Hindsight Markets Small-cap stocks on August 12, 2026
DOGZ on August 12, 2026: why it ran
On August 12, 2026, DOGZ opened up 23.8% from the previous close of 0.9289 and reached 2.34 at 4:20 a.m. ET. The exchange did not halt it.
- Previous close
- 0.9289
- Open, 9:30 a.m.
- 1.15
- Gap at the open
- up 23.8%
- Pre-market high
- 2.34 at 4:20 a.m.
- High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 2.34 at 4:20 a.m.
- Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
- 0.9900
- After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
- 1.40 at 7:52 p.m.
- Last trade before 4:00 p.m.
- 1.24
- Volume
- 17.71 million
- Relative volume
- 939.2x
- Float
- 5.37 million shares, from filings as of August 12, 2026
- Shares outstanding
- 5.44 million
- Halts
- none in the halt feed
Why it ran
News and SEC filings for DOGZ published between the previous session's close and the first minute DOGZ traded 20% above it, at 4:19 a.m. ET, newest first, from the same feeds the replay shows.
No news found before the move.
How it traded
Gap, run and fade. It gapped up 23.8% to 1.15 at the open, ran from the open to the high of 1.42 in 31 minutes, then gave back 67% of that move by 4:00 p.m., trading at 1.24.
| Time (ET) | What happened |
|---|---|
| 4:19 a.m. | First trade 20% above the previous close of 0.9289 |
| 4:20 a.m. | Pre-market high, 2.34 |
| 4:20 a.m. | High of the day to the close, 2.34 |
| 4:46 a.m. | Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 5.37 million shares |
| 9:30 a.m. | The open: 1.15, up 23.8% from the previous close |
| 3:59 p.m. | Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, 1.24, 47.0% 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
- Volume, from the one-minute bars: 13.18 million shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (74%), 1.49 million in the first 30 minutes (8%), and 3.04 million in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (17%).
- Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 5.37 million shares: past it once at 4:46 a.m., twice at 5:42 a.m., three times at 11:07 a.m.
- In our recaps, this is the only day DOGZ met the small-cap rule.
Halts
The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for DOGZ 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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