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HALT · MOVER · UNEXPLAINED MOVE · FRI SEP 18 2026

Why PAAI was halted on Sep 18 2026: strategic platform agreement

PAAI+62.9%on Fri Sep 18 2026

Paradium.AI, Inc. was up 62.9% on the day at $5.44, ranked #2 on 1062× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this trading halt at 09:01 ET during the pre-market session when it was halted. TapeRank recorded 3 events for PAAI that day, between 09:01 and 11:24 ET, and each is in the timeline below.

THE DAY ON THE LIST · 3 EVENTS

  1. 09:01 ET
    HALT · PRE-MARKET

    HALTED AT $5.44 · ▲ 62.9% ON THE DAY · 1062× 5M RVOL · RANK #2

    STRETCHEDCONFIDENCE5/5

    PAAI is up 62.9% to $5.44, with a 56.78% surge in the last five minutes and a T1 halt. The catalyst is a proposed 10-year, $1 billion strategic platform agreement, but it is subject to RTB's $89 million cash-and-stock investment for about 49% of PAAI and includes forecasts rather than realized results.

    WHYA 62.9% move is aggressive relative to a contingent agreement with forecast revenue and EBITDA benefits, despite the substantial headline contract value.
    ANALYZED 09:01 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA
    THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 09:01 ET
    LAST5.44
    DAY▲ 62.9%
    5 MIN▲ 56.78%
    5M RVOL1062×
    5M $VOL$7.0M
    FLOAT*47.6M
    RANK#2
    SESSIONPRE-MARKET
    VWAP4.29
    HOD5.89
    LOD3.12
    OR HIGH—
    OR LOW—
    PREV CLOSE3.34
    PM HIGH5.89
    PM LOW3.12
    GAP▲ 62.88% (indicated)

    * FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE

    — MEANS THE LEVEL DID NOT EXIST YET AT THAT INSTANT, NOT ZERO

  2. 09:01 ET
    MOVER · PRE-MARKET

    $5.44 · ▲ 62.9% ON THE DAY · 1062× 5M RVOL · RANK #2

    The same verdict as at 09:01 ET.

    THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 09:01 ET
    LAST5.44
    DAY▲ 62.9%
    5 MIN▲ 56.78%
    5M RVOL1062×
    5M $VOL$7.0M
    FLOAT*47.6M
    RANK#2
    SESSIONPRE-MARKET
    VWAP4.29
    HOD5.89
    LOD3.12
    OR HIGH—
    OR LOW—
    PREV CLOSE3.34
    PM HIGH5.89
    PM LOW3.12
    GAP▲ 62.88% (indicated)

    * FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE

    — MEANS THE LEVEL DID NOT EXIST YET AT THAT INSTANT, NOT ZERO

  3. 11:24 ET
    UNEXPLAINED MOVE · REGULAR

    $1.68 · ▼ 49.7% ON THE DAY · 19.9× 5M RVOL · RANK #4

    UNEXPLAINEDCONFIDENCE4/5

    PAAI is down 50.7%, including another 10.1% in the last five minutes, on 19.2x normal volume. The provided filing only reports a strategic platform agreement with RTB Digital and gives no terms, financial impact, or other explanation for a collapse of this magnitude, so order flow is driving the move.

    WHYA 50.7% decline is far larger than the support provided by an unquantified strategic platform agreement with no disclosed economic terms.
    ANALYZED 11:24 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA
    THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 11:24 ET
    LAST1.68
    DAY▼ 49.7%
    5 MIN▼ 8.20%
    5M RVOL19.9×
    5M $VOL$899K
    FLOAT*47.6M
    RANK#4
    SESSIONREGULAR
    VWAP3.18
    HOD5.89
    LOD1.65
    OR HIGH3.09
    OR LOW2.65
    PREV CLOSE3.34
    PM HIGH5.89
    PM LOW2.63
    GAP▼ 12.87%

    * FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE

THE SESSION

  • 09:30 ETOpened at $2.91, -12.9% on the previous close of $3.34
  • 09:30 ETHalted (M); resumed 09:36 ET, after 5 minutes
  • 09:35 ETRegular-session high, $3.15
  • 09:36 ETHalted (M); resumed 09:46 ET, after 10 minutes
  • 09:47 ETHalted (M); resumed 09:57 ET, after 10 minutes
  • 09:59 ETHalted (M); resumed 10:04 ET, after 5 minutes
  • 10:04 ETHalted (M); resumed 10:09 ET, after 5 minutes
  • 10:10 ETHalted (M); resumed 10:20 ET, after 10 minutes
  • 10:21 ETHalted (M); resumed 10:22 ET, after 1 minute
  • 10:28 ETHalted (M); resumed 10:33 ET, after 5 minutes
  • 11:34 ETHalted (M); resumed 11:35 ET, after 1 minute
  • 15:10 ETRegular-session low, $1.30
  • 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $1.50, -55.1% on the previous close of $3.34
  • Volume: 24.4M shares in regular hours, 17.6M before the open

PAAI opened at $2.91 after TapeRank had recorded an early move to $5.44 and nine volatility halts followed, while it briefly reached a regular-session high of $3.15. TapeRank tied the initial surge to a proposed 10-year, $1 billion strategic platform agreement with RTB Digital, alongside an investment subject to conditions and forecasts rather than realized results. By 11:24 ET, TapeRank found the subsequent decline unexplained because the filing gave no terms or financial impact; the stock later fell to $1.30 before finishing at $1.50, down 55.1% from the previous close.

WRITTEN THU OCT 15 2026 17:52 ET BY OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE

FILINGS AND NEWS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE

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WHERE THE LIST STOODWED NOV 4 2026 · 13:49 ETRECORDED LIVE · 742 QUALIFY

01
ECGSURGING 0:05
79.71
▼ 29.3%
▼ 1.41%
41.0×
FAD
$6.2M
51.1M*
STRETCHED
02
CAVASURGING 0:00
64.78
▲ 7.4%
▲ 1.30%
9.3×
ORBHODVWH
$11.6M
116.8M*
UNEXPLAINED
03
URGNSURGING 0:00
29.16
▼ 15.2%
▼ 1.29%
15.6×
FAD
$1.4M
48.9M*
JUSTIFIED
04
MPTISURGING 0:00
64.15
▼ 1.5%
▲ 0.96%
23.8×
VWH
$637K
4.3M*
UNEXPLAINED
05
LSPDSURGING 0:00
11.52
▲ 4.9%
▼ 1.24%
16.5×
ORB
$426K
133.3M*
UNEXPLAINED
06
CRCTSURGING 0:00
8.90
▲ 49.2%
▼ 0.72%
15.1×
GAPORBVWHEXT
$395K
54.7M*
STRETCHED
07
BROSSURGING 0:00
43.97
▲ 0.9%
▼ 0.91%
4.0×
FAD
$4.3M
137.9M*
UNEXPLAINED
08
LMRICOOLING 1:35
12.85
▲ 14.5%
▲ 1.06%
132×
ORBHODVWH
$1.7M
—
UNEXPLAINED
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