UNEXPLAINED MOVE · MOVER · THU SEP 24 2026

Why SKYQ rose 20.4% on Sep 24 2026: air permit restart

SKYQ+20.4%on Thu Sep 24 2026

Sky Quarry Inc. Common Stock was up 20.4% on the day at $3.06, ranked #2 on 909× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this spike at 07:51 ET during the pre-market session. TapeRank recorded 2 events for SKYQ that day, between 07:49 and 07:51 ET, and each is in the timeline below.

THE DAY ON THE LIST · 2 EVENTS

  1. 07:49 ET
    UNEXPLAINED MOVE · PRE-MARKET

    $2.94 · ▲ 15.7% ON THE DAY · 452× 5M RVOL · RANK #2

    UNEXPLAINEDNO FILINGS · RULE

    SKYQ is up 6.7% on the day on 183x 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 07:47 ET · 2 MIN AGO · RULE, NO MODEL
    THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 07:49 ET
    LAST2.94
    DAY▲ 15.7%
    5 MIN▲ 12.43%
    5M RVOL452×
    5M $VOL$1.9M
    FLOAT*8.8M
    RANK#2
    SESSIONPRE-MARKET
    VWAP2.72
    HOD2.92
    LOD2.52
    OR HIGH—
    OR LOW—
    PREV CLOSE2.54
    PM HIGH2.92
    PM LOW2.52
    GAP▲ 9.11% (indicated)

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

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

  2. 07:51 ET
    MOVER · PRE-MARKET

    $3.06 · ▲ 20.4% ON THE DAY · 909× 5M RVOL · RANK #2

    JUSTIFIEDCONFIDENCE5/5

    SKYQ is up 20.5% pre-market, with an 11.21% surge in the last five minutes. The concrete catalyst is a Nevada air permit allowing the Eagle Springs Refinery to restart operations, a material operational milestone that supports the move.

    WHYA 20.5% pre-market move and $4.4M five-minute volume surge are substantial, but restarting a refinery after receiving its required air permit is comparably significant.
    ANALYZED 07:51 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA
    THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 07:51 ET
    LAST3.06
    DAY▲ 20.4%
    5 MIN▲ 11.14%
    5M RVOL909×
    5M $VOL$4.0M
    FLOAT*8.8M
    RANK#2
    SESSIONPRE-MARKET
    VWAP2.85
    HOD3.06
    LOD2.52
    OR HIGH—
    OR LOW—
    PREV CLOSE2.54
    PM HIGH3.06
    PM LOW2.52
    GAP▲ 16.55% (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 $3.07, +20.9% on the previous close of $2.54
  • 09:40 ETRegular-session low, $2.68
  • 11:42 ETRegular-session high, $3.48
  • 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $2.92, +14.8% on the previous close of $2.54
  • Volume: 16.5M shares in regular hours, 11.5M before the open

SKYQ began with a premarket rise, moving from $2.94 at 07:49 ET to $3.06 at 07:51 ET before opening at $3.07, and TapeRank’s read tied that move to a Nevada air permit allowing the Eagle Springs Refinery to restart operations, while noting no filings or headlines within 24 hours. The stock then fell to $2.68 at 09:40 ET, climbed to a high of $3.48 at 11:42 ET, and finished at $2.92; no halts occurred.

WRITTEN THU OCT 15 2026 17:56 ET BY OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE

FILINGS AND NEWS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE

No SEC filings or wire news in the 24 hours before this was recorded. A move on news that never reached the wire shows nothing here, which is what UNEXPLAINED means.

On the tape right now

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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