/r/wallstreetbets

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/r/wallstreetbets is a subreddit used for discussing day trading, stocks, and sharing individual trades, losses, or gains. It's known most famously for incidents where its users have exploited options contracts in RobinHood to leverage millions of dollars, and for posts on the board of users losing up to millions of dollars.

Background

History

/r/wallstreetbets was created in 2012 by Reddit user /u/jartek. On February 21, 2020, /r/wallstreetbets removed itself from /r/all and default subreddits.[1] This, and was done to reduce the number of users joining the community, as

Community

The users of /r/wallstreetbets are . Its members refer to each other

Ethical Issues

While /r/wallstreetbets . /r/wallstreetbets has also been criticized for. [2]

Paper Trading Competitions

See also

References

  1. https://www.reddit.com/r/wallstreetbets/comments/f720hg/wsb_removed_from_rall_and_default_subreddits/
  2. https://www.bloomberg.com/news/articles/2020-02-26/reddit-s-profane-greedy-traders-are-shaking-up-the-stock-market