$Figma(FIG)$ ๐ฅ๐ญ๐ Figmaโs $2B Valuation Heist: When Wall Street Underpriced, Then Overdelivered (for Itself) ๐งฎ๐ฐ๐จ
Iโm extremely confident this was the most cunning bait-and-switch weโve seen from Wall Street all year.
$FIG exploded over 250% intraday on debut, closing at $122.75 (+5.63%) after an early vertical rally left retail breathless and brokers euphoric. That pop alone outperformed a full decade of S&P 500 returns in just four hours.
But peel back the price action and what youโll find isnโt just exuberance; itโs architecture. This wasnโt a rally, it was a redistribution mechanism dressed up in a confetti cannon.
๐งพ IPO Mechanics: How Figma Got Finessed
โข 36M shares were sold at $33/share, raising $1.2B.
โข 24M came from early investors, 12M from insiders.
โข But the IPO opened around $100. Wall Street pocketed the $67 spread, roughly $2B in instant markup, with none of that upside going to Figma.
Goldman Sachs and JPMorgan led the underwriting, telling Figma, โHereโs your valuation.โ But if the market bid it up 3x instantly, then that valuation was either criminally lazy or cleverly strategic. Iโd argue the latter.
Thatโs why this was never about fair price discovery; it was engineered demand displacement. Figma raised $1.2B. They couldโve raised $3.6B if theyโd simply been allowed to capture the value of their own hype.
๐ธ Enter: The Retail โInvestorsโ
As $FIG mania spread like a wildfire across X and FinTok, a wave of first-time investors rushed in with Robinhood apps and a dream. Many literally bought just one share because thatโs all they could afford. In a Shakespearean twist, the only thing poorer than the average allocation was the timing.
Letโs be honest. Most werenโt investors, they were cast members in a liquidity exit.
Robin Hood stole from the rich to give to the poor. Wall Streetโs remake? They sold to the poor to enrich the rich. Call it โRobinHood: The Exit Liquidity Chronicles.โ
๐ Valuation in Context:
At close, Figmaโs market cap hit $56.3B, placing it just over one-third of Adobeโs $151.7B. Adobeโs a mature profit machine. Figma is a brilliant product with zero monetization clarity and no profitability timeline. That $56B valuation was priced for perfection, and retail paid for the fantasy.
๐ Technicals That Matter:
โข On the 4H chart, Figma tagged near-$156 highs before reversing into a consolidation chop.
โข The 15M chart shows a clean bull trap followed by a waterfall fade and retracement.
โข Support levels: $114.70โ116.30 (mid-zone balance), then $109.00.
โข Overhead resistance: $133.50, followed by IPO high wicks near $156.25.
โข Anchored AVWAP from IPO session sits near $122.75, currently acting as price magnet.
๐ Forward-Looking Price Scenarios with Fibonacci Framework:
Anchoring Fibonacci levels from the IPO day low of $96.00 to the high of $156.25, we get:
โข 23.6% retracement: $141.01
โข 38.2% retracement: $131.58
โข 50.0% retracement: $126.13
โข 61.8% retracement: $120.67
โข 78.6% retracement: $112.16
From here, Iโm preparing for a three-path outcome based on volatility compression, float dynamics, and Fibonacci alignment:
โข Bullish breakout scenario: If $133.50 breaks with volume and holds above $137.40, Iโm targeting $147.80, then $156.25 to retest the IPO day high.
โข Neutral chop scenario: Between $120.67 (61.8%) and $133.50, I expect short-term consolidation as early institutions exit and retail digests the volatility.
โข Bearish continuation scenario: A confirmed break below $120.67 opens risk to $112.16 (78.6%), then $103.40, where pre-IPO AVWAP and psychological round number support converge.
These Fibonacci zones represent real liquidity pockets, not just chart art. Every level here was printed on high-volume rotations within the first 48 hours of trading.
These are not predictions; theyโre probability-weighted frameworks for a stock still writing its own history.
๐ผ Institutional Reality Check:
Funds that got the $33 print are up nearly 4x. Theyโre trimming, rotating, or hedging. Meanwhile, the public crowd, many of whom posted screenshots of owning โjust one share,โ are left holding bags that were never meant for them.
This IPO wasnโt just a mispricing; it was a transfer of upside masked as innovation.
๐ The Takeaway:
Iโm bullish on Figmaโs product. But Iโm cynical about how this IPO was structured.
It wasnโt about capital formation, it was about capital extraction.
Wall Street didnโt help Figma go public; they helped themselves to its valuation.
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$Figma(FIG)$ I missed all the action but it's great to catch up with the news and this IPO. As usual retail are out foxed it seems! Thanks for an excellent account BC.
Go FIG, Wall street cashes in ๐ฅ$Figma(FIG)$
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