Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 4, 2026
DDD on August 4, 2026: why it ran
On August 4, 2026, DDD opened up 16.5% from the previous close of 2.84 and reached 3.90 at 1:30 p.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 2.84
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 3.31
- Gap at the open
- up 16.5%
- Pre-market high
- 3.39 at 9:07 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 3.90 at 1:30 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.96
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 3.56 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 3.56
- Volume
- 10.17 million
- Relative volume
- 7.9x
- Float
- 158.56 million shares, from filings as of August 4, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 166.15 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for DDD published between the previous session's close and the first minute DDD traded 20% above it, at 9:48 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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3D Systems Announces CEO Transition Plan
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3D Systems (DDD) Reports Q2 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates
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3D Systems Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 16.5% to 3.31 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 3.90 in 240 minutes, then gave back 57% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 3.56.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 3, 4:15 p.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): 3D Systems Reports Second Quarter 2026 Financial Results |
| Aug 3, 7:46 p.m. | News (Zacks Investment Research): 3D Systems (DDD) Reports Q2 Loss, Tops Revenue Estimates |
| 7:30 a.m. | News (GlobeNewsWire): 3D Systems Announces CEO Transition Plan |
| 9:07 a.m. | Pre-market high, 3.39 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 3.31, up 16.5% from the previous close |
| 9:48 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 2.84 |
| 1:30 p.m. | High of the day to the close, 3.90 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 3.56, 8.6% 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 2 hours 18 minutes after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 7:30 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 207,354 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (2%), 1.60 million in the first 30 minutes (16%), and 8.37 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (82%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day DDD met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for DDD 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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