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WETO on August 17, 2026: why it ran

Published October 11, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On August 17, 2026, WETO opened up 23.2% from the previous close of 8.23 and reached 29.47 at 2:50 p.m. ET. The exchange halted it 7 times.

Previous close

8.23

Open, 9:30 a.m.

10.14

Gap at the open

up 23.2%

Pre-market high

10.73 at 7:10 a.m.

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

29.47 at 2:50 p.m.

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

8.62

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

42.98 at 4:47 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

24.79

Volume

16.12 million

Relative volume

6.9x

Float

2.66 million shares, from filings as of August 17, 2026

Shares outstanding

2.82 million

Halts

7

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for WETO published between the previous session's close and the first minute WETO traded 20% above it, at 4:00 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.

No news found before the move.

How it traded

Gap and go. It gapped up 23.2% to 10.14 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 29.47 in 320 minutes through 7 halts, and held most of the move into the close: it gave back 24% of it by 4:00 p.m.

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: 1.30 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (8%), 1.74 million in the first 30 minutes (11%), and 13.08 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (81%).
• Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 2.66 million shares: past it once at 9:56 a.m., twice at 10:35 a.m., three times at 1:09 p.m.
• The halt at 9:35 a.m.: up 13.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 13.14, up 14.7% from the last trade before it, then up 13.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 9:48 a.m.: up 29.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 14.25, down 4.2% from the last trade before it, then up 12.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:19 a.m.: up 16.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 19.38, down 1.2% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:24 a.m.: up 8.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 22.00, up 3.2% from the last trade before it, then down 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:30 a.m.: down 7.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 19.00, down 4.0% from the last trade before it, then down 0.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:00 p.m.: up 10.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 24.49, up 9.9% from the last trade before it, then down 0.4% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:31 p.m.: up 7.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 26.35, up 0.1% from the last trade before it, then up 6.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• Other days WETO met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 13, the latest on October 7, 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.