{"id":274827,"date":"2021-06-15T00:12:24","date_gmt":"2021-06-14T21:12:24","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/en.buradabiliyorum.com\/mudrick-capital-takes-massive-hit-on-amc-shares-as-short-bet-backfires\/"},"modified":"2021-06-15T00:12:24","modified_gmt":"2021-06-14T21:12:24","slug":"mudrick-capital-takes-massive-hit-on-amc-shares-as-short-bet-backfires","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/buradabiliyorum.com\/en\/mudrick-capital-takes-massive-hit-on-amc-shares-as-short-bet-backfires\/","title":{"rendered":"#Mudrick Capital takes massive hit on AMC shares as short bet backfires"},"content":{"rendered":"

“#Mudrick Capital takes massive hit on AMC shares as short bet backfires<\/strong>”<\/p>\n

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A big hedge fund\u2019s complicated mix of bets on shares of AMC Entertainment has reportedly backfired, spurring a loss that tanked its value by 10 percent.<\/p>\n

Mudrick Capital \u2013 which made a tidy profit earlier this month for purchasing $230.5 million in AMC shares then selling the entire stake just hours later, saying the stock was \u201covervalued\u201d \u2013 took the painful loss because of a series<\/a> of bets it had also made against the company, according to a Wall Street Journal report<\/a>.<\/p>\n

Before Mudrick bought into AMC, the fund hedged the purchase with a number of call options \u2014 a type of derivative that gave Mudrick a \u201cshort\u201d position in AMC stock. But after Mudrick sold the 8.5 million shares, it failed to exit its short position, according to the Journal, which cited unnamed sources. <\/p>\n

As AMC shares closed the day 23 percent higher despite news<\/a> of Mudrick\u2019s sale, the fund\u2019s risk committee met and decided they would liquidate the entire short position the next day, according to the Journal. <\/p>\n

But Mudrick didn\u2019t close out quickly enough. On June 2, impassioned day traders pushed AMC shares 127 percent higher in a single day, costing the fund hundreds of millions of dollars. <\/p>\n

Mudrick Capital is still up 12 percent this year despite the recent loss, but their gains pale in comparison to AMC\u2019s 2,000-percent increase this year.<\/p>\n

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AMC shares have been sent soaring 2,000 percent this year by retail investors<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Mudrick isn\u2019t the first hedge fund to be trounced for their short position by retail investors push stock higher on Reddit<\/a>\u2019s WallStreetBets forum. In January, amateur traders sent Game<\/a>Stop shares to record high levels crushing funds like Melvin Capital which had significant short positions.<\/p>\n

Still, the movie theater exhibitor faces massive debt and declining interest in movie going. And even as the Reddit army has buoyed the price over the last few months, sources note that day traders aren\u2019t as reliable as institutional investors and could decide to sell as quickly as they decided to buy into the company.<\/p>\n

People close to Mudrick have previously told The Post they\u2019re cynical of AMC\u2019s business model \u2014 and that they come from a different world than Redditors \u2014 \u201cone that values business based on fundamentals,\u201d a source told The Post.\n <\/p><\/div>\n

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