Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on October 13, 2026
YJ, October 13: a gap that faded
YJ opened up 37%, 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 $2.92, on 11M shares.
The open
It opened up 37%, at $2.58.
The close
It closed at $2.08, 29% 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 36.5% to $2.58 at the open and traded below the open by 4:00 p.m., at $2.08.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 4:03 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $1.89 |
| 5:54 a.m. | Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 2.51 million shares |
| 8:57 a.m. | Pre-market high, $2.92 |
| 8:57 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $2.92 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $2.58, up 36.5% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $2.08, 28.9% 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
- $1.89
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $2.58
- Gap at the open
- +36.5%
- Pre-market high
- $2.92 at 8:57 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $2.92 at 8:57 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $1.83
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $2.08
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +9.8%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $2.30 at 7:51 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 12.93 million
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 150,259
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 448.5×
- Float
- 2.51 million shares, from filings as of October 13, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 4.93 million
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 10.75 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (82%), 941,965 in the first 30 minutes (7%), and 1.39 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (11%).
- Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 2.51 million shares: past it once at 5:54 a.m., twice at 6:49 a.m., three times at 8:04 a.m.
- Other days YJ met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 3, the latest on August 27, 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).
Halts (none)
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for YJ 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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