Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 21, 2026
ASPC on August 21, 2026: why it ran
On August 21, 2026, ASPC opened up 3.4% from the previous close of 10.94 and reached 17.49 at 4:04 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 10.94
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 11.31
- Gap at the open
- up 3.4%
- Pre-market high
- 17.49 at 4:04 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 17.49 at 4:04 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 10.88
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 12.45 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 12.47
- Volume
- 358,277
- Relative volume
- 22.8x
- Float
- 2.34 million shares, from filings as of August 21, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 2.34 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for ASPC published between the previous session's close and the first minute ASPC traded 20% above it, at 4:03 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 3.4% at 11.31, then ran from the open to the high of 12.67 in 359 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 4:03 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 10.94 |
| 4:04 a.m. | Pre-market high, 17.49 |
| 4:04 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 17.49 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 11.31, up 3.4% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 12.47, 28.7% 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
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 286,794 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (80%), 19,654 in the first 30 minutes (5%), and 51,829 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (14%).
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for ASPC 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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