The catalyst report · Monday, October 19, 2026
What went up, and what took it there
The Canadian small-caps that finished green on this session: catalysts whose reaction paid, insiders sitting above what they paid, and the day’s biggest advances on real volume. Releases carry a date but no time, so each catalyst move is measured from the last close before the event through the close of the session after it — capturing the reaction whether the news broke mid-session or after the bell.
- Catalysts paid
- 9
- Tickers
- 8
- Median gain
- +7.9%
- Insiders up
- 6
Catalysts that paid
Ordered by the size of the gain, biggest first. Events that closed flat or red aren't shown.
Agereh Technologies Inc. Announces Private Placement Offering of $600,000 - TMX Newsfile
Calculated hold expiry from: Bullion Closes $2M Private Placement - TMX Newsfile
Calculated hold expiry from: Tombill Announces Strategic Investment and Royalty Transaction with Dynamo Metals
Calculated hold expiry from: INEO Tech Corp. Announces Closing of Private Placement and Debt Settlement - ACCESS Newswire
Quartz Closes $1.7 Million Unit Financing - ACCESS Newswire
Calculated hold expiry from: Arras Minerals Announces Upsized $21.7 Million Bought Deal Financing
Calculated hold expiry from: MustGrow Increases Non-Brokered LIFE Offering to Approximately $3.7 Million - TMX Newsfile
Calculated hold expiry from: Valkea Resources Announces Closing of $8 Million Offering - TMX Newsfile
Calculated hold expiry from: Arras Minerals Announces $15 Million Bought Deal Financing
next +4.7%
Winners by event type
Green outcomes only, this session. n counts the event type's winners, not its events — samples are small by nature, so read n before the median.
| Event type | n | Median gain | Best |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calculated Hold Expiry | 7 | +4.7% | +14.3% |
| Financing Closed | 1 | +7.9% | +7.9% |
| Financing Announced | 1 | +40.0% | +40.0% |
Insiders in the green
Open-market buys made in the last 90 days that are now trading above the insider's share-weighted average price. Option exercises, grants and issuer buybacks are excluded — only cash purchases by people count.
Medalist Capital Ltd. bought at an average $0.136 → last close $0.285
2 insiders bought at an average $0.661 → last close $1.330
Robert Hinchcliffe bought at an average $0.577 → last close $0.970
Ronald Kopas bought at an average $0.166 → last close $0.210
Simon Britt bought at an average $0.073 → last close $0.080
Kathleen McClay bought at an average $0.255 → last close $0.270
Volume gainers
The session's biggest advances among names that traded real money — a 40% move on $300 of volume is a print, not a market.
Coming up · next 7 days
Hold-period expiries and announced financings dated ahead. Expiries only appear once the financing behind them was already public.
| 2026-10-20+1d | AGX.V | Financing Announced | $0.780 |
| 2026-10-20+1d | GGO.V | Financing Announced | $1.160 |
| 2026-10-20+1d | LVG.V | Financing Announced | $0.350 |
| 2026-10-20+1d | BAU.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.175 |
| 2026-10-20+1d | MGRO.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.400 |
| 2026-10-20+1d | ABM.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.130 |
| 2026-10-20+1d | AIS.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.100 |
| 2026-10-21+2d | AGX.V | Financing Announced | $0.780 |
| 2026-10-21+2d | ZFR.V | Financing Closed | $0.070 |
| 2026-10-22+3d | WGO.V | Financing Announced | $1.570 |
| 2026-10-22+3d | AGX.V | Financing Announced | $0.780 |
| 2026-10-22+3d | SCOT.V | Financing Announced | $2.650 |
| 2026-10-22+3d | KLD.V | Financing Announced | $2.170 |
| 2026-10-22+3d | SVE.V | Financing Announced | $0.395 |
| 2026-10-22+3d | YARR.V | Financing Closed | $0.150 |
| 2026-10-22+3d | GLDC.V | Financing Announced | $0.370 |
| 2026-10-22+3d | IGO.V | Financing Announced | $0.130 |
| 2026-10-23+4d | GLAD.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $1.800 |
| 2026-10-23+4d | GRSL.V | Financing Announced | $0.270 |
| 2026-10-23+4d | BUFF.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.790 |
37 more on the catalyst calendar.
This issue reports winners only: catalysts that closed green, insiders who are up, and names that rose on the session. The events, buys and moves that went the other way are filtered out, so nothing here is a hit rate or a representative sample of how these setups usually turn out.
Information only — not investment advice, and not a recommendation to buy or sell any security. Event data is extracted automatically from public releases and may be incomplete, delayed or misattributed to the wrong issuer; verify against the company’s own filings before acting.