Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 11, 2026
MLCI on August 11, 2026: why it ran
On August 11, 2026, MLCI opened down 3.7% from the previous close of 2.96 and reached 4.32 at 5:45 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 2.96
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 2.85
- Gap at the open
- down 3.7%
- Pre-market high
- 4.32 at 5:45 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 4.32 at 5:45 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.60
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 2.85 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 2.83
- Volume
- 258,489
- Relative volume
- 54.1x
- Float
- 10.34 million shares, from filings as of August 11, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 11.19 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for MLCI published between the previous session's close and the first minute MLCI traded 20% above it, at 5:44 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 |
|---|---|
| 5:44 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 2.96 |
| 5:45 a.m. | Pre-market high, 4.32 |
| 5:45 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 4.32 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 2.85, down 3.7% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 2.83, 34.6% 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: 191,990 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (74%), 31,736 in the first 30 minutes (12%), and 34,763 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (13%).
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for MLCI 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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