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r/wallstreetbets, also known as WallStreetBets or WSB, is a subreddit where participants discuss stock and option trading. It has become notable for its colorful and profane jargon, aggressive trading strategies, and for playing a major role in the GameStop short squeeze that caused losses for some US firms and short sellers in a few days in early 2021.
Many retail investors and r/wallstreetbets users bought shares of GameStop and other affected securities as they were reaching their peak prices or shortly afterwards. Other investors held onto their long positions while the stock prices were declining rapidly, amid widespread calls on r/wallstreetbets to hang on to the failing shares.
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Meme stock. A meme stock is a stock that gains popularity among retail investors through social media. [ 1][ 2][ 3] The popularity of meme stocks is generally based on internet memes shared among traders, [ 4] on platforms such as Reddit 's r/wallstreetbets. [ 5] Investors in such stocks are often young and inexperienced investors. [ 6]
Along with other social media users on the WallStreetBets subbredit, Gill helped catapult the stock to a split-adjusted intraday record of $120.75 in January 2021.
The founder of r/WallStreetBets, a reddit forum for retail traders to discuss stocks and options, had some advice for the community: The best financial education comes from the school of hard knocks.
GameStop and AMC weren't the only stocks caught up in this week's meme craze. While shares of the short-lived rally's flag bearers continued to unravel Friday, smaller meme-related equities ended ...
Robinhood co-founder Baiju Bhatt (left) and moderator Josh Constine (right) speak onstage during Day 2 of TechCrunch Disrupt SF 2018 at the Moscone Center on September 6, 2018, in San Francisco, California. Robinhood Markets, Inc. is an American financial services company headquartered in Menlo Park, California.