Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on August 17, 2026
RPGL, August 17: a run to $2.93
RPGL opened near its previous close, then ran to $2.93 during the session.
What happened
Before the open
We found no news or filing before the move. Before the bell it reached $2.00, on 4K shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $1.99. It ran to $2.93 by 11:54 a.m.
The close
It closed at $2.16, 26% 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 up 4.7% at $1.99, then ran from the open to the high of $2.93 in 144 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 4:01 a.m. | Pre-market high, $2.00 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $1.99, up 4.7% from the previous close |
| 9:46 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $1.90 |
| 11:54 a.m. | High of the day to the close, $2.93 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $2.16, 26.3% 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
- $1.90
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $1.99
- Gap at the open
- +4.7%
- Pre-market high
- $2.00 at 4:01 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $2.93 at 11:54 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $1.92
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $2.16
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +13.7%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $2.33 at 6:04 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 1.65 million
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 20,023
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 51.3×
- Float
- 16.12 million shares, from filings as of August 17, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 16.12 million
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 3,890 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (0%), 55,529 in the first 30 minutes (3%), and 1.62 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (96%).
- Other days RPGL met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 9, the latest on October 19, 2026.
On the day's lists: the gainers. 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 RPGL 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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