Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on October 6, 2026
SXTC on October 6, 2026: why it ran
On October 6, 2026, SXTC opened down 1.9% from the previous close of 2.08 and reached 2.10 at 9:28 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 2.08
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 2.04
- Gap at the open
- down 1.9%
- Pre-market high
- 2.10 at 9:28 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.10 at 9:28 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 1.19
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 2.58 at 4:33 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 1.22
- Volume
- 4.73 million
- Relative volume
- 13.6x
- Float
- 1.32 million shares, from filings as of October 6, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 1.32 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for SXTC published between the previous session's close and the first minute SXTC traded 20% above it, at 4:32 p.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
No news found before the move.
How it traded
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 9:28 a.m. | Pre-market high, 2.10 |
| 9:28 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 2.10 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 2.04, down 1.9% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 1.22, 41.9% below the high |
| 4:26 p.m. | Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 1.32 million shares |
| 4:32 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 2.08 |
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: 2,272 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 13,210 in the first 30 minutes (0%), and 4.71 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (100%).
- Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 1.32 million shares: past it once at 4:26 p.m., twice at 4:42 p.m., three times at 5:22 p.m.
- Other days SXTC met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 5, the latest on October 7, 2026.
- The next session, October 7, 2026, it was up 126.4% from its previous close at the 4:00 p.m. close.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for SXTC 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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