The state of low-float stocks
Q2 2026, in verified data
49,946 scan events, 938 tickers, 27 confirmed +100% winners. This is what the market's most explosive corner actually did — measured, timestamped, and published with the failures included.
Last updated: 11 July 2026 · Educational, not financial advice.
The headline numbers
Across the period, the scanner logged 49,946 scan events over 938 unique tickers. Of those events, 3,238 cleared all eight conditions at once — the bar an alert has to meet. 6,240 tracked setups went on to explode, with a median move of +299% and a maximum of +766%. Every one of these figures comes from the scanner's own machine-generated records, which are published in full — winners and losers alike.
Confirmed +100% winners
The confirmed-winner count — alerts that at least doubled from their alert price — stands at 23. The best confirmed move so far is MTEN, alerted at $1.07 and peaking +765%. Median time from alert to the +100% target among confirmed winners is 1 days. Per-ticker timestamped records are in the alert histories.
What the data says about low-float behaviour
Three patterns repeat across the dataset. First, explosive moves cluster in stocks with genuinely scarce tradable supply — the mechanism explained in our low-float explainer. Second, the moves are fast: a median hold measured in weeks, not quarters, which is why alert latency matters more than analysis depth in this niche. Third, the failure mode is real — most stocks that look promising never clear all eight conditions, and some that do still go nowhere. Any service that only shows its winners is hiding the base rate.
Methodology and how to verify
All numbers are computed directly from the scanner's state files — the same files that power the live site. The full methodology is described in how it works; the complete track record, including flat and failed alerts, is on the performance page with a machine-readable JSON export. Journalists and researchers are welcome to cite this study with attribution; for questions or the underlying data, email support@ignitionalerts.com.
- 49,946 scan events produced 27 confirmed +100% winners.
- Median explosive move: +299%; biggest: +766%.
- Median time from alert to +100%: 1 days — weeks, not quarters.
- Every number is machine-generated and published in full, losers included.
Risk disclaimer: low-float and micro-cap stocks are among the most volatile, illiquid securities in the market; total loss is possible and nothing in this article is financial advice. Ignition Alerts is a research tool - it never tells you to buy or sell. Read the full risk disclosure.
Frequently asked questions
How many stock scans did Ignition Alerts run in the period covered by the Q2 2026 study?
The scanner logged 49,946 scan events across 938 unique US tickers, re-checking the whole market every 15 minutes during market hours.
How many alerts reached +100%?
23 alerts have at least doubled from their alert price, with a median of 1 days from alert to the +100% target.
Are these numbers audited?
They are machine-generated from the scanner's own records and published in full, including the alerts that failed. The raw winners dataset is downloadable as JSON from the performance page, so anyone can verify the figures.
Is this financial advice?
No. This is a statistical summary of a scanner's historical output. Low-float stocks carry the risk of total loss, and past performance does not predict future results.