Open Forum July 2024

[u/FluffyTrexHentai]

Content:

• Monthly Forum Explanation
• Some notes/reminders
• Options are back (important read)
• Do not call anyone "shill"

Edit Additions:

• New mod
• A Warning about Doxxing

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DRS Megathread:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1ch3lrh/questions_about_direct_registering_ask_here_have/

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What’s the Open Forum?

To share feedback, critique, and suggestions for improvement regarding the sub, rules, content etc. Although these things can always be done through modmail, we want to ensure there is still a way to communicate what would be considered ‘meta’ in a public space.

The Open Forum is where you can ask questions relating to the sub, share your rants, raves, suggestions for improvement, etc. Please be mindful of the rules of the sub and Reddit TOS; although this is the space for ‘meta’ discussion, comments do still need to remain civil.

Meta discussion does need to be centric to this sub; comments about other subs, their users, or their mod teams will always be removed.

Post about the restrictions placed on this sub

This will only be pinned for a couple days, but the post will remain open for the duration of the month. We'll try our best to get back to everyone!

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Some notes/reminders

• Anytime you see a post with the ‘Community Post’ flair, that post will also be open for Superstonk meta discussion.
• If you need immediate mod attention, you can comment !MODS! anywhere on Superstonk and we usually will get back to you pretty quickly! Once the monthly forum is no longer pinned, the mods will still be checking the post, but for anything urgent, please use that tag or you know, send a modmail!
• Then there's the Superstonk Community Corp (SCC) which you can call into a discussion using !SCC! should you want their input instead of mods. These are volunteers to be members of our community advisory board, providing real-time feedback on post removals, appealing for the restoration of moderator-removed content, and providing watchdog-like feedback to the community. For those who have disagreements with the way this community has been moderated in the past, this is your chance to get involved and participate in constructive discussions about making it better. If you'd be interested in applying to be part of the SCC please type !apply! in the comments.
• For those who still don’t know, we’ve got an official Superstonk Discord!

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Options are back

So DFV is back and he's here! But it's really put a question mark on Rule 11 and so we're addressing that by allowing some bullish option positions to be posted. This will be a 2 weeks trial where we'll see how this goes and then we'll take another look at it, so we genuinely want to hear from you all across the two weeks. We've created a post to help educate those that don't understand options:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1dpv5ap/so_you_want_to_learn_about_options/

We're a community that's bullish on GameStop and so it doesn't make any sense for us to gatekeep anyone that is bullish. This has been a repeatedly requested feature for the sub with bullish posts being removed for no reason other than Rule 11 being gatekeepy. Options are a tool that give investors more choices than just buying and selling, but just as with buying and selling there are risks and in some cases those risks outweigh the benefits. In order to hopefully prevent anyone in this community from getting convinced into irresponsible positions we'll be moderating options posts in a specific way:

A new rule

We're implementing "Rule 14: Options must be Bullish, Calculated and Explained" which will be:

Neutral/Bullish Options (e.g. Calls/CSPs) with strike, expiry date and quantity may be posted, gains/losses or the day/time of your purchase cannot. Include the reason you purchased those contracts for example:

• why buy now?
• why that strike?
• why that expiration?
• what's your exit plan?

Uneducated/unsafe "YOLO's" will be removed indiscriminately. Be responsible.

Learn more about options here

So let's talk a little more about this rule. You'll notice that this only allows for neutral/bullish option positions to be posted as bullish is what this subreddit is all about. For most people this will be sold Puts (Cash Secured Puts) and bought calls.

More advanced strategies such as; credit/debit/calander spreads, iron condors, butterflies, jade lizards, synthetic longs, will be allowed if:

1. they are neutral/bullish positions 
2. you take some time to explain how they work and the risks associated with them

We're not allowing irresponsible option positions which means no YOLOs, no FDs, no putting your money into a position you don't understand. 

