14 votes

Traders are betting that GameStop will jump 50% within two weeks

11 comments

  1. [3]
    phoenixrises
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    Is it happening again? Right before leaving Reddit, my guilty pleasure was reading the cult stock subs, just to see how crazy people were going. I'll admit, I have a single Gamestop stock because...

    Is it happening again? Right before leaving Reddit, my guilty pleasure was reading the cult stock subs, just to see how crazy people were going. I'll admit, I have a single Gamestop stock because I thought it would be fun though.

    25 votes
    1. [2]
      OBLIVIATER
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      It looks like it's already up 12% after hours, it could be a baby rally to let the bag holders offload

      It looks like it's already up 12% after hours, it could be a baby rally to let the bag holders offload

      13 votes
      1. arch
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        Everyone absolutely should be wary of a classic pump & dump, especially with this making it to a more mainstream investing site like Bloomberg. Don't gamble with money you aren't willing to lose.

        Everyone absolutely should be wary of a classic pump & dump, especially with this making it to a more mainstream investing site like Bloomberg. Don't gamble with money you aren't willing to lose.

        5 votes
  2. [4]
    BHSPitMonkey
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    Compile a list of every stock whose price increased today For each of those stocks, fill in a template headline that reads something like "Traders are betting that the value of $Company will...
    1. Compile a list of every stock whose price increased today
    2. For each of those stocks, fill in a template headline that reads something like "Traders are betting that the value of $Company will increase"
    3. Post each on the Internet as a "finance news" article (and make sure to share on social media)
    4. Compile a list of every stock whose price decreased today
    5. For each of those stocks, fill in a template headline that reads something like "Traders are betting that the value of $Company will decrease"
    6. See step 3
    7. Repeat at the end of the next trading day
    16 votes
    1. shusaku
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      None of this is relevant to the linked article, which is about options related to a famously manipulated stock

      None of this is relevant to the linked article, which is about options related to a famously manipulated stock

      10 votes
    2. CptBluebear
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      You're missing a step. It's where they use the generated hype to pump and dump.

      You're missing a step. It's where they use the generated hype to pump and dump.

      7 votes
    3. OBLIVIATER
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      It's all done by AI now too, garbage in garbage out

      It's all done by AI now too, garbage in garbage out

      4 votes
  3. cfabbro
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    Archive.is seems to be struggling with getting an article mirror/snapshot off Bloomberg again for some unknown reason... but thankfully BNN Bloomberg (Bell Canada + Bloomberg partnership site) has...

    Archive.is seems to be struggling with getting an article mirror/snapshot off Bloomberg again for some unknown reason... but thankfully BNN Bloomberg (Bell Canada + Bloomberg partnership site) has an unpaywalled version of the same article:
    https://www.bnnbloomberg.ca/traders-are-betting-that-gamestop-will-jump-50-within-two-weeks-1.2004527

    p.s. The fact that Bloomberg paywalled a 3 paragraph article is kinda ridiculous.

    14 votes
  4. [2]
    0d_billie
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    Here we go again? I got caught up in the hype the first time, and ended up losing a couple of hundred pounds. I'm sitting this one out, although I'll still enjoy watching especially if this does...

    Here we go again? I got caught up in the hype the first time, and ended up losing a couple of hundred pounds. I'm sitting this one out, although I'll still enjoy watching especially if this does go to the moon (spoilers: it won't).

    11 votes
    1. raccoona_nongrata
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      I just wrote off the money I spent as gone, even if the shares got to a dollar I'd just keep them. But yeah, I would never actually tell anyone else to buy GME, in my mind it would be like telling...

      I just wrote off the money I spent as gone, even if the shares got to a dollar I'd just keep them. But yeah, I would never actually tell anyone else to buy GME, in my mind it would be like telling someone to go play roulette at the casino.

      4 votes
  5. BeardyHat
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    Don't have the money to see if I can play the game right now, but before reddit pumped up AMC, I already had a few shares. Saw them posting about it and bought a few more; somehow I got lucky (I...

    Don't have the money to see if I can play the game right now, but before reddit pumped up AMC, I already had a few shares. Saw them posting about it and bought a few more; somehow I got lucky (I am no stock genius, I generally buy stuff and hold onto it forever) and sold it right at a peak of about $60 per share and ended-up making about $2k.

    That $2k I dumped into Netflix, which immediately tanked and I lost all my gains. Oops.

    3 votes