Hindsight Markets / Small-cap stocks on August 18, 2026

AIXC on August 18, 2026: why it ran

Published October 9, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On August 18, 2026, AIXC opened up 17.9% from the previous close of 0.7102 and reached 3.15 at 10:59 a.m. ET. The exchange halted it 24 times.

Previous close

0.7102

Open, 9:30 a.m.

0.8374

Gap at the open

up 17.9%

Pre-market high

0.9700 at 9:29 a.m.

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

3.15 at 10:59 a.m.

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

0.7136

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

1.47 at 4:41 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

1.30

Volume

29.45 million

Relative volume

2108.8x

Float

18.37 million shares, from filings as of August 18, 2026

Shares outstanding

20.23 million

Halts

24

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for AIXC published between the previous session's close and the first minute AIXC traded 20% above it, at 9:28 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.

1. 9:27 a.m. ET · PRNewsWire

   AIxC Announces Strategic Pivot to Physical AI and Robotic Operations Commercialization; RoboShare Completes First Paid Commercial Order

News via Stock News API

How it traded

Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 17.9% to 0.8374 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 3.15 in 89 minutes through 13 halts, then gave back 80% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 1.30.

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 1 minute after the latest news item before it (PRNewsWire, 9:27 a.m.).
• Volume, from the one-minute bars: 88,837 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 4.81 million in the first 30 minutes (16%), and 24.55 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (83%).
• Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 18.37 million shares: past it once at 12:14 p.m.
• The halt at 9:33 a.m.: up 34.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.48, up 24.4% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 9:43 a.m.: up 26.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.59, up 5.3% from the last trade before it, then up 11.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 9:49 a.m.: up 17.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.78, up 0.6% from the last trade before it, then up 8.4% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 9:55 a.m.: up 9.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.84, down 4.7% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:00 a.m.: down 12.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.63, down 3.6% from the last trade before it, then up 9.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:06 a.m.: up 5.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.92, up 7.9% from the last trade before it, then up 14.6% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:12 a.m.: up 23.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.25, up 2.3% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:17 a.m.: up 9.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.50, up 4.2% from the last trade before it, then up 6.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:23 a.m.: up 10.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.80, up 5.7% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:28 a.m.: up 11.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.74, down 7.1% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:33 a.m.: down 12.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.52, down 2.7% from the last trade before it, then up 6.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:44 a.m.: up 3.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.99, up 12.0% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:54 a.m.: up 17.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 3.14, unchanged from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:59 a.m.: down 4.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.60, down 13.0% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 11:09 a.m.: down 18.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.27, down 7.3% from the last trade before it, then down 6.6% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:20 a.m.: down 13.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.00, down 5.7% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 11:25 a.m.: down 12.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.91, up 3.2% from the last trade before it, then down 5.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:33 a.m.: down 2.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.75, down 3.3% from the last trade before it, then up 4.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:40 a.m.: up 0.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.87, up 2.7% from the last trade before it, then down 7.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:47 a.m.: down 4.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.68, down 2.9% from the last trade before it, then down 8.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:53 a.m.: down 11.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.48, down 3.3% from the last trade before it, then down 6.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:08 p.m.: up 14.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.55, up 3.3% from the last trade before it, then up 2.6% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:21 p.m.: up 11.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.82, up 1.1% from the last trade before it, then down 5.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:37 p.m.: up 6.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.85, unchanged from the last trade before it, then down 2.7% over the next 5 minutes.

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.