Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on October 30, 2026
NCPL, October 30: news and $2.39
NCPL opened up 19% after news, ran to $2.39, then fell below its open by the close.
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What happened
Before the open
The news came first: news at 9:01 p.m. the day before. Before the bell it reached $2.15, on 1.2M shares.
The open
It opened up 19%, at $2.11. It ran to $2.39 by 11:01 a.m.
The close
It closed at $1.59, 33% under its high.
What to take from it: The whole move was given back: it finished below the price it opened at.
The details
How it traded, step by step
Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 18.5% to $2.11 at the open, ran from the open to the high of $2.39 in 91 minutes, then gave back 286% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at $1.59, below the open.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Oct 29, 7:09 p.m. | News (PRNewsWire): NCPL Investors Have Opportunity to Lead Netcapital Inc. Securities Fraud Lawsuit Filed by The Rosen Law Firm |
| Oct 29, 9:01 p.m. | News (Newsfile Corp): ROSEN, LEADING INVESTOR COUNSEL, Encourages Netcapital Inc. Investors to Secure Counsel Before Important Deadline in Securities Class Action First Filed by the Firm - NCPL |
| 9:28 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $1.78 |
| 9:28 a.m. | Pre-market high, $2.15 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $2.11, up 18.5% from the previous close |
| 11:01 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $2.39 |
| 3:55 p.m. | Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 6.88 million shares |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $1.59, 33.5% 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
- $1.78
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $2.11
- Gap at the open
- +18.5%
- Pre-market high
- $2.15 at 9:28 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $2.39 at 11:01 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $1.50
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $1.59
- Change at 4 p.m.
- −10.7%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $1.75 at 4:02 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 7.26 million
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 469,624
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 1.3×
- Float
- 6.88 million shares, from filings as of October 30, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 8.02 million
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 12 hours 27 minutes after the latest news item before it (Newsfile Corp, Oct 29, 9:01 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 1.23 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (16%), 1.23 million in the first 30 minutes (16%), and 5.27 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (68%).
- Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 6.88 million shares: past it once at 3:55 p.m.
- Other days NCPL met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 18, the latest on October 29, 2026.
On the day's lists: the intraday runners. It is here because it was in play on the intraday runners: up 30% or more on $3 million or more really traded, outside the small-cap rule's price, relative volume or float, 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 NCPL 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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