Recaps · August 5, 2026

JDZG, August 5: three halts, $5.17, and what a real fill cost at two reopens

• Small cap
• Momentum
• Main move: the open
• Low float
• Pre-market spike
• Halt run
• Halted three times
• Faded into the close

Float

5.14 million shares

Volume

1.47 million shares

Previous close

$3.23

Open

$3.67 (up 13.6%)

High

$5.17 at 9:47 a.m.

Halts

3 (9:37 a.m. and 9:49 a.m. and 10:04 a.m.)

Close

$3.65

Pre-market: a spike to $5.05 and a drop to $3.07

On August 4, JDZG's range was $3.20 to $4.20. The official close was $3.23. The first trades on the 5th were at $3.41, already above that.

It sat near $3.40 for most of the first 40 minutes, on very little volume. At 4:42 a.m. it started to move. At 4:49 it was $3.72. At 4:50 it hit about $4.53, on 26,647 shares in that one minute.

The big minute came next. At 4:52 a.m. it hit the pre-market high of $5.05, on 106,020 shares. That was the busiest minute of the morning. It was $4.27 at the end of that minute.

Then it dropped. At 4:57 a.m. it fell to $3.07, down 39% from $5.05, on 88,892 shares. It bounced to $3.96 by 5:04 a.m.

After that it drifted. It slid to $3.26 by 5:52 a.m. and traded between $3.20 and $3.42 from 5:53 until 9:06. At 9:28 it popped to $3.77 on 13,617 shares. 933,208 shares traded before the bell, about 18% of the 5.14 million float.

The open and the first halt

It opened at $3.67, up 14% from the $3.23 close. It crept up to $3.86 by 9:36.

Then the 9:37 minute jumped to $4.16. At 9:37:50 it was halted (a volatility pause). The last trade was $4.16.

It reopened at 9:47:51 at $4.75, 14% above where it stopped. One print came in right away: 37,340 shares at $4.75. Within the same minute it hit $5.17, the high so far.

The top did not hold. At 9:48:02 a sell order of 13,240 shares went through the book from $4.75 down to $4.28, across 30 price levels. The 9:48 candle closed at $4.32. The 9:49 candle closed at $4.16.

The second halt

At 9:49:31 it was halted again, with the last trade at $4.16. It reopened at 9:54 at $4.01, 4% below where it stopped.

It kept sliding. At 9:58 it hit $3.58, down 31% from $5.17.

At 10:04:59 it was halted a third time with the last trade at $4.08. It reopened at 10:09:59 at $4.06.

The reopen did not lead anywhere. At 10:11 it hit $3.70.

The rest of the day

From 10:15 until 11:17 it traded between $3.61 and $4.05. Then it pushed again. At 11:23 it reached $4.25, a lower high under the $5.17 top. The next minute it fell back to $3.84 on 15,218 shares.

From there it faded: $3.50 at 1:19 p.m., the low after the open. The 3:59 p.m. minute closed at $3.65.

Regular-session volume was 507,871 shares, about 10% of the 5.14 million float. The whole day was 1.47 million shares, and relative volume was about 20.

What to take from it

• A halt reopen can be very thin. The two reopens measured cost $507 and $785 over the screen on a 5,000-share buy.
• A halt can reopen higher than it stopped, and still fail. The first reopened at $4.75 from $4.16, and the 9:49 candle closed back at $4.16.
• After the top, the next push stopped lower. $5.17 at 9:47, then $4.25 at 11:23. The 3:59 p.m. minute closed at $3.65, 29% below the high.