The catalyst report · Monday, October 26, 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
- 8
- Tickers
- 7
- Median gain
- +5.2%
- Insiders up
- 6
Catalysts that paid
Ordered by the size of the gain, biggest first. Events that closed flat or red aren't shown.
Calculated hold expiry from: Japan Gold Closes US$1 Million Convertible Debenture Financing - TMX Newsfile
Calculated hold expiry from: Element One Hydrogen & Critical Minerals Arranges Financings and Initiates Marketing Campaign - TMX Newsfile
Calculated hold expiry from: Blue Star Announces Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile
next +0.0%
Calculated hold expiry from: West High Yield Resources Receives BC Ministry of Transportation and Transit Access Permit for Record Ridge Magnesium Project and Announces Second Tranche Closing of Private Placement - TMX Newsfile
Calculated hold expiry from: Buffalo Potash Announces Second Upsize of Non-Brokered Private Placement to C$13,500,000 - TMX Newsfile
next +1.4%
Calculated hold expiry from: Gladiator Announces BlackRock Led C$35M Fully Allocated Institutional Private Placement - TMX Newsfile
next +1.6%
Calculated hold expiry from: Big Ridge Gold Corp. Announces $7.0 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement Supported by Existing Strategic Shareholders, with Michael Gentile Increasing His Position To 19.9% - TMX Newsfile
Calculated hold expiry from: Buffalo Potash Announces Closing of C$14.01 Million First Tranche of Oversubscribed and Upsized C$14.85 Million Non-Brokered Private Placement - TMX Newsfile
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 | 8 | +5.2% | +25.0% |
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 $0.265
2 insiders bought at an average $0.794 → last close $1.300
Robert Hinchcliffe bought at an average $0.577 → last close $0.885
Lee Q. Shim bought at an average $0.180 → last close $0.240
Ronald Kopas bought at an average $0.166 → last close $0.190
Brendan Yurik bought at an average $0.105 → last close $0.105
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.
| 2026-10-27+1d | SERV.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $3.000 |
| 2026-10-27+1d | GBU.V | Warrant Exercise | $0.080 |
| 2026-10-27+1d | PEX.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.140 |
| 2026-10-27+1d | VIZ.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.180 |
| 2026-10-27+1d | HEM.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.055 |
| 2026-10-27+1d | SUN.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.030 |
| 2026-10-27+1d | GCN.V | Warrant Exercise | $0.030 |
| 2026-10-27+1d | GHL.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.060 |
| 2026-10-28+2d | AGX.V | Financing Announced | $0.680 |
| 2026-10-28+2d | BMR.V | Financing Announced | $0.170 |
| 2026-10-28+2d | LEGY.V | Financing Announced | $0.770 |
| 2026-10-28+2d | VRR.V | Financing Announced | $0.385 |
| 2026-10-28+2d | FAIR.V | Financing Announced | $0.035 |
| 2026-10-28+2d | DOS.V | Financing Closed | $0.030 |
| 2026-10-29+3d | BRO.V | Financing Closed | $0.265 |
| 2026-10-30+4d | CUU.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.610 |
| 2026-10-30+4d | NEXG.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $1.230 |
| 2026-10-30+4d | AGX.V | Financing Announced | $0.680 |
| 2026-10-30+4d | BUFF.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.710 |
| 2026-10-30+4d | LIO.V | Calculated Hold Expiry | $0.150 |
17 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.