No. 22
Market temperatureSmall Cap Market Map heatVery hot

Market breadthUp1,333Down1,612Flat100Gap-ups (≥1M shares) 836

No. 22Closed 16:00 ETRanking stored Inside: Top movers A2 Why they moved A3 HOD timing A4 Market map & FESCI A5 Articles A6

Sections of this recap

Lead · largest opening gap

Top gappers on : NXL, SDEV and VEEA

Rank 1NXLNexalin Technology, Inc.

Opening gap
+105.61%
Day
+76.40%
HOD (ET)
10.9810:06 ET
Est. turnover
$473.7M
Gap-ups (≥1M shares)
836

On Thursday, October 1, 2026, 836 US-listed common stocks and common-stock ADRs opened above their previous close with at least 1M shares of daily volume. The largest opening gap was NXL at +105.61%.

NXL (Nexalin Technology, Inc.) opened at 8.80, +105.61% from the previous close of 4.28. Its high of day was 10.98 at 10:06 ET. It closed at 7.55, +76.40% on the day, on an estimated $473.7M of turnover. SEC filings and news were not collected for this session.

MEDS (DataMeds AI, Inc.) opened at 3.90, +23.03% from the previous close of 3.17. Its high of day was 5.44 at 06:14 ET. It closed at 4.06, +28.08% on the day, on an estimated $151.6M of turnover.

BTTC (Black Titan Corp) opened at 0.6196, +19.15% from the previous close of 0.52. It closed at 0.6335, +21.83% on the day, on an estimated $63.2M of turnover.

ACN (Accenture plc) opened at 215.98, +17.78% from the previous close of 183.37. It closed at 212.30, +15.78% on the day, on an estimated $6.3B of turnover.

Pre-market: 2 of 6 highs of day.

Across the small caps the map tracks, 1,333 advanced and 1,612 declined, with an estimated $19.1B in dollar volume.

Behind it in the ranking: BTTC +19.15% (+21.83% on the day); ACN +17.78% (+15.78% on the day); VICR +14.21% (+6.80% on the day); EFXT +12.99% (+11.63% on the day).

Behind it in the ranking: VICR +14.21% (+6.80% on the day); EFXT +12.99% (+11.63% on the day).

SEC filings and news were not collected for this session.

Continued in Why they moved

Stocks in focus

  1. Rank 2SDEV+38.80%Day +41.31%

    Stablecoin Development Corp

    High of day 4.54 at 10:09 ET; estimated turnover $413.8M.

  2. Rank 3VEEA+37.33%Day +59.91%

    VEEA INC.

    High of day 4.08 at 15:26 ET; estimated turnover $264.6M.

  3. Rank 4GIPR+31.55%Day +13.28%

    GENERATION INCOME PROPERTIES, INC.

    High of day 0.7267 at 04:02 ET; estimated turnover $78.8M.

  4. Rank 5HXHX+27.68%Day +0.00%

    Haoxin Holdings Ltd

    High of day 0.5692 at 09:30 ET; estimated turnover $6.6M.

Stored Top Gappers ranking and HOD archive

Learning corner

Lessons and terms behind this session

Market map & FESCI

The Small Cap Market Map for this session loads here.Market Map data as of

Small-cap dollar volume (est.)
$19.1B

Top movers

Held or faded

4 of 10 closed at or above the open

Stored Top Gappers ranking

HOD timing

Pre-market: 2 of 6 highs of day

The Gapper HOD Timeline for this session loads here.

  1. Pre-market04:00–09:302 of 6
  2. First 30 minutes09:30–10:001 of 6
  3. Morning10:00–12:002 of 6
  4. Afternoon12:00–16:001 of 6
  5. After hours16:00–20:000 of 6

Editor’s note

The first session of October had a thin list of large gaps: only 6 stocks opened 20% or more above their prior close. Below that, the top 10 filled with larger companies, including Accenture after its earnings report.…

Method

Top Gappers Calendar default method: US-listed common stocks and common-stock ADRs, daily volume ≥ 1,000,000 shares, opening gap highest first

Every session in October 2026

Retrospective data built after the session from stored records, with links to the original sources. Not real-time, not investment advice and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security.