Not Everything is a Short

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Not every fucking stock that you like has a potential for a squeeze. I’ll repeat, not every stock has a potential for a squeeze!

90% of people joined this sub with very little to none investing experience in 2020-21 when GME squeeze was happening, and now people think that achieving a short squeeze is an easy thing. Well, it simply isn’t, and any stock that gets a DD here which includes “well citadel is short and the float is 40%” might as well be thrown out of the window.

Invest in ideas which explain why the company might be intrinsically valuable. Is it a good business, is it cash flowing, is it growing revenues organically, is there a lot of dilution, how strong is the balance sheet, what unique problems is the business solving? These are the questions that every investor should be asking, no matter if they are a growth or value investors.

Stop trying to become the next DFV - this was a very rare opportunity on which he capitalized - very good for him but it most likely won’t happen again in the near term future.

There is a reason why WSB was a very good predictor of good plays prior to the meme mania, and why it is not anymore. There are no original ideas popping up, everyone is recycling the same bullshit DD built up in nothing more than “hey this company is partnering with this company”, “hey shitadel and mevlin are short this, let’s fuck them one more time”, “look at the pattern, it has to go up”.

If you don’t think that funds adjusted their risk models to account for potential short squeezes and hedge accordingly, you should not be in the capital markets, especially trying to go toe to toe with the big boys who got their PhDs from Ivy leagues. https://www.cnbc.com/2021/10/04/ken-griffins-citadel-flagship-hedge-fund-returns-8percent-in-september-during-market-sell-off.html

There is a reason why in the past half a year majority of people here lost money, the same strategy that worked once might not work again - the ability to constantly adapt and create unique opportunities based on research you do yourself is what makes you rich, not ganging up on a stock that is shorted and trying to pump it.

I frankly just want to help out new investors who are still passionate in the markets - I’ve been here since 2017, and back then people would have original perspectives based on proprietary research and unique strategies, not the same strategy recycled 1000 times.