Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 24, 2026
BCTX on August 24, 2026: why it ran
On August 24, 2026, BCTX opened down 0.7% from the previous close of 4.07 and reached 5.58 at 7:30 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 4.07
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 4.04
- Gap at the open
- down 0.7%
- Pre-market high
- 5.58 at 7:30 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 5.58 at 7:30 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 3.45
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 3.72 at 5:20 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 3.47
- Volume
- 4.75 million
- Relative volume
- 89.6x
- Float
- 8.70 million shares, from filings as of August 24, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 8.70 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for BCTX published between the previous session's close and the first minute BCTX traded 20% above it, at 7:30 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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BriaCell Advances Personalized Melanoma Immunotherapy Vaccine Candidate, Bria-MEL+™
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How it traded
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 7:30 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): BriaCell Advances Personalized Melanoma Immunotherapy Vaccine Candidate, Bria-MEL+™ |
| 7:30 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 4.07 |
| 7:30 a.m. | Pre-market high, 5.58 |
| 7:30 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 5.58 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 4.04, down 0.7% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 3.47, 37.8% 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
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came less than a minute after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 7:30 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 4.09 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (86%), 217,202 in the first 30 minutes (5%), and 437,297 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (9%).
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for BCTX 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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