UNEXPLAINED MOVE · MOVER · HALT · TUE OCT 13 2026

Why TCRT was halted on Oct 13 2026: velaris acquisition

TCRT+170.5%on Tue Oct 13 2026

Alaunos Therapeutics, Inc. Common Stock was up 170.5% on the day at $2.84, ranked #1 on 11516× its usual five-minute volume, when TapeRank recorded this trading halt at 10:49 ET during regular hours when it was halted. TapeRank recorded 3 events for TCRT that day, between 07:03 and 10:49 ET, and each is in the timeline below.

THE DAY ON THE LIST · 3 EVENTS

  1. 07:03 ET
    UNEXPLAINED MOVE · PRE-MARKET

    $1.22 · ▲ 16.1% ON THE DAY · 53.8× 5M RVOL · RANK #3

    UNEXPLAINEDNO FILINGS · RULE

    TCRT is up 3.8% on the day on 34.2x 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 07:02 ET · 1 MIN AGO · RULE, NO MODEL
    THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 07:03 ET
    LAST1.22
    DAY▲ 16.1%
    5 MIN▲ 21.93%
    5M RVOL53.8×
    5M $VOL$98K
    FLOAT*2.5M
    RANK#3
    SESSIONPRE-MARKET
    VWAP1.05
    HOD1.15
    LOD0.9131
    OR HIGH—
    OR LOW—
    PREV CLOSE1.05
    PM HIGH1.15
    PM LOW0.9131
    GAP▲ 1.90% (indicated)

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

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

  2. 07:05 ET
    MOVER · PRE-MARKET

    $1.31 · ▲ 24.8% ON THE DAY · 232× 5M RVOL · RANK #1

    The same verdict as at 07:03 ET.

    THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 07:05 ET
    LAST1.31
    DAY▲ 24.8%
    5 MIN▲ 22.45%
    5M RVOL232×
    5M $VOL$590K
    FLOAT*2.5M
    RANK#1
    SESSIONPRE-MARKET
    VWAP1.16
    HOD1.25
    LOD0.9131
    OR HIGH—
    OR LOW—
    PREV CLOSE1.05
    PM HIGH1.25
    PM LOW0.9131
    GAP▲ 15.24% (indicated)

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

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

  3. 10:49 ET
    HALT · REGULAR

    HALTED AT $2.84 · ▲ 170.5% ON THE DAY · 11516× 5M RVOL · RANK #1

    STRETCHEDCONFIDENCE5/5

    TCRT is up 170.5% and halted after announcing completion of its Velaris acquisition. The transaction is a concrete corporate catalyst, but the disclosed consideration includes securities convertible into roughly 138.3 million common shares versus a 2.5 million-share float proxy, making the move far larger than the near-term fundamental news supports and creating substantial dilution risk.

    WHYA 170.5% surge and 25.1% five-minute jump is extreme relative to an acquisition announcement whose terms are primarily equity consideration and imply massive potential share issuance.
    ANALYZED 10:51 ET · <1 MIN AGO · OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA
    THE ROW AND SESSION LEVELS AT 10:49 ET
    LAST2.84
    DAY▲ 170.5%
    5 MIN▲ 17.37%
    5M RVOL11516×
    5M $VOL$16.0M
    FLOAT*2.5M
    RANK#1
    SESSIONREGULAR
    VWAP2.01
    HOD2.84
    LOD0.9131
    OR HIGH2.09
    OR LOW1.62
    PREV CLOSE1.05
    PM HIGH2.53
    PM LOW0.9131
    GAP▲ 64.76%

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

THE SESSION

  • 09:30 ETOpened at $1.73, +64.8% on the previous close of $1.05
  • 09:43 ETRegular-session low, $1.51
  • 10:48 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 10:53 ET, after 5 minutes
  • 12:14 ETHalted (LUDP); resumed 12:19 ET, after 5 minutes
  • 12:19 ETRegular-session high, $4.32
  • 15:59 ETLast trade of the regular session, $3.03, +188.6% on the previous close of $1.05
  • Volume: 169.5M shares in regular hours, 69.1M before the open

TCRT opened at $1.73 after an early unexplained move, then fell to $1.51 before surging to $2.84 when TapeRank recorded a halt at 10:49 ET. TapeRank tied the move to the announcement that Alaunos had completed its acquisition of Velaris Therapeutics, noting that the transaction involved securities convertible into roughly 138.3 million common shares and therefore substantial potential dilution; the stock resumed after five minutes, halted again at 12:14 ET, and reached a $4.32 high when it resumed at 12:19 ET. It ended the regular session at $3.03, up 188.6% from the previous close.

WRITTEN THU OCT 15 2026 18:05 ET BY OPENAI/GPT-5.6-LUNA FROM THE FACTS ON THIS PAGE

FILINGS AND NEWS · 24H BEFORE THE MOVE

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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