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WHLR ran +359% before the open, then closed +191%

Wed 23 Sep 2026·Daily recap

Pre-market 09:25 ET

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5 names cleared the screen at 09:25. BENF had the biggest gap at +255% on a 2.27M float. The most money went through BENF: $227.6M before the open, 60.7 times its float.

TickerGap 09:25PM highFloatPM $RotationCountry
BENF+255%+420%2.27M$227.6M6,073%USA
WHLR+158%+359%0.55M$159.7M4,880%USA
MSS+87%+103%0.52M$39.7M3,063%USA
IPDN+69%+188%0.48M$142.5M3,596%USA
DCOY+46%+68%0.57M$67.1M2,619%USA

Why they moved

  • BENF: Beneficient unveiled a plan to wipe out roughly $130 million of disputed HCLP debt and equity interests tied to its former chief executive.
  • WHLR: No company news found before the open.
  • MSS: No company news found before the open.
  • IPDN: No company news found before the open.
  • DCOY: Decoy Therapeutics agreed to a warrant inducement deal raising about $3.85 million, repricing existing warrants to $3.25 and issuing new ones, then corrected the release.

Pre-market levels reference prices at 09:25

The prices traders were watching going into the open: the pre-market high and low, the 09:25 price, and yesterday's close.

TickerPM high09:25PM lowPrev close
BENF$2.80$1.91$0.51$0.5383
WHLR$8.59$4.83$3.31$1.87
MSS$3.17$2.91$1.50$1.56
IPDN$11.24$6.59$5.97$3.90
DCOY$5.22$4.51$3.60$3.10

How they traded 09:30–16:00

5 of 5 closed above the previous day's close, and 2 closed at or above their 09:25 gap. The biggest give-back was WHLR: +359% at its pre-market high, +178% at the open, +191% at the close. BENF was the strongest close at +439%.

TickerOpenHighLowCloseDay
BENF+442%+485%+168%+439%
WHLR+178%+366%+154%+191%
MSS+32%+89%+16%+35%
IPDN+77%+97%+21%+39%
DCOY+42%+52%+21%+24%

All moves are against the previous day's close. The bar runs from the day's low to its high, and the tick is the close.

The WHLR give-backWHLR reached +359% before the open on $159.7M of trading, 48.8 times its float, and closed the day +191%.

SuperAlerts at the close

2 names met the SuperAlerts screen at the close.

BFRG

Float 16.16M · day +22% · range 49% · AI Score 1 · USA

WHLR

Float 0.55M · day +5% · range 83% · AI Score 7 · USA
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