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Bacchus

What are people thinking? Another red day? I'm watching PANW... waiting to find the low point and then get in.

Atlas_IRL

Anyone any info on the bonds situation that likely caused this crash?

pioneerpro

Atlas_IRL wrote: »

Anyone any info on the bonds situation that likely caused this crash?

The 10 year bonds spiked to 1.6 but it's only one part of a composite situation. I'm not convinced this resulted in the pullback in the market we're witnessing, at least not solely

https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/bond/tmubmusd10y?countrycode=bx

Cathie Woods called/caused a chunk of it on Sunday

https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/there-will-be-fear-ark-invests-cathie-wood-warns-stock-market-correction

I'd explain further but I'll be accused of 'waffling' and start another fight. The relevant chart is below, arrow my own.

DutchYurt

4 straight red day for me.. Edesa is currently -12% premarket which makes up about 17% of my entire portfolio.. right now I'm down -50% of my gains and I imagine today will add another -10%..

But its friday so I'm going to drink cans and shout at some candle sticks on trading view.

MfMan

Good entry level for CRH, or is there much growth potential in it?

Cute Hoor

MfMan wrote: »

Good entry level for CRH, or is there much growth potential in it?

You probably won't find a sounder one, won't be pulling up any trees but should be steady as a rock (or aggregates) with a reasonable dividend.

cronos

Looks like they are trying to run up CCIV in a GME style. I suspect I may regret having sold here but I'm a bit too timid to get back in.

Atlas_IRL

cronos wrote: »

Looks like they are trying to run up CCIV in a GME style. I suspect I may regret having sold here but I'm a bit too timid to get back in.

I looked at the reddit thread its like a bunch of 5-year-olds there and they think its all shorts, Culter just tweeted a big buy order though.

Fisker got a nice upgrade from €27 - €40 Morgan Stanley.

cronos

Atlas_IRL wrote: »

I looked at the reddit thread its like a bunch of 5-year-olds there and they think its all shorts, Culter just tweeted a big buy order though.

Fisker got a nice upgrade from €27 - €40 Morgan Stanley.

These pumps generally look like that haha.

Didn't appear to work for long though.

crushproof

cronos wrote: »

Looks like they are trying to run up CCIV in a GME style. I suspect I may regret having sold here but I'm a bit too timid to get back in.

Can you tell them to try harder please?!

Atlas_IRL

If anyone wants to listen in the background when they are working this guys channel has the market opens/closes. He has the Bloomberg terminal and switches between the news channels as well, charts etc.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a1RnIgNB9qo

cronos

It's a bit concerning for the state of spacs that RTP with a target Joby is trading below RTPZ with no target. How things have changed in a week.

For VGAC, I wonder is 23 and me really that bad? People seem to hate it.

bish76

JFrog @53.0 for me. It may pull back further before settling around 60 in few weeks.

in2dark

DutchYurt wrote: »

4 straight red day for me.. Edesa is currently -12% premarket which makes up about 17% of my entire portfolio.. right now I'm down -50% of my gains and I imagine today will add another -10%..

But its friday so I'm going to drink cans and shout at some candle sticks on trading view.

Edesa pays the price for the extra shares looks like
Good entry point i think

I haven't started investing properly yet (still waiting on Trading 212!!) but have assembled a virtual portfolio a few weeks ago, which included a number of investment trusts which will probably be the backbone of any eventual portfolio I have. Interesting to compare the performance of each, particularly Monks and Scottish Mortgage

Timmaay

This sort of week for me ha.

voodoo

Bacchus wrote: »

What are people thinking? Another red day? I'm watching PANW... waiting to find the low point and then get in.

Personal opinion, but I think PANW are a little confused at the moment! Lots of acquisitions, no integration and confusing customers with their offering... I can only see them going down as their competition are gaining more traction

Bacchus

Thanks for the insight. I was actually thinking their recent acquisitions were going to add value but it's a valid point that too much acquisition creates a lot of waste (and confusion).

Crowdstrike were second on my watchlist. They look to possibly already be bouncing back.

Chuckie_Egg

Bots hyped up GameStop on major social media platforms, analysis finds
Created: 15:53 | Last updated: 15:53
Bots hyped up GameStop on major social media platforms, analysis finds
By Michelle Price

WASHINGTON, Feb 26 (Reuters) - Bots on major social media platforms have been hyping up GameStopGME.N and other "meme" stocks, according to an analysis by Massachusetts-based cyber security company PiiQ Media, suggesting organized economic or foreign actors may have played a role in the Reddit-driven trading frenzy.

Shares in GameStop soared last month after Reddit users banded together to squeeze hedge funds that had bet against the video game retailer and other companies. Reddit Chief Executive Steve Huffman told Congress this month that bots, artificial or fake accounts with automated content, had not played a "significant role" in GameStop Reddit message traffic.

