Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on October 6, 2026
VIVK on October 6, 2026: why it ran
On October 6, 2026, VIVK opened up 3.7% from the previous close of 4.84 and reached 6.50 at 9:05 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 4.84
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 5.02
- Gap at the open
- up 3.7%
- Pre-market high
- 6.50 at 9:05 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 6.50 at 9:05 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 4.57
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 4.85 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 4.78
- Volume
- 905,603
- Relative volume
- 38.0x
- Float
- 542,045 shares, from filings as of October 6, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 545,575
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for VIVK published between the previous session's close and the first minute VIVK traded 20% above it, at 9:01 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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Vivakor Enters into Indication of Interest to Acquire Direct Midstream
News via Stock News API
How it traded
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 9:00 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): Vivakor Enters into Indication of Interest to Acquire Direct Midstream |
| 9:01 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 4.84 |
| 9:05 a.m. | Pre-market high, 6.50 |
| 9:05 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 6.50 |
| 9:12 a.m. | Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 542,045 shares |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 5.02, up 3.7% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 4.78, 26.5% 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 1 minute after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 9:00 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 655,351 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (72%), 91,907 in the first 30 minutes (10%), and 158,345 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (17%).
- Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 542,045 shares: past it once at 9:12 a.m.
- Other days VIVK met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 3, the latest on October 9, 2026.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for VIVK 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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