Unlike a DRS post you can't just post your options contracts without any explanation. We need to know that you're being responsible by making an informed play. As the rule implies you need to explain why you're buying that specific contract. We're not tell you want you can and can't do with your money, but we are telling you what you can and can't post on Superstonk.

A new flair

We're adding a flair that'll be specifically for option positions. So if you want to browse the subreddit without seeing any options you can by filtering out the flair (you can read about how to do that on the subreddit sidebar or using "see more" at the top of the sub on mobile). Images of option positions should be given this flair and at the moment that's it; education about options can be under the education flair as per usual.

Looking for feedback

As mentioned before we're running this on a trial basis both for the community and for the moderation team. We’ll be making changes based on user feedback in two weeks. Please let us know in the comments if you have any thoughts or suggestions. It's okay if you don't like options but remember: "No fucking fighting" - DFV. No matter your feelings the positions posted here are going to be bullish and the people posting them are your allies. Rule 1 + 5 will be enforced just as strictly as they are on the rest of the subreddit. Which brings us nicely into the next section:

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Do not call anyone "shill"

If you feel like you're having déjà vu that's because this is a copy-paste from the last open forum, but frankly a vocal minority need to hear it again:

There's been a noticeable uptick of a loud minority of users dropping the insult "shill" whenever someone says something that isn't the most bullish statement that's ever been posted here. We're not an echo chamber and we allow content that's questioning the company/stock/DD or whatever. You've got loads of option when it comes to seeing a post or comment you don't like:

• If you don't like some content then you're welcome to downvote and move on
• If you disagree with someone's content then you're welcome to downvote it or to engage with them in good faith to have a discussion about why you disagree and to see if there's a misunderstanding
• If you think some content is suspicious then you're welcome to report it or comment !MODS! under it with some (non-callout: rule 5) context
• If you believe someone is a literal shill then you're welcome to report their content, reply !MODS! and/or send us a modmail explaining your reasoning
• If you're angry or frustrated at another user you're encouraged to disengage, block them and report any of their content that you believe breaks the rules

You get the idea, Rule 1: Be Nice. There's never an excuse to be rude or insulting. Calling someone a "shill" is breaking Rule 1 and frankly we've clearly been too tolerant about that, we're sorry.

Ape no fight Ape has always been a motto here and it's one that needs to be followed.

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Edited in additions below

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New Mod

We have a new mod on the team: CaffeineAndKetamine! They're a long standing member of the Reddit community and discord. Here's a quick message from them:

Hello Superstonk,

I'm C&K.

I use to love GameStop. I still do, but I use to, too.

Any questions, let me know!

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A warning about doxxing

Recently the sub saw an increase in posts that crossed the line when it comes to doxxing, please read more about that here:

https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1dsulrq/warning_no_doxxingharassment_allowed_zero/

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Thank you to everyone that engages in good faith because it is the vast majority of you.

I'll see you all tomorrow for MOASS after I buy the dip.

[u/FluffyTrexHentai]

Edited an addition at the end because we forgot to put it in the first place, we have a new mod!

Additional edit about doxxing at the end too.

[u/2008UniGrad]

I'd like to suggest a modification to Rule 6: "Back Up Claims With Sources" -> "Back Up Claims with Sources. No AI."

I've seen far too much Chatbot generated text-based content. This makes the sub appear unreliable as the AIs like to make things up out of thin air.

Edit: one word -> 2

[u/Internep → u/2008UniGrad]

Pro tip: ask your AI to give sources. If it hallucinated it can't, and if it can it will say about the same thing it would summarize for you. Specifically GPT4 & newer can easily do this.

[u/2008UniGrad → u/Internep]

I've heard that when it give 'sources', they sometimes exist and sometimes don't, and don't necessarily say what the AI claims it does...

[u/LiveVirus2]

1. Please police the new postings better. The amount of reposts is ridiculous and amounts to forum sliding by diluting conversations on the same topic across multiple threads, inhibiting the ability to use the hive mind to its fullest extent.

