R/wallstreetbets

r/wallstreetbets
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Type of site
Subreddit
FoundedJanuary 31, 2012; 12 years ago (2012-01-31)
Founder(s)Jaime Rogozinski
Key peopleu/OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR (moderator), Keith Gill
URLreddit.com/r/WallStreetBets Edit this at Wikidata
Users16 million subscribers[1]

r/wallstreetbets, also known as WallStreetBets or WSB, is a subreddit where participants discuss stock and option trading. It has become notable for its colorful jargon, aggressive trading strategies, stories of extreme gains and losses acquired in the stock market, and for playing a major role in the GameStop short squeeze that caused significant losses for a number of US hedge funds and short sellers for a duration of time in early 2021.[2]

The community is run by u/OPINION_IS_UNPOPULAR,[3] who has moderated the community for over 9 years.

  1. ^ "wallstreetbets". Reddit. Archived from the original on September 20, 2020. Retrieved January 14, 2023.
  2. ^ Greifeld, Katherine; Lipschultz, Bailey (January 25, 2021). "GameStop Short-Sellers Reload Bets After $6 Billion Loss". Bloomberg. Archived from the original on January 27, 2021. Retrieved May 5, 2021.
  3. ^ "WallStreetBets Moderators". Reddit. Archived from the original on September 1, 2022. Retrieved September 19, 2022.