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RFAI on August 20, 2026: why it ran

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On August 20, 2026, RFAI opened up 5.4% from the previous close of 9.99 and reached 13.85 at 3:54 p.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.

Previous close
9.99
Open, 9:30 a.m.
10.53
Gap at the open
up 5.4%
Pre-market high
10.52 at 9:16 a.m.
High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
13.85 at 3:54 p.m.
Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
10.52
After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
140.52 at 5:51 p.m.
Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
13.72
Volume
221,625
Relative volume
51.5x
Float
734,827 shares, from filings as of August 20, 2026
Shares outstanding
4.00 million
Halts
none in the halt feed
140.529.994 a.m.9:30noon4 p.m.8 p.m.
RFAI on August 20, 2026, one-minute bars in New York time. Shaded: before the 9:30 a.m. open and after the 4:00 p.m. close. Bands: halts from the exchange's feed. Dotted line: the previous close.

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for RFAI published between the previous session's close and the first minute RFAI traded 20% above it, at 11:28 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 5.4% at 10.53, then ran from the open to the high of 13.85 in 384 minutes.

Time (ET)What happened
9:16 a.m.Pre-market high, 10.52
9:30 a.m.The open: 10.53, up 5.4% from the previous close
11:28 a.m.First trade 20% above the previous close of 9.99
3:54 p.m.High of the day to the close, 13.85
3:59 p.m.Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 13.72, 0.9% below the high

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

Halts

The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for RFAI 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.

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