Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 4, 2026
BLZE on August 4, 2026: why it ran
On August 4, 2026, BLZE opened up 28.9% from the previous close of 15.59 and reached 23.99 at 9:32 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 15.59
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 20.10
- Gap at the open
- up 28.9%
- Pre-market high
- 20.28 at 9:29 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 23.99 at 9:32 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 17.49
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 20.40 at 7:56 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 19.79
- Volume
- 5.99 million
- Relative volume
- 4.8x
- Float
- 58.81 million shares, from filings as of August 4, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 61.90 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for BLZE published between the previous session's close and the first minute BLZE traded 20% above it, at 6:13 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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Backblaze Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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Backblaze Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 28.9% to 20.10 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 23.99 in 2 minutes, then gave back 108% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 19.79.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:05 p.m. | News (Business Wire): Backblaze Announces Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results |
| Aug 3, 7:05 p.m. | News (MarketBeat): Backblaze Q2 Earnings Call Highlights |
| 6:13 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 15.59 |
| 9:29 a.m. | Pre-market high, 20.28 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 20.10, up 28.9% from the previous close |
| 9:32 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 23.99 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 19.79, 17.5% below the high |
The shape is a fixed rule, not a judgement: gapped 10% or more at the open, ran 10% or more from the open to the high, and faded if it gave back 30% or more of that move by the close.
The day in numbers
- From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came 11 hours 7 minutes after the latest news item before it (MarketBeat, Aug 3, 7:05 p.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 186,293 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (3%), 1.73 million in the first 30 minutes (29%), and 4.07 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (68%).
- Other days BLZE met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 1, the latest on August 3, 2026.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for BLZE that day.
On this date the LULD plan ran under Amendment 18, in force from February 24, 2020: no band doubling at the open, and the closing doubling only for Tier 1 stocks and Tier 2 stocks whose previous close was at or below three dollars. See LULD halts or work out a band with the LULD calculator.
Trade this day
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