Editor’s notes

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 closed above their open, the most this week. Two (SGRX, SCNX) closed below the prior close.

Market context: Major indexes rose after the September jobs report (TheStreet session recap).

By the numbers: Under FennEdge's default filters, 6 stocks opened at least 20% above their prior close.

The list is ranked by opening gap, not market cap. Synaptics is not a small cap.

Notable tickers

AMOD — Alpha Modus Holdings

• Catalyst: An 8-K filed Oct 1 (Items 2.01, 8.01) reported that a PIPE transaction closed on Sep 30.
  • Investors received 51,621,560 Class A shares and warrants for another 51,621,560 shares, exercisable at $4.36.
  • In exchange, they paid 3,170 bitcoin. The filing valued that at more than $250 million, using a reference price of about $83,612 per bitcoin.
  • An 8-K on Oct 2 said Nasdaq staff had determined the company complies with Listing Rule 5550(b)(1), the stockholders' equity standard.
• Price action:
  • Gapped from $1.17 to $3.48.
  • Printed an extended-session high of $4.77 at 09:47 ET.
  • Closed at $3.49, one cent above the open (+198.3%).
• Shares:
  • The last 10-Q cover listed 4,966,818 Class A shares as of Aug 14, 2026 (10-Q).
  • The PIPE issuance alone is more than ten times that count.
  • Volume was 194.5 million.
• Links: AMOD stock page

SDEV — Stablecoin Development Corp (second day)

• Catalyst: We found no new company filing or release after the Sep 29 unusual-activity 8-K. In that filing, the company said it knew of no undisclosed material information.
• Price action:
  • After closing above its open on Oct 1, SDEV gapped another 38.3%, to $5.06.
  • It closed at $7.48, +104.4% on the day.
  • Its extended-session high of $9.22 came in after-hours trading, at 16:25 ET.
• Shares: 50,615,437 outstanding as of Jul 27, 2026 (10-Q).
• Links: SDEV stock page · Oct 1 recap

XRPN — Armada Acquisition Corp. II

• Catalyst: At a Sep 30 extraordinary general meeting, shareholders of this SPAC approved its business combination with Evernorth Holdings. Ripple Labs is among the parties to the agreement.
  • The vote was 20,514,034 for and 1,362,081 against (8-K filed Oct 1, Item 5.07).
  • Crowdfund Insider reported an expected Nasdaq debut for the combined company on Oct 8 (report).
• SEC filings: The 8-K above, plus Rule 425 communications on Oct 1 and Oct 2.
• Price action:
  • Opened at $29.00.
  • Extended-session high of $53.00 at 12:45 ET.
  • Closed at $39.42.
• Shares: At the Aug 20 record date there were 23,710,000 Class A and 7,880,000 Class B ordinary shares, per the 8-K. Volume was 9.3 million.
• Links: XRPN stock page

NIVF — NewGenIvf Group

• Catalyst/offering:
  • A 424B4 dated Sep 30 priced a best-efforts offering at $0.07 per share: 125,000 shares plus 17,732,143 pre-funded warrants.
  • The prospectus describes that price as a 79.7% discount to the $0.3448 last sale on Sep 28.
  • A 6-K reported the offering closed on Sep 30. Benzinga reported gross proceeds of about $1.25 million (report).
• Price action:
  • Gapped from $0.101 to $0.1625.
  • Extended-session high of $0.1887 in premarket at 09:07 ET.
  • Closed at $0.129, about 21% below the open.
  • Volume was 303.3 million shares.
• Shares: No current SEC cover-page share count is tagged, so none is shown.
• Links: NIVF stock page

Terms used in these notes

• High-of-day times are the first 1-minute bar at the 04:00–20:00 ET high.
• Close vs open:
  • Held = close ≥ open.
  • Partial fade = previous close ≤ close < open.
  • Gave back gap = close < previous close.
• Shares outstanding come from SEC cover pages on the date stated and may have changed since.