XRTX, October 9: news and a gap that faded

Gap and fade. It gapped up 13.9% to $2.05 at the open and traded below the open by 4:00 p.m., at $1.41.

The shape's name comes from a fixed rule, not a judgement (how shapes are named). Halts are in the halt table below.

Previous close

$1.80

Open, 9:30 a.m.

$2.05

Gap at the open

+13.9%

Pre-market high

$2.30 at 7:54 a.m.

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

$2.30 at 7:54 a.m.

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

$1.36

Close, 4 p.m.

$1.41

Change at 4 p.m.

−21.7%

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

$1.89 at 5:21 p.m.

Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.

5.86 million

Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.

698,330

Relative volume by 8 p.m.

12.2×

Float

1.77 million shares, from filings as of October 9, 2026

Shares outstanding

1.82 million

• From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 12 hours after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, Oct 8, 4:00 p.m.).
• Volume, from the one-minute bars: 4.42 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (67%), 451,079 in the first 30 minutes (7%), and 1.68 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (26%).
• Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 1.77 million shares: past it once at 7:56 a.m., twice at 8:23 a.m., three times at 10:53 a.m.
• Other days XRTX met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 5, the latest on October 8, 2026.

On the day's lists: the pre-market gappers, 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).

The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for XRTX that day.

Halt bands that day: the LULD plan's Amendment 18 rules (what that means, LULD calculator).