{"id":169740,"date":"2021-02-03T16:21:29","date_gmt":"2021-02-03T13:21:29","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/redditor-behind-gamestop-rally-says-he-lost-13m-in-one-day\/"},"modified":"2021-02-03T16:21:29","modified_gmt":"2021-02-03T13:21:29","slug":"redditor-behind-gamestop-rally-says-he-lost-13m-in-one-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/redditor-behind-gamestop-rally-says-he-lost-13m-in-one-day\/","title":{"rendered":"#Redditor behind GameStop rally says he lost $13M in one day"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>&#8220;<strong>#<a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/social-mediaa\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"1\" title=\"Social Media\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Reddit<\/a>or behind <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/game\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"7\" title=\"Game\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Game<\/a>Stop rally says he lost $13M in one day<\/strong>&#8221;<\/p>\n<div>\n<p>\u201cDeepF\u2014ingValue\u201d went deep in the red.<\/p>\n<p>The Reddit user who helped spark the explosive rally in GameStop\u2019s stock price said he lost more than $13 million in a single day as the shares crashed.<\/p>\n<p>Keith Gill \u2014 the Massachusetts man better known as DeepF\u2014ing Value on Reddit and \u201cRoaring Kitty\u201d on YouTube \u2014 <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/wallstreetbets\/comments\/lb6jld\/gme_yolo_update_feb_2_2021\/\">revealed the loss<\/a> on Reddit\u2019s WallStreetBets forum, where he\u2019s been sharing regular updates on his GameStop investment.<\/p>\n<p>Gill has 50,000 shares in the video-game retailer along with 500 call options. The value of his stake dropped by $13.6 million on Tuesday as GameStop\u2019s share price tumbled 60 percent, adding to a <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.reddit.com\/r\/wallstreetbets\/comments\/lae6j0\/gme_yolo_update_feb_1_2021\/\">roughly $5.2 million loss<\/a> on Monday, according to screenshots of his brokerage account that he posted on Reddit.<\/p>\n<p>Even with those losses, Gill says he\u2019s racked up a $7.6 million gain on his GameStop bet, which reportedly started with a $53,000 investment in June 2019. He doesn\u2019t <a href=\"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/category\/download-scripts-themes-apps\/\" data-internallinksmanager029f6b8e52c=\"9\" title=\"Download Scripts &amp; Themes &amp; Apps\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">app<\/a>ear to have sold any shares or options since the stock sank this week.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_17220436\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-17220436 lazyload\" alt=\"Keith Gill, the Massachusetts man better known as DeepF---ing Value on Reddit and &quot;Roaring Kitty&quot; on YouTube, revealed the loss on Reddit's WallStreetBets forum.\" width=\"1024\" height=\"682\" srcset=\"https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/keith-gill-gamestop-77.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=300 300w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/keith-gill-gamestop-77.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=640 640w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/keith-gill-gamestop-77.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1280 1280w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/keith-gill-gamestop-77.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=1024 1024w, https:\/\/nypost.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/02\/keith-gill-gamestop-77.jpg?quality=90&amp;strip=all&amp;w=2000 2000w\" data-sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 1024px\"\/><figcaption class=\"wp-caption-text\"><span>Keith Gill, the Massachusetts man better known as DeepF\u2014ing Value on Reddit and \u201cRoaring Kitty\u201d on YouTube, revealed the loss on Reddit\u2019s WallStreetBets forum.<\/span><span class=\"credit\">YouTube<\/span><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>Gill has become an internet celebrity since his fellow WallStreetBets users carried out one of the biggest short squeezes ever, driving GameStop\u2019s share price as high as $483 last week.<\/p>\n<p>He outlined how heavily Wall Street investors had bet against GameStop in a video last year on YouTube, where he has 334,000 subscribers, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.cnbc.com\/2021\/02\/02\/reddit-user-who-helped-inspire-gamestop-mania-says-he-lost-13-million-on-tuesday-but-is-still-holding-on.html\">according to CNBC<\/a>. The thesis helped spark an online revolution that\u2019s upended financial markets and caught the attention of regulators.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cI didn\u2019t expect this,\u201d Gill, 34, <a rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\" href=\"https:\/\/www.wsj.com\/articles\/keith-gill-drove-the-gamestop-reddit-mania-he-talked-to-the-journal-11611931696\">told The Wall Street Journal<\/a> in an interview published last week. \u201cThis story is so much bigger than me.\u201d<\/p>\n<p>Gill did not immediately respond to a message sent to his Reddit account Wednesday morning.\n            <\/p><\/div>\n<blockquote><p><strong><span style=\"color: #ff6600;\">If you liked the article, do not forget to share it with your friends. 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The Reddit user who helped spark the explosive rally in GameStop\u2019s stock price said he lost more than $13 million in a single day as the shares crashed. 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