Why BKYI rose 28.5% on Oct 13 2026: government customer
BKYI+28.5%on Tue Oct 13 2026
BIO-key International, Inc. Common Stock was up 28.5% on the day at $2.12, ranked #1 on 168× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this spike at 04:23 ET during the pre-market session. TapeRank recorded 2 events for BKYI that day, between 04:13 and 04:23 ET, and each is in the timeline below.
THE DAY ON THE LIST · 2 EVENTS
- 04:13 ETUNEXPLAINED MOVE · PRE-MARKET
$1.92 · ▲ 16.4% ON THE DAY · 12.2× 5M RVOL · RANK #1
UNEXPLAINEDNO FILINGS · RULEBKYI is up 10.9% on the day on 7.9x its normal volume for this time of day. No filings or headlines were found in SEC EDGAR filings and Benzinga wire headlines in the last 24 hours, so this is order flow rather than a disclosed catalyst.
WHYNo filings or headlines within 24 hours of the move.ANALYZED 04:09 ET · 3 MIN AGO · RULE, NO MODELTHE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 04:13 ET
LAST1.92DAY▲ 16.4%5 MIN▲ 6.67%5M RVOL12.2×5M $VOL$46KFLOAT*1.4MRANK#1SESSIONPRE-MARKETVWAP1.82HOD1.91LOD1.64OR HIGH—OR LOW—PREV CLOSE1.65PM HIGH1.91PM LOW1.64GAP▲ 14.55% (indicated)* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
— MEANS THE LEVEL DID NOT EXIST YET AT THAT INSTANT, NOT ZERO
- 04:23 ETMOVER · PRE-MARKET
$2.12 · ▲ 28.5% ON THE DAY · 168× 5M RVOL · RANK #1
STRETCHEDCONFIDENCE4/5BIO-key is up 10.3% in pre-market trading, with an accelerating last-five-minute move and exceptionally high relative volume. The only cited catalyst is a new government security agency customer with deployment nearing completion, but it provides no disclosed financial terms or quantified impact.
WHYA 10.3% move on an unquantified customer deployment is larger than the disclosed news supports, particularly with no contract value or revenue guidance.ANALYZED 04:19 ET · 3 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNATHE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 04:23 ET
LAST2.12DAY▲ 28.5%5 MIN▲ 17.13%5M RVOL168×5M $VOL$611KFLOAT*1.4MRANK#1SESSIONPRE-MARKETVWAP1.87HOD2.04LOD1.64OR HIGH—OR LOW—PREV CLOSE1.65PM HIGH2.04PM LOW1.64GAP▲ 17.58% (indicated)* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
— MEANS THE LEVEL DID NOT EXIST YET AT THAT INSTANT, NOT ZERO
THE SESSION
- 09:30 ETOpened at $4.11, +148.8% on the previous close of $1.65
- 09:30 ETRegular-session high, $4.30
- 11:32 ETRegular-session low, $2.69
- 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $2.84, +72.1% on the previous close of $1.65
- Volume: 35.4M shares in regular hours, 43.3M before the open
BKYI opened at $4.11 after rising from the previous close of $1.65, reached $4.30 at the open, then fell to $2.69 by 11:32 ET before ending at $2.84. TapeRank read the early move as tied to news that BIO-key had added a Middle East government security agency customer whose deployment was nearing completion with IT Harmony support, though the disclosed update provided no financial terms or quantified impact; it later found no filings or headlines within 24 hours to explain the move. No halts occurred.
WRITTEN THU OCT 15 2026 18:04 ET BY OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE
FILINGS AND NEWS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE
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