Roaring Kitty's GameStop options up millions, but cashing in may be tricky
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/roaring-kittys-gamestop-options-millions-100516330.html
Roaring Kitty's GameStop options up millions, but cashing in may be tricky
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/roaring-kittys-gamestop-options-millions-100516330.html
It wouldn't have the volatility of course without the meme traders, but the meme traders leave a foot print.![]()
his call positions expiring on june 21, i don’t know what his cost basis but gme was trading at 20-23 last week. if he didn’t post, he can’t exit the trades, perhaps losing all the premiums paid.
“… One way for Gill to get around this and still make money, options traders said, would be to short 12 million shares of GameStop before the options expire. An investor going short borrows shares and sells them in the hopes of being able to buy back the stock at a lower price in the future.
If GameStop’s share price is above the options’ $20 strike price at expiration, Gill could, in theory, exercise his options - buying the stock at $20 a piece and use the shares to close out his short position.
Using Monday’s closing prices, Gill would be selling the shares at $28 and exercising his options to buy them back at $20, netting himself about $8 per share, or $96 million.
"That would make it seem like he's still 'a diamond hands' and he's still going to make money," said Chris Murphy, co-head of derivative strategy at Susquehanna Financial Group.”
https://finance.yahoo.com/news/roaring-kittys-gamestop-options-millions-100516330.html
SUSQ kind of get options?
L.O.P. Report would have to file at OCC. It has "an acting in concert" requirement - so OCC would have data from his brokerage firm.
What is a lopr?
Term. Description. Unequal Long and Short Positions. Members must report any account or accounts acting "In Concert" that hold over 200 contracts on either the long call/short put (bullish) or the short call/long put (bearish) side of the market.
I wonder if Citadel/Virtu told ETrade to stop taking his orders. They seem to have no problem with them manipulating the market.


The consensus among the short sellers like Andrew Left and other pro traders is he has backers. A few Elite members who manage money mentioned that too on Monday, I wonder who are the whales?he needs 84 million minimum to exercise all his options, maybe he has that kind of dope. look at the chart, it trades below 20 for months until his first post. he probably accumulates the positions in months perhaps even some leaps on the cheap, but he is destined to lose all if he can’t create a fuss. this is manipulation by the book.