Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on October 19, 2026
YHC, October 19: an 8-K and $2.48
YHC opened near its previous close after an 8-K, then ran to $2.21 during the session.
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What happened
Before the open
The news came first: an 8-K at 9:13 a.m. Before the bell it reached $2.48, on 1.1M shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $1.71. It ran to $2.21 by 3:56 p.m.
The close
It closed at $1.89, 24% under its high.
What to take from it: The move came during the session, not at the open.
The details
How it traded, step by step
Intraday run. It opened down 0.6% at $1.71, then ran from the open to the high of $2.21 in 386 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 9:13 a.m. | News (Newsfile Corp): LQR House Announces One-Year Agreement for the Purchase of up to $3 Million in OpenAI Computing Resources to Enhance Fusion Five Continents Securities' Research and Quantitative Capabilities |
| 9:13 a.m. | SEC filing 8-K: CURRENT REPORT |
| 9:18 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $1.72 |
| 9:19 a.m. | Pre-market high, $2.48 |
| 9:19 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $2.48 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $1.71, down 0.6% from the previous close |
| 9:43 a.m. | Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 1.28 million shares |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $1.89, 23.8% 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
- $1.72
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $1.71
- Gap at the open
- −0.6%
- Pre-market high
- $2.48 at 9:19 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $2.48 at 9:19 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $1.43
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $1.89
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +9.9%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $2.10 at 4:42 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 1.65 million
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 27,862
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 28.8×
- Float
- 1.28 million shares, from filings as of October 19, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 1.30 million
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 4 minutes after the latest SEC filing before it (8-K, 9:13 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 1.09 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (65%), 324,038 in the first 30 minutes (19%), and 261,456 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (16%).
- Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 1.28 million shares: past it once at 9:43 a.m.
- In our recaps, this is the only day YHC met the small-cap rule.
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 YHC 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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