Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 17, 2026
NOMA on August 17, 2026: why it ran
On August 17, 2026, NOMA opened up 7.4% from the previous close of 2.69 and reached 2.99 at 10:24 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 2.69
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 2.89
- Gap at the open
- up 7.4%
- Pre-market high
- 2.84 at 7:15 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.99 at 10:24 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.69
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 4.17 at 6:24 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 2.73
- Volume
- 831,672
- Relative volume
- 215.1x
- Float
- 7.58 million shares, from filings as of August 17, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 15.28 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for NOMA published between the previous session's close and the first minute NOMA traded 20% above it, at 6:15 p.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
No news found before the move.
How it traded
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 7:15 a.m. | Pre-market high, 2.84 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 2.89, up 7.4% from the previous close |
| 10:24 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 2.99 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 2.73, 8.7% below the high |
| 6:15 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 2.69 |
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: 1,251 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 423 in the first 30 minutes (0%), and 829,998 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (100%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day NOMA met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for NOMA 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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