The recent sell off (almost entirely barcoding) looks like it was a liquidity hunt from the beginning.
The drop to $1.05 has reclaimed support since yesterday and is beginning to form an inverse head & shoulders, simultaneously breaking out of a falling wedge.
These are just technicals, but the extreme short exempts on $BBIG are in-line with the same behavior that I've observed in dozens of squeezes that were bottoming out within days of squeezing to new heights.
It happened to $BBIG and $SPRT around the same time in Aug & Sept 2021👇
This is what it looks like graphed out on a chart, with short exempts spiking extremely high, also coinciding with a descending wedge that occurred over the same length of time and with similar price-action leading up to the squeeze.
It's uncanny.
In fact, I noticed the same EXACT behavior in the chart action when I replayed the past week of activity in $BBIG and compared it to $BBIG August 15th through the 10th of September.
The price action was almost identical, with inexplicable barcoding and selling off.
What I find *most* convincing of a squeeze is that the sell off is entirely made up of low-volume selling off that is continuous despite a complete lack of lit-exchange volume.
Thanks to some updates to our analytics bot at #HellsTradingFloor, we've been able to identify this.
The big thing to remember is that the $BBIG options chain is MUCH bigger than what brokers are showing now, because they are NOT including the $BBIG1 options which are entitled to receiving a $TYDE dividend.
This is what the call chain OI looked like only ONE WEEK AGO
These options didn't go anywhere. They still exist. But the market maker (Susquehanna) is trying to shake out retail's convictions in order to force everyone to sell their calls and give up their $BBIG / $TYDE for pennies on the dollar.
This is the time to push, if anything.
I know that the chart looks absurdly bearish, and everyone is afraid it's going to drop further.
I know that everyone is afraid.
That's because MMs are very good at invoking fear.
It's how they make their money.
By stealing from you with fear.
Now is the time to be greedy.
Fuck Susquehanna. They're nothing more than gambling degenerates with more money than brains...
Enough money to make sure the game is fixed in their favor. Expect them to drop it to $1.00.
$BBBY might actually be a very real, very powerful squeeze opportunity of a combined gamma and short squeeze. This thread will unpack the opportunity and analyze the charts, ortex data, and options interest in Bed Bath and Beyond.
This is an opportunity, despite the bankruptcy
As always, none of this is financial advice. There is absolutely no way of knowing, predicting, or accurately forecasting market volatility with any degree of certainty.
Please make sure to perform your own research to understand the risks, and exercise proper risk management.
If you want the video version of this, here is the DD I put out recently that discusses this opportunity; however, it does not include the Ortex data. For that, please read on.
I think it's extremely hard for Finra to justify its actions, but we need to acknowledge this has happened before with no consequences...
- $SPRT war flashbacks -
The problem is, class actions and lawsuits take many years... $MMTLP investors have a very big fucking problem NOW.
The situation with this forced sale of $MMTLP and extraordinary halt by FINRA is going to force everyone's shares into settlement, which will force them to transfer to a private company.
You can't sell them.
However, this is a taxable action, so... this is gonna suck but...
For those who are unaware, Congress and the White House are terrified of a rail union strike because it would cripple the US economy and cause transportation/logistics to break down.
Despite that, Union Pacific refused to grant additional paid time off for workers.
In response, The White House has made it illegal for rail workers to strike in the face of what it calls a national emergency.
The Union Pacific Railroad has the money & resources to grant these benefits but refuses to do so out of greed, not necessity. time.com/6238361/joe-bi…
I'm going to clear up something regarding $AMC's share dividend and the fears about a "dilution" through an equity merger.
This will be a bit lengthy.
While you might argue that it is "dilution", what you fail to realize is that @CEOAdam is giving you all a gift of free equity.
If a merger between the preferred shares happens, it will because apes voted on it.
Here are the pros and cons we should consider...
First, $APE is a new equity which is separate from $AMC, tied together only by the value of the company.
They are priced separately.
By itself, $APE has no bearing on $AMC's value, but it *does* offer a separate dilution option for the company that has nothing to do with synthetic shares in $AMC.
It literally has no effect currently.
But if AA can sell those shares, the company can use that cash.
Just a reminder of this thread where I highlighted the last time $BBIG barcoded like crazy before it hit a liquidity pool about 10% below it's average price on the week and then took off for the stars within 30 days.
$BBIG has more than 250,000 call options hidden in the options chain with the potential to expire ITM and put unimaginable pain on market makers and the shorts who have beaten $BBIG into the dirt.
For context, 257,640 calls is over 25.7M shares, or 20% of the total Free Float.
Market makers have been anticipating $BBIG would not survive this beat-down, and have been dictating the price on these options as worthless for the past month to convince retail to sell for pennies on the dollar.
In driving the price down so far, they've created an opportunity.