Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on October 5, 2026
AIFA on October 5, 2026: why it ran
On October 5, 2026, AIFA opened up 13.6% from the previous close of 4.47 and reached 6.19 at 1:08 p.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 4.47
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 5.08
- Gap at the open
- up 13.6%
- Pre-market high
- 5.25 at 6:54 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 6.19 at 1:08 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 4.67
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 6.00 at 5:05 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 5.88
- Volume
- 270,974
- Relative volume
- 6.4x
- Float
- 4.19 million shares, from filings as of October 5, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 6.42 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for AIFA published between the previous session's close and the first minute AIFA traded 20% above it, at 9:36 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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AIFA Outlines AI Application Strategy and Product Progress at First Annual Conference in Las Vegas
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap and go. It gapped up 13.6% to 5.08 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 6.19 in 218 minutes, and held most of the move into the close: it gave back 28% of it by 4:00 p.m.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Oct 4, 5:33 p.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): AIFA Outlines AI Application Strategy and Product Progress at First Annual Conference in Las Vegas |
| 6:54 a.m. | Pre-market high, 5.25 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 5.08, up 13.6% from the previous close |
| 9:36 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 4.47 |
| 1:08 p.m. | High of the day to the close, 6.19 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 5.88, 5.0% 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 16 hours 3 minutes after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, Oct 4, 5:33 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 24,846 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (9%), 30,544 in the first 30 minutes (11%), and 215,584 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (80%).
- The next session, October 6, 2026, it was up 29.6% from its previous close at the 4:00 p.m. close.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for AIFA 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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