GAMERS vs GOLIATHS

A Powerpoint Presentation About Gamestop and the Impending Short Squeeze

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LEGAL STUFF

This is not financial advice. I am not an advisor.

I own shares in GME. I just like the stock.

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HOW WE GOT HERE

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“Everyone has the power to follow the stock market. If you made it through fifth grade math, you can do it.” – Peter Lynch

THE BASICS

• The Stock Market is where shares (think “ownership”) of public companies are traded.

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• If you like a company, you can buy shares. If the company does well, then the price of the shares you own goes up too.

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• If you believe a company will NOT do well in the future, you can short a stock. This is very dangerous. It means borrowing a stock and selling it, with the intention of buying it back at a later date.

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• If the price goes up and people buy stocks that have been shorted, shorters lose A LOT of money and then shorters themselves force the price to go MUCH higher by having to buy back the stocks at higher prices after being “Margin Called”.

This spike is called a short squeeze.

THE BASICS

SHORTING A

STOCK

Risky way to bet against a company.

COVERING SHORTS

Buying back a stock you borrowed.

SHORT SQUEEZE

When the bet is wrong, the price of the stock can skyrocket.

THE MAJOR PLAYERS

• A hedge fund pool peoples’ money and invest aggressively in the stock market. Think “lots of money” and “greedy guys playing games they think they can’t lose.”

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• In 2020, Gamestop wasn’t doing well because of COVID-19, and their online presence wasn’t very strong.

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• A Hedge fund, Melvin Capitol, decided to short them. The were EXTRA greedy this time, and gambled heavily that Gamestop would go out of business.

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• They never intended to cover their shorts. The shorting drove the price of Gamestop down further. It looked like the end of Gamestop was near.

THE VALUE INVESTMENT

• A retail investor and gamer, Keith Gill/Deep Fucking Value/Roaring Kitty, saw the opportunity for Gamestop to expand into ecommerce and esports and defy the shorts betting against it.

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• He proposed his thesis on Reddit, and many criticized him as he lost money.

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• He may have been early, but he wasn’t wrong.

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• Others saw the truth in DFV’s thesis and bought shares in Gamestop, at their own risk and with no external prompting.

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THE MAN WITH THE PLAN

• Ryan Cohen, the new chairman of the board for Gamestop, an “Activist Investor'' and CoFounder/CEO of Chewy.com enters the chat.

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• People believe in Ryan Cohen, and that he will turn Gamestop into the Amazon of gaming.

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• Gamestop is building a team of rockstars with executives from Amazon, Chewy and more.

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• By no stretch of the imagination would it be wise to short Gamestop right now.

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NAKED AND GREEDY

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The plot thickens.

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NAKED SHORTING - AS BAD AS IT SOUNDS.

• It’s illegal.

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• Shorting a stock without actually having the shares, creating a fake share.

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• It’s still risky, but short sellers can make even more money.

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• It’s hard to prove and hard to catch. But not impossible.

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• It’s possible (probable in my opinion) that there are more shares out circulating than there were issued.

BUT WHAT ABOUT JAN?

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DID IT ALREADY SQUEEZE?

IT DIDN’T.

GME almost squeezed in January, but trading was halted by shady players who weren’t ready for average Joes to win. Shorts never covered.

BUT THE NEWS SAI-

Let me stop you right there. They’re lying. It is in their best interests if GME doesn’t squeeze.

YOU SOUND CRAZY

GME is the most-owned stock by retail investors. It’s buy-to-sell ratio is very skewed towards buy. Even without a squeeze, it’s a solid investment to me.

WE’RE IN THE ENDGAME

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In video games, facing enemies means you’re going the right way.

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THEIR BIGGEST MISTAKE

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Because of all the press that the almost-squeeze in Jan got, and because of the excellent research done by people from all over the world, delaying the squeeze has only given people more time to buy more.

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xx,xxx,xxx potential.

There is no limit to how high the price of the stock can get. If people don’t sell, the computers keep bidding higher prices. Shorting holds infinite risk, and in a margin call the humans lose control over their positions and computers take over.

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TICKETS TO THE MOON

STEP 3

STEP 2

STEP 1

Wait for squeeze and sell after the true peak.

Buy shares from a good broker like Fidelty.

Don’t sell it. (hodl)

My answer

Shill tactics

“Sell your stocks, get out while you can. GME $0 soon.”

“Why are you so obsessed with me and my investments? Lol now I will buy more.”

My answer

Shill tactics

“OOOO look at this stock, it’s going to the moon”

“Never in the history of the stock market has a stock been shorted as much as GME has, on top of being so popular among common investors. This will never happen again.

In fact, I think I’ll buy more.”

No Dates

When will it squeeze?

No one knows. Don’t listen to anyone who says they know. There are many big players at work on both sides, and regulatory agencies are preparing for a major financial event (the MOASS.) It could be days or weeks or months.

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How does one speed up the process?

Vote by proxy with your control number if you bought GME before April 15. This will help Ryan Cohen and his team prove the fraud that hedge funds are committing.

The Thesis

Shorts haven’t covered.

STEP 2

The price of the stock is being held down for now.

People are buying. No one is selling.

STEP 1

STEP 3

STEP 4

The Squeeze is coming and will do a lot of good for the world.

Want to learn more?

• Check out R/Superstonk on Reddit, there’s a wiki of info for newcomers.

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• I am not a financial advisor, and this isn’t advice.
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• This is a theory about a stock that I own and like a lot.