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Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on September 1, 2026

UPC, September 1: a Schedule 13G and an after-hours run to $6.20

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UPC barely moved in the regular session after a Schedule 13G, then ran to $6.20 after the close.

SCHEDULE 13GSCHEDULE 13GSCHEDULE 13G$6.20$4.58$4.264 a.m.9:30noon4 p.m.8 p.m.
UPC on September 1, 2026, one-minute bars, New York time. Bands: halts. Flags: the news or filing before the move. Dotted line: the previous close. Shaded: before the 9:30 a.m. open and after the 4:00 p.m. close.

What happened

Before the open

The news came first: a Schedule 13G at 6:09 p.m. Before the bell it reached $4.69, on 3 shares.

The open

It opened near its previous close, at $4.58.

The close

It closed at $4.39, 8% under its high. After the close it ran to $6.20 by 6:37 p.m.

What to take from it: The day's real move came after the 4 p.m. close, not in the regular session.

The details

How it traded, step by step

After-hours run. It opened up 0.0% at $4.58 and traded at $4.39 at the 4:00 p.m. close, then ran 41.2% from $4.39 to $6.20 at 6:37 p.m. after the close, on 805,501 shares traded after hours.

Time (ET)What happened
5:32 a.m.Pre-market high, $4.69
9:30 a.m.The open: $4.58, up 0.0% from the previous close
11:13 a.m.High of the day to the close, $4.76
3:59 p.m.Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $4.39, 7.8% below the high
6:08 p.m.SEC filing SCHEDULE 13G:
6:09 p.m.SEC filing SCHEDULE 13G:
6:09 p.m.SEC filing SCHEDULE 13G:
6:10 p.m.First trade 20% above the previous close of $4.58

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
$4.58
Open, 9:30 a.m.
$4.58
Gap at the open
+0.0%
Pre-market high
$4.69 at 5:32 a.m.
High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$4.76 at 11:13 a.m.
Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$4.26
Close, 4 p.m.
$4.39
Change at 4 p.m.
−4.1%
After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
$6.20 at 6:37 p.m.
Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
5,358
Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
805,501
Relative volume by 8 p.m.
17.5×
Float
4.95 million shares, from filings as of September 1, 2026
Shares outstanding
5.02 million
  • From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came less than a minute after the latest SEC filing before it (SCHEDULE 13G, 6:09 p.m.).
  • Volume, from the one-minute bars: 3 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 2,490 in the first 30 minutes (0%), and 808,366 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (100%).
  • Other days UPC met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 3, the latest on October 22, 2026.
  • The next session, September 2, 2026, it gapped up 17.8% at 9:30 a.m.

On the day's lists: the intraday runners, after-hours movers. 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 UPC 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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