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WETO on August 18, 2026: why it ran

Published October 11, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On August 18, 2026, WETO opened up 74.0% from the previous close of 24.74 and reached 53.50 at 10:38 a.m. ET. The exchange halted it 5 times.

Previous close

24.74

Open, 9:30 a.m.

43.05

Gap at the open

up 74.0%

Pre-market high

49.39 at 8:22 a.m.

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

53.50 at 10:38 a.m.

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

26.69

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

37.90 at 4:22 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

33.88

Volume

4.69 million

Relative volume

1.5x

Float

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

Shares outstanding

2.82 million

Halts

5

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, run and fade. It gapped up 74.0% to 43.05 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 53.50 in 68 minutes through two halts, then gave back 188% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 33.88.

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: 2.03 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (43%), 436,864 in the first 30 minutes (9%), and 2.22 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (47%).
• Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 2.66 million shares: past it once at 10:16 a.m.
• The halt at 9:30 a.m.: down 8.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 38.01, down 1.9% from the last trade before it, then up 6.6% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:33 a.m.: up 12.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 50.81, unchanged from the last trade before it, then down 4.4% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:09 a.m.: down 13.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 39.50, down 4.2% from the last trade before it, then up 4.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:22 a.m.: down 15.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 34.32, down 3.4% from the last trade before it, then up 6.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:12 p.m.: down 14.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 28.20, down 4.5% from the last trade before it, then up 4.8% 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.