Hindsight Markets / Small-cap stocks on August 24, 2026

DAIC on August 24, 2026: why it ran

Published October 9, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On August 24, 2026, DAIC opened up 153.5% from the previous close of 0.4260 and reached 3.13 at 2:04 p.m. ET. The exchange halted it 45 times.

Previous close

0.4260

Open, 9:30 a.m.

1.08

Gap at the open

up 153.5%

Pre-market high

1.16 at 9:29 a.m.

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

3.13 at 2:04 p.m.

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

0.4040

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

6.26 at 5:19 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

1.71

Volume

46.54 million

Relative volume

178.8x

Float

853,881 shares, from filings as of August 24, 2026

Shares outstanding

1.21 million

Halts

45

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for DAIC published between the previous session's close and the first minute DAIC traded 20% above it, at 9:26 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 153.5% to 1.08 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 3.13 in 274 minutes through 35 halts, then gave back 69% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 1.71.

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: 818,603 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (2%), 3.18 million in the first 30 minutes (7%), and 42.54 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (91%).
• Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 853,881 shares: past it once at 9:30 a.m., twice at 9:45 a.m., three times at 9:46 a.m.
• The halt at 9:30 a.m.: up 157.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.60, up 27.0% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 9:40 a.m.: up 38.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.90, up 8.6% from the last trade before it, then up 7.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 9:46 a.m.: up 17.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.00, down 2.4% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 9:51 a.m.: up 4.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.16, up 0.5% from the last trade before it, then up 6.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 9:57 a.m.: up 7.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.38, up 3.0% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:02 a.m.: down 3.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.88, down 15.7% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:12 a.m.: down 22.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.40, down 19.1% from the last trade before it, then up 9.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:24 a.m.: down 11.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.50, down 2.0% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:29 a.m.: down 11.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.22, down 9.6% from the last trade before it, then up 18.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:36 a.m.: up 7.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.46, up 0.7% from the last trade before it, then up 24.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:43 a.m.: up 25.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.83, up 0.5% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:48 a.m.: down 7.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.44, down 14.3% from the last trade before it, then up 12.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:59 a.m.: down 3.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.54, down 4.9% from the last trade before it, then up 18.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:07 a.m.: up 13.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.84, up 0.5% from the last trade before it, then up 15.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:15 a.m.: up 15.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.12, unchanged from the last trade before it, then up 7.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:21 a.m.: up 7.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.31, up 1.8% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 11:26 a.m.: down 4.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.87, down 13.4% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 11:36 a.m.: down 20.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.64, down 4.7% from the last trade before it, then up 7.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:42 a.m.: up 2.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.85, up 4.5% from the last trade before it, then up 9.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:48 a.m.: up 14.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.03, unchanged from the last trade before it, then up 16.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:55 a.m.: up 16.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.58, up 8.9% from the last trade before it, then down 5.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:06 p.m.: up 2.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.15, down 11.5% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 12:16 p.m.: down 5.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.15, down 6.5% from the last trade before it, then up 2.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:22 p.m.: down 4.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.20, unchanged from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 12:27 p.m.: down 6.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.81, down 11.7% from the last trade before it, then up 14.4% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:38 p.m.: up 1.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.10, up 1.4% from the last trade before it, then up 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:50 p.m.: up 9.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.32, down 4.9% from the last trade before it, then up 13.4% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:57 p.m.: up 7.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.71, up 3.0% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 1:02 p.m.: up 8.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.98, up 4.2% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 1:07 p.m.: down 1.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.64, down 6.7% from the last trade before it, then down 4.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:19 p.m.: down 11.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.40, down 4.8% from the last trade before it, then up 7.5% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:30 p.m.: up 2.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.72, up 5.4% from the last trade before it, then up 7.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:42 p.m.: down 7.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.63, down 3.3% from the last trade before it, then up 5.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:48 p.m.: up 2.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.83, up 1.8% from the last trade before it, then up 6.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:59 p.m.: up 9.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 3.10, up 0.6% from the last trade before it, then down 4.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:05 p.m.: down 4.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.82, down 4.4% from the last trade before it, then down 2.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:13 p.m.: down 6.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.70, down 2.2% from the last trade before it, then down 2.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:22 p.m.: down 4.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.45, down 7.2% from the last trade before it, then down 6.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:33 p.m.: down 12.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.10, down 8.7% from the last trade before it, then down 5.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:44 p.m.: down 13.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 1.90, down 4.5% from the last trade before it, then up 7.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:50 p.m.: up 3.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.20, up 7.3% from the last trade before it, then up 8.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:02 p.m.: down 8.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.16, down 4.0% from the last trade before it, then up 6.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:08 p.m.: up 2.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.31, unchanged from the last trade before it, then up 1.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:21 p.m.: down 9.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.25, up 4.2% from the last trade before it, then down 6.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:31 p.m.: down 6.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 2.03, down 2.4% from the last trade before it, then down 13.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• Other days DAIC met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 5, the latest on September 17, 2026.
• The next session, August 25, 2026, it was up 124.9% from its previous close at the 4:00 p.m. close.

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.