IPST, August 17: a run to $9.66

Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 260.9% to $7.94 at the open, ran from the open to the high of $9.66 in 89 minutes, then gave back 133% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at $7.37, below the open.

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

$2.20

Open, 9:30 a.m.

$7.94

Gap at the open

+260.9%

Pre-market high

$8.71 at 8:55 a.m.

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

$9.66 at 10:59 a.m.

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

$2.53

Close, 4 p.m.

$7.37

Change at 4 p.m.

+235.0%

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

$8.87 at 4:56 p.m.

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

48.38 million

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

2.33 million

Relative volume by 8 p.m.

1433.5×

Float

696,891 shares, from filings as of August 17, 2026

Shares outstanding

721,578

• Volume, from the one-minute bars: 27.59 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (54%), 4.26 million in the first 30 minutes (8%), and 18.86 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (37%).
• Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 696,891 shares: past it once at 4:06 a.m., twice at 4:10 a.m., three times at 4:15 a.m.
• Other days IPST met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 5, the latest on October 27, 2026.
• The next session, August 18, 2026, it was up 113.9% from its previous close at the 4:00 p.m. close.

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).

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

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