Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 4, 2026
IBTA on August 4, 2026: why it ran
On August 4, 2026, IBTA opened up 30.2% from the previous close of 24.58 and reached 38.03 at 9:51 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 24.58
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 32.00
- Gap at the open
- up 30.2%
- Pre-market high
- 33.74 at 7:46 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 38.03 at 9:51 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 28.07
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 37.35 at 4:34 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 37.25
- Volume
- 780,603
- Relative volume
- 6.4x
- Float
- 12.64 million shares, from filings as of August 4, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 23.27 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for IBTA published between the previous session's close and the first minute IBTA traded 20% above it, at 7:10 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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Ibotta, Inc. (IBTA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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Ibotta Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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Ibotta (IBTA) Tops Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap and go. It gapped up 30.2% to 32.00 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 38.03 in 21 minutes, and held most of the move into the close: it gave back 13% of it by 4:00 p.m.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 3, 7:46 p.m. | News (Zacks Investment Research): Ibotta (IBTA) Tops Q2 Earnings and Revenue Estimates |
| Aug 3, 8:05 p.m. | News (MarketBeat): Ibotta Q2 Earnings Call Highlights |
| 1:29 a.m. | News (Seeking Alpha): Ibotta, Inc. (IBTA) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript |
| 7:10 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 24.58 |
| 7:46 a.m. | Pre-market high, 33.74 |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 32.00, up 30.2% from the previous close |
| 9:51 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 38.03 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 37.25, 2.1% 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 5 hours 40 minutes after the latest news item before it (Seeking Alpha, 1:29 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 7,721 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (1%), 117,226 in the first 30 minutes (15%), and 655,656 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (84%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day IBTA met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for IBTA 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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