SMX halted on Oct 16 2026 at $4.60
SMX+27.8%on Fri Oct 16 2026
SMX (Security Matters) Public Limited Company Ordinary Shares was up 27.8% on the day at $4.60, ranked #52 on 290× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this trading halt at 10:12 ET during regular hours when it was halted. TapeRank recorded 3 events for SMX that day, between 09:52 and 10:12 ET, and each is in the timeline below.
THE DAY ON THE LIST · 3 EVENTS
- 09:52 ETUNEXPLAINED MOVE · REGULAR
$4.19 · ▲ 16.4% ON THE DAY · 109× 5M RVOL · RANK #2
UNEXPLAINEDNO FILINGS · RULESMX is up 16.4% on the day on 110x 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 09:52 ET · <1 MIN AGO · RULE, NO MODELTHE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 09:52 ET
LAST4.19DAY▲ 16.4%5 MIN▲ 6.08%5M RVOL109×5M $VOL$474KFLOAT*1.1MRANK#2SESSIONREGULARVWAP4.20HOD4.53LOD3.65OR HIGH3.77OR LOW3.73PREV CLOSE3.60PM HIGH3.79PM LOW3.65GAP▲ 4.72%* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
- 09:52 ETMOVER · REGULAR
$4.33 · ▲ 20.3% ON THE DAY · 116× 5M RVOL · RANK #3
The same verdict as at 09:52 ET.
THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 09:52 ET
LAST4.33DAY▲ 20.3%5 MIN▲ 9.62%5M RVOL116×5M $VOL$509KFLOAT*1.1MRANK#3SESSIONREGULARVWAP4.20HOD4.53LOD3.65OR HIGH3.77OR LOW3.73PREV CLOSE3.60PM HIGH3.79PM LOW3.65GAP▲ 4.72%* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
- 10:12 ETHALT · REGULAR
HALTED AT $4.60 · ▲ 27.8% ON THE DAY · 290× 5M RVOL · RANK #52
The same verdict as at 09:52 ET.
THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 10:12 ET
LAST4.60DAY▲ 27.8%5 MIN▲ 11.92%5M RVOL290×5M $VOL$1.1MFLOAT*1.1MRANK#52SESSIONREGULARVWAP4.41HOD4.91LOD3.65OR HIGH3.77OR LOW3.73PREV CLOSE3.60PM HIGH3.79PM LOW3.65GAP▲ 4.72%* FLOAT IS SHARES OUTSTANDING; TRUE FREE FLOAT IS NOT AVAILABLE
THE SESSION
- 09:30 ETOpened at $3.77, +4.7% on the previous close of $3.60
- 10:11 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 10:16 ET, after 5 minutes
- 10:23 ETRegular-session high, $5.61
- 10:25 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 10:30 ET, after 5 minutes
- 10:31 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 10:32 ET, after 1 minute
- 10:37 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 10:42 ET, after 5 minutes
- 10:43 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 10:44 ET, after 1 minute
- 10:48 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 10:53 ET, after 5 minutes
- 10:55 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 11:05 ET, after 10 minutes
- 11:06 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 11:16 ET, after 10 minutes
- 11:17 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 11:22 ET, after 5 minutes
- 11:22 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 11:27 ET, after 5 minutes
- 11:30 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 11:31 ET, after 1 minute
- 11:41 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 11:46 ET, after 5 minutes
- 13:44 ETRegular-session low, $1.70
- 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $1.93, -46.4% on the previous close of $3.60
- Volume: 10.2M shares in regular hours, 5K before the open
SMX opened at $3.77, above the previous close, and climbed to $5.61 by 10:23 ET, with TapeRank recording the move as high as 27.8% and multiple LUDP halts beginning at 10:11 ET. After the repeated halts through 11:46 ET, the stock reversed sharply, reaching a session low of $1.70 at 13:44 ET before ending regular trading at $1.93. TapeRank found no filings or headlines within 24 hours of the move and therefore marked it unexplained.
WRITTEN FRI OCT 16 2026 16:00 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.
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WHERE THE LIST STOODWED NOV 4 2026 · 13:49 ETRECORDED LIVE · 742 QUALIFY
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