Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on September 16, 2026
DAIC on September 16, 2026: why it ran
On September 16, 2026, DAIC opened up 2.8% from the previous close of 2.18 and reached 2.37 at 4:00 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 2.18
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 2.24
- Gap at the open
- up 2.8%
- Pre-market high
- 2.37 at 4:00 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.37 at 4:00 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.00
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 4.40 at 6:22 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 2.00
- Volume
- 6.62 million
- Relative volume
- 0.9x
- Float
- 853,881 shares, from filings as of September 16, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 1.21 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
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 5:30 p.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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CURRENT REPORT
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CURRENT REPORT
How it traded
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 4:00 a.m. | Pre-market high, 2.37 |
| 4:00 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 2.37 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 2.24, up 2.8% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 2.00, 15.6% below the high |
| 5:23 p.m. | SEC filing 8-K: CURRENT REPORT |
| 5:24 p.m. | SEC filing DEFA14A: CURRENT REPORT |
| 5:30 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 2.18 |
| 5:37 p.m. | Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 853,881 shares |
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 5 minutes after the latest SEC filing before it (DEFA14A, 5:24 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 3,785 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 30,046 in the first 30 minutes (0%), and 6.58 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (99%).
- Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 853,881 shares: past it once at 5:37 p.m., twice at 5:44 p.m., three times at 5:56 p.m.
- Other days DAIC met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 5, the latest on September 17, 2026.
- The next session, September 17, 2026, it was up 164.7% from its previous close at the 4:00 p.m. close.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for DAIC 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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