Hindsight Markets / Small-cap stocks on October 12, 2026

WFF on October 12, 2026: why it ran

Published October 14, 2026 · By Hindsight Markets

On October 12, 2026, WFF opened up 19.8% from the previous close of 12.29 and reached 50.60 at 2:47 p.m. ET. The exchange halted it 41 times.

Previous close

12.29

Open, 9:30 a.m.

14.72

Gap at the open

up 19.8%

Pre-market high

15.45 at 9:11 a.m.

High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

50.60 at 2:47 p.m.

Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

7.75

After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

21.60 at 4:02 p.m.

Last trade before 4:00 p.m.

17.28

Volume

20.79 million

Relative volume

5.9x

Float

41.92 million shares, from filings as of October 12, 2026

Shares outstanding

45.36 million

Halts

41

Why it ran

News and SEC filings for WFF published between the previous session's close and the first minute WFF traded 20% above it, at 9:11 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.

No news found before the move.

How it traded

Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 19.8% to 14.72 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 50.60 in 317 minutes through 35 halts, then gave back 93% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 17.28.

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: 5.26 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (25%), 1.50 million in the first 30 minutes (7%), and 14.03 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (67%).
• The halt at 9:38 a.m.: up 17.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 18.20, up 19.9% from the last trade before it, then up 8.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 9:55 a.m.: up 30.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 19.50, down 1.5% from the last trade before it, then up 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:01 a.m.: up 8.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 21.45, unchanged from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:06 a.m.: up 10.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 27.00, up 14.4% from the last trade before it, then up 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:17 a.m.: up 25.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 29.71, unchanged from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:22 a.m.: down 10.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 24.70, down 7.6% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 10:32 a.m.: down 16.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 21.00, down 5.5% from the last trade before it, then up 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:43 a.m.: up 3.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 23.11, unchanged from the last trade before it, then up 14.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 10:51 a.m.: up 14.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 30.01, up 13.6% from the last trade before it, then up 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:02 a.m.: up 25.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 35.49, up 7.5% from the last trade before it, then down 13.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:13 a.m.: down 6.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 29.00, down 5.9% from the last trade before it, then down 17.6% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:25 a.m.: down 22.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 24.20, up 1.3% from the last trade before it, then down 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:31 a.m.: down 8.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 20.88, down 4.1% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 11:41 a.m.: down 13.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 18.00, down 4.2% from the last trade before it, then down 10.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 11:53 a.m.: down 14.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 15.25, down 4.9% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 11:58 a.m.: down 14.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 13.22, down 3.7% from the last trade before it, then up 5.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:04 p.m.: up 2.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 15.50, up 10.7% from the last trade before it, then up 4.2% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:20 p.m.: down 2.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 14.10, down 3.0% from the last trade before it, then down 10.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:27 p.m.: down 13.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 12.59, unchanged from the last trade before it, then down 14.7% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:33 p.m.: down 14.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 10.71, down 0.3% from the last trade before it, then down 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:39 p.m.: down 10.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 9.35, down 3.0% from the last trade before it, then up 1.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:48 p.m.: down 1.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 9.91, up 4.6% from the last trade before it, then up 11.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 12:59 p.m.: up 16.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 11.31, up 2.8% from the last trade before it, then up 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:06 p.m.: up 13.1% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 12.70, up 2.1% from the last trade before it, then up 14.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:12 p.m.: up 17.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 16.00, up 9.7% from the last trade before it, then up 11.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:24 p.m.: up 21.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 18.00, up 1.2% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 1:29 p.m.: up 6.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 19.20, up 1.6% from the last trade before it, then up 7.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:35 p.m.: up 9.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 20.70, unchanged from the last trade before it, then down 8.1% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:48 p.m.: up 14.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 23.80, up 14.0% from the last trade before it, then up 6.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 1:59 p.m.: up 20.8% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 25.20, down 0.1% from the last trade before it, then up 0.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:07 p.m.: up 0.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 25.40, unchanged from the last trade before it, then up 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:13 p.m.: up 10.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 26.60, down 4.8% from the last trade before it, then up 8.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:20 p.m.: up 3.6% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 29.80, up 3.0% from the last trade before it, then up 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:26 p.m.: up 13.3% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 37.37, up 14.0% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 2:37 p.m.: up 25.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 46.00, up 11.9% from the last trade before it, then down 9.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 2:48 p.m.: up 1.9% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 40.00, down 4.5% from the last trade before it.
• The halt at 2:53 p.m.: down 14.0% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 31.04, down 13.8% from the last trade before it, then down 10.0% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:04 p.m.: down 22.4% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 24.55, down 12.1% from the last trade before it, then down 6.3% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:16 p.m.: down 17.7% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 22.31, down 3.0% from the last trade before it, then down 13.4% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:26 p.m.: down 18.2% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 20.50, up 6.6% from the last trade before it, then down 9.9% over the next 5 minutes.
• The halt at 3:49 p.m.: down 18.5% in the 5 minutes into it, reopened at 17.28, unchanged from the last trade before it, then up 12.8% over the next 5 minutes.
• Other days WFF met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 6, the latest on October 9, 2026.

Halts

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.