Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 21, 2026
NINE on August 21, 2026: why it ran
On August 21, 2026, NINE opened up 3.1% from the previous close of 10.18 and reached 12.72 at 9:44 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 10.18
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 10.50
- Gap at the open
- up 3.1%
- Pre-market high
- 10.58 at 8:29 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 12.72 at 9:44 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 10.50
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 11.75 at 5:26 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 11.49
- Volume
- 483,957
- Relative volume
- 12.5x
- Float
- 12.83 million shares, from filings as of August 21, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 13.95 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for NINE published between the previous session's close and the first minute NINE traded 20% above it, at 9:44 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 3.1% at 10.50, then ran from the open to the high of 12.72 in 14 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 8:29 a.m. | Pre-market high, 10.58 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 10.50, up 3.1% from the previous close |
| 9:44 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 10.18 |
| 9:44 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 12.72 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 11.49, 9.7% 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: 102 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 143,011 in the first 30 minutes (30%), and 340,844 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (70%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day NINE met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for NINE 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.
Trade this day
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