Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 14, 2026
ETON on August 14, 2026: why it ran
On August 14, 2026, ETON opened up 30.8% from the previous close of 40.72 and reached 59.88 at 9:26 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 40.72
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 53.26
- Gap at the open
- up 30.8%
- Pre-market high
- 59.88 at 9:26 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 59.88 at 9:26 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 49.05
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 59.86 at 5:54 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 58.51
- Volume
- 1.25 million
- Relative volume
- 3.8x
- Float
- 27.95 million shares, from filings as of August 14, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 28.58 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for ETON published between the previous session's close and the first minute ETON traded 20% above it, at 4:04 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ETON) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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Eton Pharmaceuticals Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ETON) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap and go. It gapped up 30.8% to 53.26 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 59.79 in 2 minutes, and held most of the move into the close: it gave back 20% of it by 4:00 p.m.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 13, 7:06 p.m. | News (Zacks Investment Research): Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ETON) Q2 Earnings and Revenues Beat Estimates |
| Aug 13, 8:04 p.m. | News (MarketBeat): Eton Pharmaceuticals Q2 Earnings Call Highlights |
| 1:47 a.m. | News (Seeking Alpha): Eton Pharmaceuticals, Inc. (ETON) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript |
| 4:04 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 40.72 |
| 9:26 a.m. | Pre-market high, 59.88 |
| 9:26 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 59.88 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 53.26, up 30.8% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 58.51, 2.3% 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
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 2 hours 16 minutes after the latest news item before it (Seeking Alpha, 1:47 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 66,298 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (5%), 261,445 in the first 30 minutes (21%), and 925,306 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (74%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day ETON met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for ETON 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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