Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on October 9, 2026
APUS on October 9, 2026: why it ran
On October 9, 2026, APUS opened up 0.5% from the previous close of 5.51 and reached 6.16 at 4:01 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 5.51
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 5.54
- Gap at the open
- up 0.5%
- Pre-market high
- 6.16 at 4:01 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 6.16 at 4:01 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 4.43
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 8.48 at 6:17 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 4.68
- Volume
- 1.75 million
- Relative volume
- 0.4x
- Float
- not available
- Shares outstanding
- not available
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for APUS published between the previous session's close and the first minute APUS traded 20% above it, at 6:05 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 |
|---|---|
| 4:01 a.m. | Pre-market high, 6.16 |
| 4:01 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 6.16 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 5.54, up 0.5% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 4.68, 24.0% below the high |
| 6:05 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 5.51 |
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: 10,130 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (1%), 59,513 in the first 30 minutes (3%), and 1.68 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (96%).
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for APUS 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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