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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,880 ✭✭✭TimeToShine


    awec wrote: »
    I know what shorting is, I was just wondering what the 139% bit is about.

    It's related to the floating shares, e.g. company has 100m shares outstanding, 80m floating shares or 80% float and the other 20% owned by insiders. 150% short interest means there is 120m shares that have been "borrowed" to be sold at more cheaply at a later date. It works fine in a highly liquid market, but if WSB keep buying and holding GME shares then the volume simply isn't there to cover so the shorts are getting more and more exposed as the price increases.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 311 ✭✭SmokyMo


    The ironic thing about this WSB/'to the moon' movement is they are unwittingly acheiving the opposite of what they are setting out to do.

    Market inefficiences will benefit the institutional investment firms. Institutional traders with their armies of quantitative analysts and arificial intelligence are probably already, as we post, backtesting new strategies to profit from this new market behaviour.

    They will find a strategy that works, feed it into the algo trader, and cash in.

    In my opinion I doubt it.. there is no quantitative edge here, just social behavior. Sentiment analysis maybe? Thats more ML. Also extremely hard to model and backtest.

    They already front running free brokers so I would image HFTs made a killing as well.

    Stock market world is bigger than GME, AMC etc.. big dogs are busy with other stuff


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭pajosjunkbox


    Bought GME on Monday. Went down 4k a couple of hours after. My stop loss kicked in today and came away with 12k profit. My heart has taken an absolute pounding.....


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,939 ✭✭✭thomas 123


    Bought GME on Monday. Went down 4k a couple of hours after. My stop loss kicked in today and came away with 12k profit. My heart has taken an absolute pounding.....

    Congrats mate! Massive money for essentially nothing!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,111 ✭✭✭crushproof


    Crikey as a small stock holder some of the sums I'm seeing on this thread today are incredible. Few new cars in the driveway for some I hope.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,239 ✭✭✭This is it


    Bought GME on Monday. Went down 4k a couple of hours after. My stop loss kicked in today and came away with 12k profit. My heart has taken an absolute pounding.....

    Deadly, well done


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭MikeSoys


    again something on AMC (this is the twr handle #saveamc) - this is like what happend with bitcoin earlier in the month,

    "..There is currently $38 MILLION USD worth of shorts on $AMC

    When these short sellers don't hit their price target, they have to come out of pocket to COVER the shorts or buy the shares

    This causes the price to rise... to the moon! RocketRocketRocketRocket..."


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,356 ✭✭✭buyer95


    My head is melted, so just decided to take my profits. Got out there when it touched 350 dollars a share. Left one share in there for the craic.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭pajosjunkbox


    Thanks. You might think that but I couldn't talk to my wife and kids the last two days since I was staring at numbers on a screen constantly.

    Anybody recommend any safer shares to buy at the moment ? Currently holding

    CCIV
    IPOD
    IPOF
    Netflix
    Kerry
    Aviva
    Cisco
    Grafton Group
    Ryanair
    Blackberry
    Nio
    Lemonade
    ZNTE
    And a little GME


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 6,239 ✭✭✭This is it


    I don't have enough in to back out, willing to stay in a while and see what happens


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭pajosjunkbox


    buyer95 wrote:
    My head is melted, so just decided to take my profits. Got out there when it touched 350 dollars a share. Left one share in there for the craic.

    I can relate to this. Ive had a three day headache. A glass of wine to celebrate I think.

    Thanks for all the tips here everybody. I've only started being a bit more active in my trading this month. Bought netflix and tesla in 2016 and they have given me the funds to build a portfolio of shares !


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,356 ✭✭✭buyer95


    I can relate to this. Ive had a three day headache. A glass of wine to celebrate I think.

    Thanks for all the tips here everybody. I've only started being a bit more active in my trading this month. Bought netflix and tesla in 2016 and they have given me the funds to build a portfolio of shares !

