 0.5% from the last trade before it, then up 4.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:29 p.m.: up 5.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.34, up 0.4% from the last trade before it, then up 2.6% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:43 p.m.: down 4.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.21, down 3.5% from the last trade before it, then down 4.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:50 p.m.: down 7.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.06, down 2.8% from the last trade before it, then down 1.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:42 p.m.: up 9.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.10, up 1.0% from the last trade before it, then up 2.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:57 p.m.: down 9.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.01, down 1.5% from the last trade before it, then up 4.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:31 p.m.: up 5.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.02, unchanged from the last trade before it, then up 2.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• Other days SCKT met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 2, the latest on October 5, 2026.

Halts

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.