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BKYI ran +290% before the open, then closed +72%

Tue 13 Oct 2026·Daily recap

Pre-market 09:25 ET

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5 names cleared the screen at 09:25. BKYI had the biggest gap at +156% on a 1.31M float. The most money went through BKYI: $187.7M before the open, 32.5 times its float.

TickerGap 09:25PM highFloatPM $RotationCountry
BKYI+156%+290%1.31M$187.7M3,252%USA
PFAI+132%+237%3.59M$114.9M453%Canada
TCRT+69%+141%2.43M$128.4M2,643%USA
BMBL+57%+58%102.71M$169.7M28%USA
FCHL+40%+119%1.27M$25.1M1,151%Singapore

Why they moved

  • BKYI: BIO-key won a new Middle East government security agency as a customer, with deployment nearly finished, and appointed a new PortalGuard president.
  • PFAI: Pinnacle Food's agricultural technology unit finished its first small-scale fermentation run producing recombinant human lactoferrin using a methanol-free yeast process.
  • TCRT: Alaunos Therapeutics said it has closed its purchase of Velaris Therapeutics.
  • BMBL: Bumble agreed to be taken private by Ithaca Holdings for $6.05 per share in cash, valuing the company at about $1.3 billion including debt.
  • FCHL: No company news found before the open.

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
BKYI$6.44$4.23$1.75$1.65
PFAI$8.81$6.06$2.40$2.61
TCRT$2.53$1.77$0.9131$1.05
BMBL$6.02$5.97$3.82$3.80
FCHL$2.19$1.40$1.21$1.00

How they traded 09:30–16:00

5 of 5 closed above the previous day's close, and 1 closed at or above their 09:25 gap. The biggest give-back was BKYI: +290% at its pre-market high, +149% at the open, +72% at the close. TCRT was the strongest close at +189%.

TickerOpenHighLowCloseDay
BKYI+149%+161%+63%+72%
PFAI+130%+130%+52%+80%
TCRT+65%+311%+44%+189%
BMBL+57%+57%+56%+57%
FCHL+37%+69%+7%+7%

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 BKYI give-backBKYI reached +290% before the open on $187.7M of trading, 32.5 times its float, and closed the day +72%.

SuperAlerts at the close

2 names met the SuperAlerts screen at the close.

JBDI

day +72% · range 380% · AI Score 9 · South Korea

TCRT

Float 2.43M · day +75% · range 186% · AI Score 10 · USA
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