PiiQ Media's analysis of Twitter IncTWTR.N, Facebook IncFB.O, Instagram and YouTube posts, however, found that bots used the platforms to push GameStop and other "meme" stocks, although it is unclear how influential they were in the overall saga.

A startup that focuses on social media risks, PiiQ said it examined patterns of keywords such as "Hold the Line" and GameStop's stock symbol, "GME" across conversations and profiles prior to the Jan. 28 frenzy, through Feb. 18. For comparison, it also assessed posts on an unrelated set of stocks.

PiiQ said that it identified very similar daily "start and stop patterns" in the GameStop-related posts, with activity starting at the beginning of the trading day, followed by a large spike at the end of the trading day. Such patterns are indicative of bots, said Aaron Barr, co-founder and chief technology officer of PiiQ.

"We saw clear patterns of artificial behavior across the other four social media platforms. When you think of organic content, it's variable in the day, variable day-to-day. It doesn't have the exact same pattern every day for a month," he said.

Based on its authenticity scoring system, PiiQ estimates there are tens of thousands of bot accounts hyping GameStop, the meme stocks, and Dogecoin, a cryptocurrency swept up in the frenzy. Thousands of fake accounts can be purchased for as little as $200, it said.

The company did not analyze Reddit data, but Barr said he would expect to see a similar pattern of activity on Reddit, indicating bot-like or coordinated management of conversations.

A representative for Reddit did not comment beyond Huffman's testimony. Representatives for YouTube, Facebook and its Instagram subsidiary did not respond to requests for comment. The social media platforms generally try to weed out harmful bots, said Barr.

A spokesperson for Twitter said that "bots" had become a catch-all term that can often mischaracterize the nature of the account. The company notes bots can be used on its platform for creative or innovative purposes.

The Securities and Exchange Commission is probing the GameStop saga, and this month suspended trading in a handful of companies because some "social media accounts may be engaged in a coordinated attempt to artificially influence" their stocks.

In addition to traders, organized criminals may use social media to stoke asset prices, and undermining the integrity of U.S. markets is a known goal of hostile state actors, said Barr. But it is unclear how successful, if at all, these types of influence efforts are, he said.

"Measuring the effect of those campaigns is often illusive."

Chuckie_Egg

I think it's kinda scary now that bots are conversating in these platforms

Supercell

This GME crap is destroying the markets, fcukers cost me a tonne. That said I picked up some NNDM on sale today, also got some MICT which I've high hopes is going to be a multibagger this year.
Thats me tapped out, please don't do a repeat of last March Mr Market, my heart couldnt take it.

Supercell

Timmaay wrote: »

This sort of week for me ha.

LMAO! Tell me about it, bought some MARA yesterday thinking I was a genius, lost 5% in as many minutes before I jumped ship (thank feck).

MAJJ

Supercell wrote: »

LMAO! Tell me about it, bought some MARA yesterday thinking I was a genius, lost 5% in as many minutes before I jumped ship (thank feck).

Mad week, I sold Argo and then had remorse , hoped it would drop and up she flew. I was lucky and had a low entry and sunk that money into MAAC and Redfin , the latter dropped like a stone the moment I bought , little better today.
No profit taken, learning from impulsive choices.

voodoo

MAJJ wrote: »

Mad week, I sold Argo and then had remorse , hoped it would drop and up she flew. I was lucky and had a low entry and sunk that money into MAAC and Redfin , the latter dropped like a stone the moment I bought , little better today.
No profit taken, learning from impulsive choices.

I hear you... did the same on Argo & Ocugen to take some profits... both then jumped yesterday

Atlas_IRL

Supercell wrote: »

This GME crap is destroying the markets, fcukers cost me a tonne. That said I picked up some NNDM on sale today, also got some MICT which I've high hopes is going to be a multibagger this year.
Thats me tapped out, please don't do a repeat of last March Mr Market, my heart couldnt take it.

Interesting, is MICT going to be like FUTU then, that's had a crazy ride.

cc87

OCGN on the move again

JeffKenna

cc87 wrote: »

OCGN on the move again

Flying

Timmaay

Checked the market after been busy since 3, expected to see another several k gone, nope back slightly postive for the day, them small victories.

Theman343

Supercell wrote: »

This GME crap is destroying the markets, fcukers cost me a tonne. That said I picked up some NNDM on sale today, also got some MICT which I've high hopes is going to be a multibagger this year.
Thats me tapped out, please don't do a repeat of last March Mr Market, my heart couldnt take it.

I wrote up about MICT the other day definitely gunna be big

DutchYurt

Nearing to -7k to end out the week but just found out my sister gave birth! More to life lads! Enjoy the cans happy friday