Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on October 28, 2026
PODC, October 28: a run to $2.54
PODC opened near its previous close, then ran to $2.54 during the session.
What happened
Before the open
We found no news or filing before the move. Before the bell it reached $1.90, on 4K shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $1.86. It ran to $2.54 by 2:42 p.m.
The close
It closed at $2.43, near 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 up 3.3% at $1.86, then ran from the open to the high of $2.54 in 312 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 9:15 a.m. | Pre-market high, $1.90 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $1.86, up 3.3% from the previous close |
| 9:44 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $1.80 |
| 2:42 p.m. | High of the day to the close, $2.54 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $2.43, 4.3% 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
- $1.80
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $1.86
- Gap at the open
- +3.3%
- Pre-market high
- $1.90 at 9:15 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $2.54 at 2:42 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $1.84
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $2.43
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +35.0%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $2.51 at 4:00 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 1.39 million
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 51,132
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 33.5×
- Float
- 8.63 million shares, from filings as of October 28, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 30.25 million
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 4,237 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 58,087 in the first 30 minutes (4%), and 1.38 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (96%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day PODC met the small-cap rule.
On the day's lists: the gainers, intraday runners. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the gainers: 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 PODC 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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