Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 11, 2026
MEDS on August 11, 2026: why it ran
On August 11, 2026, MEDS opened up 1.9% from the previous close of 1.60 and reached 2.13 at 6:31 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 1.60
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 1.63
- Gap at the open
- up 1.9%
- Pre-market high
- 2.13 at 6:31 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.13 at 6:31 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 1.32
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 1.44 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 1.35
- Volume
- 433,427
- Relative volume
- 12.6x
- Float
- 2.16 million shares, from filings as of August 11, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 2.85 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for MEDS published between the previous session's close and the first minute MEDS traded 20% above it, at 5:38 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
No news found before the move.
How it traded
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 5:38 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 1.60 |
| 6:31 a.m. | Pre-market high, 2.13 |
| 6:31 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 2.13 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 1.63, up 1.9% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 1.35, 36.6% 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: 342,315 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (79%), 16,720 in the first 30 minutes (4%), and 74,392 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (17%).
- Other days MEDS met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 8, the latest on October 8, 2026.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for MEDS 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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