“Meme stock” which often start as low-priced, highly shorted stocks that users online forum such as Reddit’s WallStreetBets rally behind, are some of the most heavily traded abs volatile shares in any given day Shares of companies like video game retailer GameStop Corp and theater chain operator AMC Entertainment have whipsawed this year, with GameStop having rallied more than1,600% in January alone, prompting trading halts by some brokers and sparking Congressional and regulatory hearings. “In some of the meme stocks that we’ve seen, or stocks that have a high level or retail participation, the vast majority of order flowcan trade off of exchanges, which is problematic.” Said Stacey Cunningham, president of International Exchange Inc’s.“That price formation is not really re
Why a crash in meme stocks AMC and GameStop looks more likely now