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- An army of traders on the Reddit forum r/WallStreetBets helped drive a meteoric rise in GameStop’s stock price in recent days, forcing halts in trading and causing a major headache for the short sellers betting against it and banking on the stock falling.
www.vox.com › the-goods › 22249458How Reddit and WallStreetBets blew up GameStop’s stock - Vox
Jun 3, 2024 · Why is the price of GameStop soaring? The Reddit account associated with Gill posted a screenshot on Sunday of an apparent portfolio holding five million shares in GameStop, purchased for $21.27 each, amounting to a stake valued at about $115 million when pegged to the closing price of GameStop on Friday.
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Jan 28, 2021 · The struggling video game retailer’s stock has been making stupefying moves this month, wild enough to raise concerns from professional investors on Wall Street to the hallways of regulators and the White House in Washington.
May 13, 2024 · GameStop stock surged as much as 110% after 'Roaring Kitty,' who was credited with starting the 2021 meme stock frenzy, posted on X for the first time in three years.
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Jun 6, 2024 · With GameStop projected to file bankruptcy, Gill and his Reddit followers bought thousands of shares, which drove the price of one GameStop share up by more than 1,000%.
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May 15, 2024 · GameStop’s stock price shot up more than 1,700% through the first few weeks of January 2021, WHAT DID ROARING KITTY DO THIS TIME? After laying dormant since June 18, 2021, the X account for...
May 13, 2024 · GameStop shares surged more than 80% at the market open on Monday after “Roaring Kitty,” the day trader who played a key role in the so-called “meme stock rally” of 2021, made a surprise...
Jan 28, 2021 · It's what happened with GameStop's stock. When a stock is very heavily shorted, a rise in its price can force short sellers to get out of their bets. To do that, they have to buy the stock, which pushes the stock even higher and can create a feedback loop.