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BTOG, September 3: news and a pre-market spike to $3.29

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BTOG spiked to $3.29 before the open after news, then gave much of it back in the session.

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News$3.29$2.32$2.084 a.m.9:30noon4 p.m.8 p.m.
BTOG on September 3, 2026, one-minute bars, New York time. Bands: halts. Flags: the news or filing before the move. Dotted line: the previous close. Shaded: before the 9:30 a.m. open and after the 4:00 p.m. close.

What happened

Before the open

The news came first: news at 9:00 a.m. Before the bell it reached $3.29, on 766K shares.

The open

It opened near its previous close, at $2.23.

The close

It closed at $2.18, 34% under its high.

What to take from it: The move happened before the bell. The regular session never got back to the pre-market high.

The details

How it traded, step by step

Pre-market spike. Before the open it spiked 41.8% from $2.32 to $3.29 at 9:06 a.m.. It opened down 3.9% at $2.23 and traded at $2.18 at 4:00 p.m.

Time (ET)What happened
9:00 a.m.News (GlobeNewsWire): Bit Origin Rebrands to SANGRIX as Part of AI Infrastructure Transition
9:00 a.m.First trade 20% above the previous close of $2.32
9:01 a.m.Volume since 4:00 a.m. passes the whole float, 11,270 shares
9:06 a.m.Pre-market high, $3.29
9:06 a.m.High of the day to the close, $3.29
9:30 a.m.The open: $2.23, down 3.9% from the previous close
3:59 p.m.Last trade before the 4:00 p.m. close, $2.18, 33.7% below the high

The shape's name comes from a fixed rule, not a judgement (how shapes are named). Halts are in the halt table below.

The day in numbers
Previous close
$2.32
Open, 9:30 a.m.
$2.23
Gap at the open
−3.9%
Pre-market high
$3.29 at 9:06 a.m.
High, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$3.29 at 9:06 a.m.
Low, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
$2.08
Close, 4 p.m.
$2.18
Change at 4 p.m.
−6.0%
After-hours high, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
$2.40 at 7:58 p.m.
Volume, 4 a.m. to 4 p.m.
937,843
Volume after hours, 4 p.m. to 8 p.m.
21,998
Relative volume by 8 p.m.
6.2×
Float
11,270 shares, from filings as of September 3, 2026
Shares outstanding
11,270
  • From news to the move: the first trade 20% above the previous close came less than a minute after the latest news item before it (GlobeNewsWire, 9:00 a.m.).
  • Volume, from the one-minute bars: 765,840 shares before the 9:30 a.m. open (80%), 32,061 in the first 30 minutes (3%), and 161,940 in the rest of the day to 8 p.m. (17%).
  • Float rotation, the volume since 4 a.m. against the float of 11,270 shares: past it once at 9:01 a.m., twice at 9:01 a.m., three times at 9:01 a.m.
  • Other days BTOG met the small-cap rule in our recaps: 2, the latest on August 21, 2026.

On the day's lists: the intraday runners, after-hours movers. It is here because it met the small-cap rule on the intraday runners: price $2 to $20, up 10% or more, relative volume 5× or more, float under 20 million shares, its high reached $1 or more and it started the day at $20 or under (the rule every page uses).

Halts (none)

The exchange's halt feed shows no halts for BTOG that day.

Halt bands that day: the LULD plan's Amendment 18 rules (what that means, LULD calculator).

How we read the data, name a day's shape and pick the stocks: methodology.

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