Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on October 26, 2026
BWMX, October 26: a run to $17.47
BWMX opened near its previous close, then ran to $17.47 during the session.
What happened
Before the open
We found no news or filing before the move. Before the bell it reached $16.45, on 529 shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $16.50.
The close
It closed at $16.80, near its high.
What to take from it: The move came during the session, not at the open.
The details
How it traded, step by step
Intraday run. It opened up 5.8% at $16.50, then ran from the open to the high of $17.47 in 85 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 9:29 a.m. | Pre-market high, $16.45 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $16.50, up 5.8% from the previous close |
| 10:55 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $17.47 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $16.80, 3.8% 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
- $15.59
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $16.50
- Gap at the open
- +5.8%
- Pre-market high
- $16.45 at 9:29 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $17.47 at 10:55 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $15.88
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $16.80
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +7.8%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $16.88 at 4:00 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 151,814
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 9,029
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 6.9×
- Float
- 16.77 million shares, from filings as of October 26, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 39.49 million
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 529 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 48,208 in the first 30 minutes (30%), and 112,106 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (70%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day BWMX met the small-cap rule.
On the day's lists: the intraday runners. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the intraday runners: 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 BWMX 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.
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