No. 23
Market temperatureSmall Cap Market Map heatVery hot

Market breadthUp1,563Down1,357Flat103Gap-ups (≥1M shares) 1,500

No. 23Closed 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 : AMOD, NIVF and AIXI

2 of the top 10 had an SEC filing or a trading halt between the previous close and this session’s close.

Rank 1AMODALPHA MODUS HOLDINGS, INC.

Opening gap
+197.44%
Day
+198.29%
HOD (ET)
4.7709:47 ET
Est. turnover
$632.6M
Gap-ups (≥1M shares)
1,500

On Friday, October 2, 2026, 1,500 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 AMOD at +197.44%.

AMOD (ALPHA MODUS HOLDINGS, INC.) opened at 3.48, +197.44% from the previous close of 1.17. Its high of day was 4.77 at 09:47 ET. It closed at 3.49, +198.29% on the day, on an estimated $632.6M of turnover. By the close the record held 8-K at 08:35 ET: Other — ALPHA MODUS HOLDINGS, INC. filed an 8-K: Other Events.

Pre-market: 2 of 6 highs of day.

Across the small caps the map tracks, 1,563 advanced and 1,357 declined, with an estimated $19.0B in dollar volume.

Behind it in the ranking: NIVF +60.89% (+27.72% on the day); AIXI +39.92% (+48.97% on the day); SDEV +38.25% (+104.37% on the day); SGRX +28.06% (-9.35% on the day); XRPN +23.77% (+68.25% on the day); QTEX +19.78% (+40.20% on the day).

2 of the top 10 had an SEC filing or a trading halt between the previous close and this session’s close.

Continued in Why they moved

Stocks in focus

  1. Rank 2NIVF+60.89%Day +27.72%

    NewGenIvf Group Ltd

    High of day 0.1887 at 09:07 ET; estimated turnover $44.6M.

  2. Rank 3AIXI+39.92%Day +48.97%

    Xiao-I Corp

    High of day 2.26 at 09:37 ET; estimated turnover $133.7M.

  3. Rank 4SDEV+38.25%Day +104.37%

    Stablecoin Development Corp

    High of day 9.22 at 16:25 ET; estimated turnover $994.2M.

  4. Rank 5SGRX+28.06%Day -9.35%

    SANGRIX INC.

    High of day 2.08 at 04:00 ET; estimated turnover $29.0M.

  5. Rank 10TNMG+12.05%Day +14.70%

    TNL Mediagene6-K

    M&A. TNL Mediagene Enters into Definitive Agreement

    SEC EDGAR

Stored Top Gappers ranking and HOD archive

Market map & FESCI

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

Small-cap dollar volume (est.)
$19.0B

Top movers

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 minutes09:30–10:002 of 6
  3. Morning10:00–12:000 of 6
  4. Afternoon12:00–16:001 of 6
  5. After hours16:00–20:001 of 6

Learning corner

Lessons and terms behind this session

Editor’s note

Friday's list was led by digital-asset stories: a bitcoin-funded equity issuance, a second straight gap in a stablecoin-themed name, and a SPAC whose shareholders had just approved an XRP-treasury merger. 6 of the 10…

Method

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

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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.