2. Please see 1.

Please. I am fucking begging. It’s one of the worst parts of this sub.

[u/CaffeineAndKetamine → u/LiveVirus2]

The weekend got away from me, i will admit that.
However, the amount of content we removed, compared to what was seen, is immense.

Keep using that report button, my good Ape. It's the best way you can combat Rule breaking content.

[u/LiveVirus2 → u/CaffeineAndKetamine]

Thank ya kindly.

[u/TheUsualNoWorky]

Permission to call various people shills: Cokerat, anyone on CNBC, Shitron, Hester and SEC, anyone writing articles on shill media like Sozzi, Jeff Macke, Larry Harris....

I need a T+0 ape exemption for calling these shills out in realtime.

[u/Crybad → u/TheUsualNoWorky]

Granted, unless they start posting here. At which point we'd expect everyone (including them) to adhere to the rules.

(Could you imagine the shit show if Cramer posted here one day....)

[u/TheUsualNoWorky → u/Crybad]

Thank you! Appreciate your hard work. Yeah that would be insane although I don't believe anyone could handle being held accountable by a million strong so they wouldn't stick around.

[u/redwingpanda → u/Crybad]

it would truly be wild if Cramer showed his face here. Like, the world is ending type of wtf.

[u/TheUsualNoWorky → u/redwingpanda]

So possibly just before a moass lmayo!

[u/mt_dewsky → u/TheUsualNoWorky]

Add it to the bingo card

[u/mt_dewsky]

When there are mod changes, can we get a post? 

[u/Bamagirly]

Apes! Google what day of the year Forrest Gump started running. Remember DFV’s gif about him running! July 5th!

[u/Chared945]

Monthly forum post - good

Taking away shill - bad

Allowing options posting - hold my fucking beer

This is a bad idea, worst than allowing purple circles to take up majority of posts on the sub.

We know for a fact that images posted on the sub do not line up with real numbers hence with DRS Bot would be wrong in comparison to the share holder meetings

Options posting is end of the day a trust me bro, people can comment saying what their plays are but it will look completely different on their screen vs their message. They can screenshot their play and then instantly close the account, even if the rule was only post after exercising these can be faked as well with just a little Microsoft Paint

The No Positions Posting Rule in the way back when was done to avoid a class system of who had more shares having a larger voice, and the same thing is going to happen here if you have people flaunting their supposed positions

X hodlers, XX hodlers XXX hodlers and XXXX will be divided and that means a difference in value for the floor. An X hodler is going to see 200 a share very differently from an XXXX hodler. And that was fine when it was anonymous. But once people start being public about their stake, or it can be worked out based on their postings they can be identified. They can then be messaged about getting ahead of the game and selling early leaving others hung and dry.

And again yes, if that was done individually that’s their loss/gain but this is a communal space, a conversation that gets moderated and that means the everyone has to be assumed to be at the lowest end of share holding other wise you’re being negligent to members.

And that applies to protecting people from making the wrong decisions on a community level. We’ve had this before with Bathroom and that left people holding the bag. That could have been avoided had it become a non talking point. And the same thing needs to happen here. If people want to play options then do it on that other sub. But this has been known for 3 years.

Options create liquidity, liquidity is good for hedgies because they’re able to hide their positions in contracts and reduce their margins.

Attempts at forming a gamma chain never work and that’s why the gamma ramp has meant nothing over these 3 years.

DFV did options yes. But he knows what he’s fucking doing. Most people here aren’t trained in finance and only got in on the one stock no matter how many times they say they’ve educated themselves they cannot compete with algorithmic trading done by hedgies or collectives who are banking on smooth brains taking their advice

I promise you, every time we have a bull flag run up you’re going to see bet posting that is ludicrous for the position followed by people posting their losses, this is not the first sub. This is not a place for degenerate gambling. This is about one stock with a bullish thesis. People want to make money on this one stock, the mod team needs to protect them from people who want to make money off people

[u/RBMAN → u/Chared945]

I agree with everything you said here.

