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WFF on August 17, 2026: why it ran

Published October 11, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On August 17, 2026, WFF opened up 4.2% from the previous close of 1.44 and reached 10.71 at 12:08 p.m. ET. The exchange halted it 7 times.

Previous close

1.44

Open, 9:30 a.m.

1.50

Gap at the open

up 4.2%

Pre-market high

1.52 at 4:16 a.m.

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

10.71 at 12:08 p.m.

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

1.45

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

2.57 at 5:44 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

2.00

Volume

33.54 million

Relative volume

34.1x

Float

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

Shares outstanding

45.36 million

Halts

7

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for WFF published between the previous session's close and the first minute WFF traded 20% above it, at 10:32 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.

No news found before the move.

How it traded

Intraday run. It opened up 4.2% at 1.50, then ran from the open to the high of 10.71 in 158 minutes through 7 halts.

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: 12,165 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 2,839 in the first 30 minutes (0%), and 33.52 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (100%).
• The halt at 10:33 a.m.: up 26.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.45, up 20.7% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:43 a.m.: up 44.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 3.20, up 8.8% from the last trade before it, then up 12.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:55 a.m.: up 22.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 3.59, unchanged from the last trade before it, then up 13.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:12 a.m.: up 20.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 5.00, up 4.8% from the last trade before it, then up 11.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:31 a.m.: down 20.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 5.00, up 2.2% from the last trade before it, then unchanged over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:46 a.m.: up 23.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 6.40, up 9.8% from the last trade before it, then up 28.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:00 p.m.: up 40.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 8.00, down 2.4% from the last trade before it, then up 18.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• Other days WFF met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 5, the latest on October 9, 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.