Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on October 14, 2026
GLND, October 14: a gap that faded
GLND opened up 87%, then faded below its open by the close.
What happened
Before the open
We found no news or filing before the move. Before the bell it reached $4.45, on 32M shares.
The open
It opened up 87%, at $4.13.
The close
It closed at $3.90, 13% under its high.
What to take from it: A big gap is not a trend. This one traded below its open by the close.
The details
How it traded, step by step
Gap and fade. It gapped up 86.9% to $4.13 at the open and traded below the open by 4:00 p.m., at $3.90.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 4:00 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $2.21 |
| 7:32 a.m. | Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 16.25 million shares |
| 9:04 a.m. | Pre-market high, $4.45 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $4.13, up 86.9% from the previous close |
| 9:53 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $4.48 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $3.90, 12.9% below the high |
The shape's name comes from a fixed rule, not a judgement (how shapes are named). Halts are in the halt table below.
The day in numbers
- Previous close
- $2.21
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $4.13
- Gap at the open
- +86.9%
- Pre-market high
- $4.45 at 9:04 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $4.48 at 9:53 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $2.47
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $3.90
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +76.5%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $3.90 at 4:00 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 68.15 million
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 2.09 million
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 4.9×
- Float
- 16.25 million shares, from filings as of October 14, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 43.73 million
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 31.73 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (45%), 12.60 million in the first 30 minutes (18%), and 25.92 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (37%).
- Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 16.25 million shares: past it once at 7:32 a.m., twice at 9:30 a.m., three times at 10:27 a.m.
- Other days GLND met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 3, the latest on September 24, 2026.
On the day's lists: the pre-market gappers, gainers, intraday runners. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the pre-market gappers: price $2 to $20, up 10% or more, relative volume 5× or more, float under 20 million shares, its high reached $1 or more and it started the day at $20 or under (the rule every page uses).
Halts (none)
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for GLND that day.
Halt bands that day: the LULD plan's Amendment 18 rules (what that means, LULD calculator).
How we read the data, name a day's shape and pick the stocks: methodology.
Trade this day
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