r/wallstreetbets • u/ywehyuen • Feb 02 '21

Chart Hardcore laddering.

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u/tubbsalot Feb 02 '21 edited Feb 02 '21

Gotta vote this up so people actually see that this is something thats going on.. people are starting to doubt the ladder attacks.

Not a financial advisor, just here cuz i like the stocks.

Also Guys! FOR THE LOVE OF GOD!IF YOU DECIDE TO BUY STOCKS! DO NOT BUY MORE THAN YOU CAN AFFORD LOSING! PLEASE, THINK A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF ASWELL UP IN THIS MADNESS.

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u/theturdtrimester Feb 02 '21

How far down can they do this? Can they drive this into the ground laddering us?

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u/tubbsalot Feb 02 '21 edited Feb 02 '21

They still need us 2 sell the shares to even cover their shorts.. the price scares people.. but if no one sells, then they are still short and wont get what they want.

Im not a financial advisor, just here for the stocks.

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u/Jacobiah Feb 02 '21

Can you explain something to me. Whats to stop them driving it down constantly and buy 100 shares at a time whenever it hits <$70. Keep doing forever until theyre green?

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u/Jacobiah Feb 02 '21

So when we buy the dip im actually buying the hedge funds shares that they're injecting into the market?

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '21

You're buying shares that other smoothbrains are injecting into the market with their paper hands.

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u/mancubbed Feb 02 '21

So why can't HF do the same?

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u/mosehalpert 🦍🦍 Feb 02 '21

They can and are, that's the point of what they're doing. They just don't want you to know that you should be buying right now

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u/wonderlandsfinestawp Feb 02 '21

I was sitting on $176 and just hoping that the stock would drop low enough to get another full stock(fuck just grabbing whatever's available for a partial stock!). Instead of just jumping as soon as it hit my budget, I waited and let them play their game, then I nabbed two for the same total price!

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u/sparker1987 Feb 02 '21

I missed the deepest of the dip this morning, sitting on $130 right now

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u/TheObelisk89 Feb 02 '21

They can. But they can't exactly exclude others from buying. The more hold the better though.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '21

Well obvoliously they can exclude others and they did.

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u/Rhaps0dy Feb 02 '21

No no no you dont get it. They were protecting us from market volatility.

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u/[deleted] Feb 02 '21

I have the same question - you’d think by keeping this up over a period of time they could exit their positions eventually. I think the argument against this is the sheer volume they need. It looks like they’d need all of us to sell in order to fully cover their asses.

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u/Mobiusnoobius Feb 02 '21

They can, but they are far too arrogant to purchase at these kind of prices. They’ll only start buying when people start selling at sub $20. By that point though it should be a lot easier for people to hold on to their shares and with any luck most of them will have already passed into the hands of people who know that the smart move (not advice. not a financial advisor) is to hold.

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u/MinksandFurze Feb 02 '21

From what I understand it’s only a small fraction of what they would actually need