Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on September 21, 2026
CRML on September 21, 2026: why it ran
On September 21, 2026, CRML opened up 29.1% from the previous close of 6.73 and reached 9.63 at 9:39 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 6.73
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 8.69
- Gap at the open
- up 29.1%
- Pre-market high
- 9.10 at 4:32 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 9.63 at 9:39 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 8.26
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 9.43 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 9.31
- Volume
- 25.46 million
- Relative volume
- 6.2x
- Float
- 81.97 million shares, from filings as of September 21, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 146.89 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for CRML published between the previous session's close and the first minute CRML traded 20% above it, at 4:00 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 29.1% to 8.69 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 9.63 in 9 minutes, then gave back 34% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 9.31.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 4:00 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 6.73 |
| 4:32 a.m. | Pre-market high, 9.10 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 8.69, up 29.1% from the previous close |
| 9:39 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 9.63 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 9.31, 3.3% 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: 3.05 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (12%), 7.09 million in the first 30 minutes (28%), and 15.32 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (60%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day CRML met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for CRML 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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