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MF on August 14, 2026: why it ran

Published October 9, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On August 14, 2026, MF opened up 32.4% from the previous close of 10.00 and reached 26.96 at 9:15 a.m. ET. The exchange halted it 4 times.

Previous close

10.00

Open, 9:30 a.m.

13.24

Gap at the open

up 32.4%

Pre-market high

26.96 at 9:15 a.m.

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

26.96 at 9:15 a.m.

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

10.00

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

13.12 at 5:18 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

13.00

Volume

2.44 million

Relative volume

14.3x

Float

1.51 million shares, from filings as of August 14, 2026

Shares outstanding

1.51 million

Halts

4

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for MF published between the previous session's close and the first minute MF traded 20% above it, at 9:15 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.

No news found before the move.

How it traded

Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 32.4% to 13.24 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 19.63 in 50 minutes through 3 halts, then gave back 104% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 13.00.

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: 331,140 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (14%), 328,964 in the first 30 minutes (13%), and 1.78 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (73%).
• Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 1.51 million shares: past it once at 10:59 a.m.
• The halt at 9:31 a.m.: up 4.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 14.84, up 4.6% from the last trade before it, then down 0.4% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 9:42 a.m.: up 4.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 13.32, down 9.9% from the last trade before it, then down 5.6% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:02 a.m.: up 18.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 16.60, up 7.9% from the last trade before it, then up 5.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:54 a.m.: down 19.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 12.90, up 0.2% from the last trade before it, then down 3.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• In our recaps, this is the only day MF met the small-cap rule.

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.