Memestocks

Trade of the Week: Robinhood

Trade of the Week: Robinhood

Options action returned in a big way last week to the meme stocks, made famous in 2021 through Reddit user groups.  The primary platform for trading those meme stocks (and their options) was (and still is) Robinhood (HOOD).  The popular mobile brokerage platform has struggled quite a bit since its heyday.  However, heavy options activity […]

Trade of the Week: WKHS

Trade of the Week: WKHS

The meme stocks have continually been the most active traded options contracts over the last few weeks. However, you never know which meme stock will be in the spotlight from week to week. This past week, Workhorse (WKHS) was one of the big movers, up nearly 10% on one day in particular. On that day, […]

Serge Rips Into Meme Stock ‘Analysts’

Serge Rips Into Meme Stock ‘Analysts’

There’s a scene in the movie, “The Big Short”, where Brad Pitt’s character berates his two partners. His partners are parading through a Las Vegas casino celebrating shorting the market. “Don’t dance! You just bet against the American economy. If we’re right, people lose homes, jobs. For every 1% unemployment goes up, 40,000 people die, […]

Trade of the Week: RBLX

Trade of the Week: RBLX

While the meme stocks have been getting most of the headlines lately, Roblox (RBLX) continues to have very active options.  One day last week, around 140,000 options traded, with 70% of the activity on the call side.  That tends to be a bullish signal.  Several of the larger trades looked to be bullish as well, […]

Trade of the Week: AMC

Trade of the Week: AMC

It a was big week for meme stocks, with AMC Entertainment (AMC) leading the way. Over a two-day period, AMC traded over 8 million options contracts and 1 billion shares. While a lot of the action was from retail traders buying calls in AMC, there was also clearly institutional trading in the options. Some of […]