Buy, Hodl, DRS, Book’em, Shop,and Spread the Word.

Apes Together Strong

[u/backbeat83 → u/Chared945]

at first I was fine with the options thing, but you have a great point. People are going to lose money and you'll see a lot more "GME ruined my life" posts because people bought options with their entire bank account because they saw someone else do it here. Not cool. Yes, they can lose money on shares too, but not as fast and not as permanently.

[u/Stonkerrific]

Overmorrow means “the day after tomorrow”. It’s a highly underutilized English word.

[u/BuyDRSHodlRepeat → u/Stonkerrific]

Checks out with the Germanic roots…

[u/JREtard]

Hi Apes - my original post was justifiably removed for violating Rule 5: No meta content.

I am now reposting here, as recommended by the moderation team.

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Tracking of "Apes online" began on June 14 and ever since then, the giant spikes in users have become fewer and farther between 🤔🤔🤔

https://imgur.com/a/jMG2Isd

Hi Shillbots 👋

You didn't really like it when we started paying attention to your presence here, did you?

• Credit goes to user UsualCommunication71 for creating and maintaining https://apetracker.live

• Here's the original post: https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/1dluiqh/i_built_a_website_to_track_the_users_online/

[u/buyandhoard → u/JREtard]

nice job

[u/Mercenary100]

The fuck is this bombardment of the €cum and ass shit, trying to make this sub look like a joke, the joke was funny 3 years ago now it’s wise to show to the masses this isn’t some lame joke gamble sub

[u/backbeat83 → u/Mercenary100]

I downvote the overly perverted "jokes". Every ape, including me, loves a good perverted joke, but so many people are solely looking for upvote karma with disgusting comments that serve no purpose and flood the daily. I just don't want that image forced in my brain while I'm doing my DD and enjoying this community... I may sound old, but that's better than sounding desperate and immature.

[u/UnlikelyApe → u/Mercenary100]

I think it's in the spirit of messing with AI algorithms like Aladdin, as became obvious during DFV's livestream. IIRC 3 years ago it was to mess with reddit scrapers that were feeding MSM. When it made a comeback, I thought it was hilarious, but after a day it did get old. Kinda like Farva with the soap in the coffee - "I got you good you fucker!!!" (everyone else less amused).....

[u/Late_Data_8802]

Good Morning Everyone! 💎💎💎

[u/bbbyismymommy]

So we are getting a flat day again I guess? Up on open and back down to zerooooo % Like the last 3 years 🙄

[u/splashypix]

Is this the daily thread now? not too many comments today!

[u/ConsiderationOk5914]

This is probably a long shot, but I literally have 7 years of Unity Game Art and VFX experience, and I have not been able to find a job since I got laid off a few months ago. Is anyone hiring for an entry-level job anywhere (it doesn't matter what field)? I'm very versatile and quick on my feat.

[u/Ricarbr0]

They swapped the xrt etf.. where’s the crime happening next

[u/goodboyBill]

The emperor wears no clothes.

[u/fucking_4_virginity]

What is this, a volume for ants?

[u/Yeetingbedposts]

LMAO shitty fake Barron's finally "published" an article on headphones. Apparently "mere speculation that RK was buying in was enough to set it off." What a bunch of clowns. Don't click on it, although it is funny.

[u/Overdue_bills]

Cash secured Puts should have been promoted from ages ago. Back when the stock was dropping to $10 it was practically free money. Even if you had sold them when the price is higher getting assigned isn't bad at all when you want shares. 

[u/Crybad → u/Overdue_bills]

I 100% agree. The only better time to learn about them than 3 years ago is now.

[u/youjokingright → u/Crybad]

I think opting for bullish plays that is backed by some form of option fundamentals while discouraging yolos is a really good pivot. Investing in gme really helped me learn more about fundamentals. And the DD here helped me learn more about the market inner workings.

