How Retail Beat Wall Street
The Discovery
r/WallStreetBets notices that GameStop has over 140% short interest, more shares shorted than actually exist. Hedge funds had bet billions that GameStop would fail. The community saw an opportunity.
The Squeeze
Retail investors pile in. The stock rockets from $17 to $483 in days. Hedge funds lose billions as short positions implode. Melvin Capital needs a $2.75 billion bailout. The world watches in disbelief.
The Halt
Robinhood and other brokers restrict buying of GameStop. You can only sell, not buy. The system is exposed. The game was rigged to protect Wall Street. Congressional hearings follow.
Diamond Hands
Despite every obstacle, the community holds. The message is clear: retail investors can move markets, challenge the establishment, and refuse to be silenced. Diamond hands become a movement.
The Homecoming
$GME launches on Robinhood Chain. The very platform that pulled the buy button now hosts the squeeze. And 65% of the entire supply goes straight to Roaring Kitty's wallet. The float belongs to the man who never sold.
GME Monthly Chart (NYSE)
2013 to 2025
January 2021: a stock that traded under $5 for years exploded past $120 in weeks. Retail investors proved that when a community believes in something, no hedge fund can stop it. The candle that towers above everything else? That's the squeeze.
Now we're doing it again.
On Robinhood's own chain, where nobody can pull the buy button. The float goes to the kitty, and the house pays this time.
