Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 4, 2026
MED on August 4, 2026: why it ran
On August 4, 2026, MED opened up 25.4% from the previous close of 9.72 and reached 13.47 at 3:34 p.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 9.72
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 12.19
- Gap at the open
- up 25.4%
- Pre-market high
- 12.40 at 9:29 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 13.47 at 3:34 p.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 11.11
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 13.40 at 4:00 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 13.05
- Volume
- 540,372
- Relative volume
- 5.8x
- Float
- 10.51 million shares, from filings as of August 4, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 11.18 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for MED published between the previous session's close and the first minute MED traded 20% above it, at 8:54 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
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Medifast, Inc. (MED) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript
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Medifast Q2 Earnings Call Highlights
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Medifast (MED) Reports Q2 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimates
News via Stock News API
How it traded
Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 25.4% to 12.19 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 13.47 in 364 minutes, then gave back 32% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 13.05.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| Aug 3, 6:46 p.m. | News (Zacks Investment Research): Medifast (MED) Reports Q2 Loss, Beats Revenue Estimates |
| Aug 3, 8:05 p.m. | News (MarketBeat): Medifast Q2 Earnings Call Highlights |
| 12:19 a.m. | News (Seeking Alpha): Medifast, Inc. (MED) Q2 2026 Earnings Call Transcript |
| 8:54 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 9.72 |
| 9:29 a.m. | Pre-market high, 12.40 |
| 9:31 a.m. | The open: 12.19, up 25.4% from the previous close |
| 3:34 p.m. | High of the day to the close, 13.47 |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 13.05, 3.1% 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 8 hours 34 minutes after the latest news item before it (Seeking Alpha, 12:19 a.m.).
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 11,770 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (2%), 157,491 in the first 30 minutes (29%), and 371,111 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (69%).
- In our recaps, this is the only day MED met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for MED 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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