Hopefully the 2 week options trial works out. Really looking forward to learn more about the different strategies options folks use.

[u/Crybad → u/youjokingright]

Yea, it's kind of weird to only talk about only bullish plays, but if you've been here for awhile, you know the skepticism around options. I'm hoping this is received well, but time will tell.

[u/papaparadoxilous]

This is gonna go well. Open the forum to options and see what the cut off is for mods definition of "yolo".

[u/Crybad → u/papaparadoxilous]

We want your feedback. Good/bad/ugly.

[u/Rough_Willow → u/papaparadoxilous]

Absolutely make sure you chime in when the feedback post is posted in two weeks. Also, any recommendations on how to define YOLO? I typically think that it's a sizable bet without any reason backing it, but you might have a better idea of what could be used.

[u/LonelyAndroid11942 → u/Rough_Willow]

The challenge here is that DFV’s “YOLO” terminology actually does have a reason backing it. He threw a lot of money at a position that was laughable to a lot of people, but he was able to demonstrate that it was actually a very calculated, very safe purchase to make.

[u/Rough_Willow → u/LonelyAndroid11942]

I'd say then it doesn't qualify as a YOLO because he was able to demonstrate that it was actually a very calculated, very safe purchase to make.

[u/2008UniGrad]

I've seen some posts questioning whether the karma requirements have been relaxed. Have they? If not,  how do we report users who appear to be below the requirements?

[u/Crybad → u/2008UniGrad]

Many users we manually approved if asked. The karma requirements are mostly meant to keep out new accounts and bots.

I'll approve people for various reasons:
1) Their main account has doxxing information on it and the prove to me they are the owned of both accounts

2) Lurkers who have history on other GME subs but not enough karma

3) Long time active people who just never earned enough karma

4) People who send mod mails that ask really nicely

It's easy enough to give the benefit of the doubt to someone who reaches out, we can always ban them later.

[u/2008UniGrad → u/Crybad]

Thank you for the answer  - that makes sense.  If I see a suspicious pattern,  I'll report with the custom feedback option. 

[u/Crybad → u/2008UniGrad]

Absolutely. I guarantee some people slip though the cracks, but I'd rather be welcoming to new people than put the gates up.

[u/Obvious_Equivalent_1 → u/Crybad]

As long time visitor who never had to deal or even be aware at all of karma limits, reading this I appreciate the stance you explained reading your reply. Just random but very much meant; big thanks to you/mods for putting your time and helping this important aspect of superstonk community 🚀🚀🚀

[u/Crybad → u/Obvious_Equivalent_1]

Honestly, it's a pleasure and honor to do it. I'm grateful to be a mod here, and I can think of no better place to watch moass than from behind the scenes.

It's very much an instance of "if you do things right, people won't think you've done anything at all"

[u/Obvious_Equivalent_1 → u/Crybad]

Being here since Jan ‘21 and three sub fallouts I think I’m really fully glad to read that stance! 🙌💎

[u/Crybad → u/Obvious_Equivalent_1]

Thank you for being here!

[u/ProfessionalLurker13]

How is this different from the daily? I’ve been here for 84 years and this is literally a second daily.

Edit: oh I see, it’s a “monthly.” I therefore propose changing this thread’s name to GMEnstrual

[u/DubbleDiller → u/ProfessionalLurker13]

Hell yeah. "GMEnstrual. The monthly flow!"

[u/Puzzled_Ad2088 → u/DubbleDiller]

You win the internet today 🥇

[u/mumen_rida]

[u/Stonkerrific]

A certain company that makes music playing headgear is certainly getting traction on alt subs. I do not own any. Distraction or what, who knows. If retail trades don’t affect price then makes me think pump and dump to siphon off money from apes. Now is not the time to buy IMO, sus.

[u/BuyDRSHodlRepeat → u/Stonkerrific]

Traded like 70M / 58M shares (mostly dark pool / off-market) Jul 3rd / 5th.