    Yeah eyes falling out of my head from staring at the screen. I don't normally day trade, but jumped into this Monday at 81 dollars a share with 20 shares. A lovely return, but think I'll stick to more sensible long term positions in future!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 377 ✭✭pajosjunkbox


    buyer95 wrote:
    Yeah eyes falling out of my head from staring at the screen. I don't normally day trade, but jumped into this Monday at 81 dollars a share with 20 shares. A lovely return, but think I'll stick to more sensible long term positions in future!


    I was the same. Bought 92 shares in a few batches on Monday. What a ride. I'm not able for it though. House of cards.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭MikeSoys


    Thanks. You might think that but I couldn't talk to my wife and kids the last two days since I was staring at numbers on a screen constantly.

    Anybody recommend any safer shares to buy at the moment ? Currently holding

    CCIV
    IPOD
    IPOF
    Netflix
    Kerry
    Aviva
    Cisco
    Grafton Group
    Ryanair
    Blackberry
    Nio
    Lemonade
    ZNTE
    And a little GME

    Ryanair - has lots of cash might get them close'ish to €10 no travel restrictions.


  • Posts: 4,333 ✭✭✭ Lillianna Vast Bassinet


    anyone know if you cans till buy shares using revolut?

    Its telling me after brexit it will only allow people in UK to use the feature but it still seems to be allowing me to buy..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭dan786


    anyone know if you cans till buy shares using revolut?

    Its telling me after brexit it will only allow people in UK to use the feature but it still seems to be allowing me to buy..

    You can


  • Closed Accounts Posts: 58 ✭✭bunnyboxer


    Do you actually own the shares on revoult? I'd be weary about them going bankrupt


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,333 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    Whats happening with Nokia, NYSE site says its halted and "News Pending"


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭dan786


    Just found out a friend bought 2k Euros worth of GME , 2k PLTR and 2K AMC in December. He has been holding till now. This guy is a college student.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 454 ✭✭MikeSoys


    dan786 wrote: »
    Just found out a friend bought 2k Euros worth of GME , 2k PLTR and 2K AMC in December. He has been holding till now. This guy is a college student.

    as its fiat currency, there is enough for everyone.


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 3,375 ✭✭✭dan786


    bunnyboxer wrote: »
    Do you actually own the shares on revoult? I'd be weary about them going bankrupt

    Revolut wont be going bankrupt.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 15,361 ✭✭✭✭retalivity


    VinLieger wrote: »
    Whats happening with Nokia, NYSE site says its halted and "News Pending"

    Its back now


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,496 ✭✭✭✭Mad_maxx


    lot of chat about BBBY ( Bed , Bath and Beyond ) on various site

    short percentage is very high , obviously nothing like GME

    anyone have a go at it ?

    Jim Cramer tweeted a few days ago that he cant really understand the level of shorts in this ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,939 ✭✭✭thomas 123


    Thoughts on aftermarket and tomorrow for GameStop ?


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 591 ✭✭✭the butcher


    122,000 short/puts contracts expire January 29 for AMC :o


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭peterofthebr


    122,000 short/puts contracts expire January 29 for AMC :o

    will go to the 'moon' as there all commenting on ..or maybe Mars. i seen a tweet ealier towards Elon M.saying wouldn;t it be great Elon to see AMC going to Mars and beyond, obviously hoping he will tweet something on AMC and fuel the surge

    ...short sellers might be looking for a bail out if you believe the rumours.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 29,945 ✭✭✭✭TitianGerm


    Is Revolut acting up for anyone else? If I click buy or sell the app does nothing. I've not seen this happen in the stock section before.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,333 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    122,000 short/puts contracts expire January 29 for AMC :o


    Yeah but its only shorted to 69% compared to Gamestops 139% so i doubt there will be anything close to a similar squeeze if any at all


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 391 ✭✭peterofthebr


    TitianGerm wrote: »
    Is Revolut acting up for anyone else? If I click buy or sell the app does nothing. I've not seen this happen in the stock section before.
    i dont use them, whats their charges like for trading ?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 19,333 ✭✭✭✭VinLieger


    TitianGerm wrote: »
    Is Revolut acting up for anyone else? If I click buy or sell the app does nothing. I've not seen this happen in the stock section before.


    All the apps are under serious pressure today many were down for over an hour earlier


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