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0 pointssumedh5y ago0 comments

> He had no intention of creating a squeeze

If I am not mistaken he did say in one of his videos that there is a chance for a squeeze to happen.

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I believe this is CYA (cover your ass) language. Given the recent interest in the case, he's likely saying now that he didn't intend to (or that even if he intended to, he didn't think it was within his power) as a pre-emptive defense against litigation.

jstanley5y ago

It's more likely that he thought he was nowhere near influential enough to create one on his own. He would previously have had no reason to believe that his public statements would move the market.

ggggtez5y ago

That's exactly what I mean. Even if he thought he had some power, or acted as if he did, it's in his best interest to downplay that as much as possible.

This guy was a well known poster. I'm sure he thought he had some power to motivate wsb users to invest, but he might not have predicted he had enough power such that he would get embroiled in an investigation. Regardless of how "internet-tuff-guy" people are, most people really don't like to suddenly be thrown into the limelight of a financial fraud investigation, even if they are innocent of any crimes.

Thus, the CYA language. Better to get out in front and claim ignorance just in case.

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filoleg5y ago

There is zero chance of this hypothetical lawsuit (that alleges market manipulation/creating a squeeze using just $50k worth of cash, which is a laughable amount of money when it comes to the market) not getting thrown out of court the instant it lands on the court clerk's desk.

Grimm15y ago

Saying there's a chance of something happening doesn't mean you intend it to or are advocating for it though.

pnathan5y ago

if you trawl his reddit account, he mentioned 9 months ago there's a possibility of a short squeeze of some sort happening sometime.

blackrock5y ago

It’s possible that when he said that, the short percentage was not greater than 100% of the floating shares, as they are now.

It seems like he was investing for the long haul, because of the stock and the company’s fundamentals.

But, the phenomenon now is the short squeeze, because of the excessive shorts over the available floating shares.

jjeaff5y ago

I believe he has a youtube video from 6 months ago titled something like "> 100% short interest, short squeeze possible".

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ggggtez5y ago

jstanley5y ago

It's more likely that he thought he was nowhere near influential enough to create one on his own. He would previously have had no reason to believe that his public statements would move the market.

ggggtez5y ago

That's exactly what I mean. Even if he thought he had some power, or acted as if he did, it's in his best interest to downplay that as much as possible.

Thus, the CYA language. Better to get out in front and claim ignorance just in case.

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filoleg5y ago

Grimm15y ago

Saying there's a chance of something happening doesn't mean you intend it to or are advocating for it though.

pnathan5y ago

if you trawl his reddit account, he mentioned 9 months ago there's a possibility of a short squeeze of some sort happening sometime.

blackrock5y ago

It’s possible that when he said that, the short percentage was not greater than 100% of the floating shares, as they are now.

It seems like he was investing for the long haul, because of the stock and the company’s fundamentals.

But, the phenomenon now is the short squeeze, because of the excessive shorts over the available floating shares.

jjeaff5y ago

I believe he has a youtube video from 6 months ago titled something like "> 100% short interest, short squeeze possible".

j / k navigate · click thread line to collapse