Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on October 5, 2026
APT on October 5, 2026: why it ran
On October 5, 2026, APT opened up 2.8% from the previous close of 5.09 and reached 6.04 at 1:23 p.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 5.09
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 5.23
- Gap at the open
- up 2.8%
- Pre-market high
- 5.85 at 8:56 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 6.04 at 1:23 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 5.22
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 6.15 at 6:54 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 5.82
- Volume
- 266,695
- Relative volume
- 19.4x
- Float
- 8.63 million shares, from filings as of October 5, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 10.21 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for APT published between the previous session's close and the first minute APT traded 20% above it, at 6:54 p.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
No news found before the move.
How it traded
Intraday run. It opened up 2.8% at 5.23, then ran from the open to the high of 6.04 in 233 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 8:56 a.m. | Pre-market high, 5.85 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 5.23, up 2.8% from the previous close |
| 1:23 p.m. | High of the day to the close, 6.04 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 5.82, 3.6% below the high |
| 6:54 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 5.09 |
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: 11,264 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (4%), 42,288 in the first 30 minutes (16%), and 213,143 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (80%).
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for APT 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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