Hindsight Markets Recaps Small-cap stocks on October 2, 2026
CTNT, October 2: a run to $3.55
CTNT opened near its previous close, then ran to $3.55 during the session.
What happened
Before the open
We found no news or filing before the move. Before the bell it reached $2.57, on 46K shares.
The open
It opened near its previous close, at $2.48. It ran to $3.55 by 12:16 p.m.
The close
It closed at $2.62, 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 1.2% at $2.48, then ran from the open to the high of $3.55 in 166 minutes.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 5:27 a.m. | Pre-market high, $2.57 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: $2.48, up 1.2% from the previous close |
| 12:09 p.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of $2.45 |
| 12:16 p.m. | High of the day to the close, $3.55 |
| 12:28 p.m. | Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 1.33 million shares |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $2.62, 26.2% 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
- $2.45
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- $2.48
- Gap at the open
- +1.2%
- Pre-market high
- $2.57 at 5:27 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $3.55 at 12:16 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- $2.30
- Close, 4 p.m.
- $2.62
- Change at 4 p.m.
- +6.9%
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- $2.94 at 5:06 p.m.
- Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 1.71 million
- Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 132,379
- Relative volume by 8 p.m.
- 2.4×
- Float
- 1.33 million shares, from filings as of October 2, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 1.33 million
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 45,608 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (2%), 14,462 in the first 30 minutes (1%), and 1.78 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (97%).
- Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 1.33 million shares: past it once at 12:28 p.m.
- In our recaps, this is the only day CTNT 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 CTNT 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.
Trade this day
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