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SGRX ran +42% before the open, then closed −9%

Fri 02 Oct 2026·Daily recap

Pre-market 09:25 ET

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5 names cleared the screen at 09:25. AMOD had the biggest gap at +200% on a 0.54M float. The most money went through AMOD: $81.0M before the open, 52.3 times its float.

TickerGap 09:25PM highFloatPM $RotationCountry
AMOD+200%+208%0.54M$81.0M5,228%USA
SDEV+37%+51%1.83M$71.3M769%USA
SGRX+29%+42%0.80M$9.5M677%Singapore
XRPN+22%+26%17.74M$4.1M1%USA
QTEX+18%+25%58.55M$12.5M23%Israel

Why they moved

  • AMOD: Alpha Modus completed a private placement funded with 3,170 bitcoin, now held by a subsidiary, and has regained compliance with Nasdaq listing rules.
  • SDEV: No company news found before the open.
  • SGRX: No company news found before the open.
  • XRPN: Shareholders approved the Evernorth merger, which with related placements raised over $1 billion; the XRP treasury company expects to start Nasdaq trading October 8.
  • QTEX: QTREX said a quantum computing firm independently tested its cryogenic interconnect with strong isolation results, and it is finalizing a binding definitive agreement.

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
AMOD$3.60$3.51$1.82$1.17
SDEV$5.52$5.02$4.45$3.66
SGRX$1.98$1.80$1.55$1.39
XRPN$29.46$28.60$25.37$23.43
QTEX$0.9793$0.928$0.8459$0.7846

How they traded 09:30–16:00

4 of 5 closed above the previous day's close, and 3 closed at or above their 09:25 gap. The biggest give-back was SGRX: +42% at its pre-market high, +28% at the open, −9% at the close. AMOD was the strongest close at +198%.

TickerOpenHighLowCloseDay
AMOD+197%+308%+163%+198%
SDEV+38%+109%+36%+104%
SGRX+28%+40%−12%−9%
XRPN+24%+126%+15%+68%
QTEX+20%+66%+12%+40%

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 SGRX give-backSGRX reached +42% before the open on $9.5M of trading, 6.8 times its float, and closed the day −9%.

SuperAlerts at the close

5 names met the SuperAlerts screen at the close.

AIXI

day +6% · range 42% · AI Score 1 · China

AMOD

Float 0.54M · day +0% · range 55% · AI Score 7 · USA
Dilution

FLUX

Float 16.98M · day +60% · range 110% · AI Score 4 · USA
Other

QTEX

Float 58.55M · day +17% · range 49% · AI Score 1 · Israel
Ma definitive

SCKT

Float 5.74M · day +17% · range 45% · AI Score 4 · USA

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