Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 14, 2026
TPCS on August 14, 2026: why it ran
On August 14, 2026, TPCS opened up 15.7% from the previous close of 4.84 and reached 6.06 at 3:41 p.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 4.84
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 5.60
- Gap at the open
- up 15.7%
- Pre-market high
- 5.92 at 4:00 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 6.06 at 3:41 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 5.22
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 5.99 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 5.93
- Volume
- 277,156
- Relative volume
- 16.9x
- Float
- 8.62 million shares, from filings as of August 14, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 10.10 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for TPCS published between the previous session's close and the first minute TPCS traded 20% above it, at 4:00 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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TechPrecision Corporation (TPCS) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript
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TechPrecision Corporation Reports Fiscal Year 2027 First Quarter Financial Results
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap and hold. It gapped up 15.7% to 5.60 at the open and held above it, trading at 5.93 at 4:00 p.m.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 13, 4:05 p.m. | News (Accesswire): TechPrecision Corporation Reports Fiscal Year 2027 First Quarter Financial Results |
| Aug 13, 6:37 p.m. | News (Seeking Alpha): TechPrecision Corporation (TPCS) Q1 2027 Earnings Call Transcript |
| 4:00 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 4.84 |
| 4:00 a.m. | Pre-market high, 5.92 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 5.60, up 15.7% from the previous close |
| 3:41 p.m. | High of the day to the close, 6.06 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 5.93, 2.1% 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 9 hours 22 minutes after the latest news item before it (Seeking Alpha, Aug 13, 6:37 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 20,863 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (8%), 48,650 in the first 30 minutes (18%), and 207,643 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (75%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day TPCS met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for TPCS 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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