An extreme level of herd mentality led by Reddit’s 3 million member strong WallStreetBets forum has sparked an epic rally in the most shorted …
An extreme level of herd mentality led by Reddit’s 3 million member strong WallStreetBets forum has sparked an epic rally in the most shorted stocks in the market. The forum, members of which refer to each other as “degenerates” and create “meme stocks”, first targeted shares of GameStop, buying deep out of the money calls which created unprecedented demand for shares. The ensuing 1,784% year-to-date rally in GameStop has led to massive losses for certain hedge funds that were short the stock, including Melvin Capital, which lost more than 30% and received an emergency $2.
