Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on September 23, 2026
BKYI on September 23, 2026: why it ran
On September 23, 2026, BKYI opened up 2.5% from the previous close of 2.38 and reached 2.89 at 7:59 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 2.38
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 2.44
- Gap at the open
- up 2.5%
- Pre-market high
- 2.89 at 7:59 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.89 at 7:59 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.22
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 2.98 at 4:51 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 2.48
- Volume
- 384,188
- Relative volume
- 29.8x
- Float
- 1.00 million shares, from filings as of September 23, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 1.09 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for BKYI published between the previous session's close and the first minute BKYI traded 20% above it, at 7:59 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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How it traded
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 7:59 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): BIO-key Receives FIDO Alliance Full Certification for Passkey:YOU™ Authentication, Unlocking New Markets Including Agentic AI Authenticated Controls |
| 7:59 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 2.38 |
| 7:59 a.m. | Pre-market high, 2.89 |
| 7:59 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 2.89 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 2.44, up 2.5% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 2.48, 14.2% 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, 7:59 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 56,137 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (15%), 14,504 in the first 30 minutes (4%), and 313,547 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (82%).
- Other days BKYI met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 1, the latest on September 29, 2026.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for BKYI 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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