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NTHI on August 12, 2026: why it ran

Published October 9, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On August 12, 2026, NTHI opened up 3.2% from the previous close of 4.35 and reached 5.26 at 8:30 a.m. ET. The exchange halted it once.

Previous close

4.35

Open, 9:30 a.m.

4.49

Gap at the open

up 3.2%

Pre-market high

5.26 at 8:30 a.m.

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

5.26 at 8:30 a.m.

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

3.30

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

3.50 at 6:19 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

3.44

Volume

614,885

Relative volume

10.2x

Float

10.85 million shares, from filings as of August 12, 2026

Shares outstanding

25.94 million

Halts

1

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for NTHI published between the previous session's close and the first minute NTHI traded 20% above it, at 4:05 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.

No news found before the move.

How it traded

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: 145,987 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (24%), 118,039 in the first 30 minutes (19%), and 350,859 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (57%).
• The halt at 7:55 a.m.: unchanged in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 5.20, up 6.8% from the last trade before it, then down 7.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• Other days NTHI met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 1, the latest on August 11, 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.