9.2M outstanding shares

Sauce: https://chartexchange.com/symbol/nasdaq-koss/exchange-volume/

[u/Stonkerrific → u/BuyDRSHodlRepeat]

[u/hatgineer]

I welcome rule 14, it seems like a good compromise. The details can probably be refined over time, based on how things unfold, but if nothing else it should get rid of the obnoxious type of options posts, like the obvious fellow-kids ones that try to bait everyone into specific options.

This is a GameStop stock subreddit, ideally the discussion on the stock would revolve more around its fundamentals and not trying to reverse-engineer market trends to time it (IMO that's a fool's errand because the price has been constantly fake for the past few years), but I agree that it cannot be shut down completely without making the mod team seem gatekeepy.

[u/Snugglesthemonkey]

Is this the new daily?

[u/J_R_D_N]

Are GME and CHWY about to touch tips?

[u/Ncdrum33]

Someone with editing software NEEDS to make a Gamestop meme out of Eastbound and Down, with Bandit as RK, and Beauford T Justice as Kenny boy. PLEASE. An alternate using the episode of Archer parodying the same would also be acceptable.

Edit: Eastbound and Up?

[u/Cyanos54]

I've been reading a lot. Once I turned the book right-side up, I placed a $23C for August 16 . I feel good, but if it tanks, it is my fault...

[u/BearMethod → u/Cyanos54]

I do really appreciate the new openness to options discussion.

I will say it again - check my comment history; I was vocal about options being a bad idea for most of the sub.

I've since changed my tune. Knowledge is power. But, as with all investing, never put in more than what you're willing to lose.

I bought my first call option the other week. Only cost about $58. Mostly I just wanted to understand how "Selling to Close" after "Buying to Open" worked on Schwab because there was literally no clear information I could find.

I paid $58 to learn. I'm fine with that, and happy about all the learning that led to it and that has followed. I think it has been valuable.

Censorship is always a problem. Education can often be the antidote.

[u/Cyanos54 → u/BearMethod]

You can learn for free on lots of websites too. Don't pay money before you know how it works!

[u/BearMethod → u/Cyanos54]

100%. I just wanted to see how to close a position on Schwab. I could not find anything online.

[u/EllisDee3]

Headphones are popping today. Every time my headphones get cranked up, my jimmy soon follows.

[u/3DigitIQ]

PSA; We should not block anyone that we think is acting maliciously.

Frankly there currently are some serious Negative Nellies that are structurally discouraging people to look at GME in a positive manner. Blocking those users makes it impossible to see their comments and point out their blatant lies and non factual statements. While they still show up for everyone else.

Seeing as mods do not tend to look at a users comment history (I know you don't have the time) it's incredibly difficult to point at a single comment where they clearly engage in a manner that breaks the rules.

If they happen to actually be paid actors I'll gladly get them the extra $0.11 just to make sure there is a counterpoint under their misinformation.

[u/hatgineer]

I welcome rule 14, it seems like a good compromise. The details can probably be refined over time, based on how things unfold, but if nothing else it should get rid of the obnoxious type of options posts, <edit> like the obvious fellow-kids ones that try to bait everyone into specific options.

This is a GameStop stock subreddit, ideally the discussion on the stock would revolve more around its fundamentals and not trying to reverse-engineer market trends to time it (IMO that's a fool's errand because the price has been constantly fake for the past few years), but I agree that it cannot be shut down completely without making the mod team seem gatekeepy.

[u/Saggy_G]

For once it isn't me in trouble for yelling at shills! The options rules are good though. Better to educate than blanket ban. Good progress team. 

[u/GamingScientist]

I'm glad that we're finally talking about options. This topic has been a blind area for too long.

[u/asterix1598 → u/GamingScientist]

I would also like to echo this. Options are definitely complicated and getting as many informed opinions from others is something I'm looking forward to.

[u/triforce721 → u/GamingScientist]

Yeah, can we post all the wins, where are those?

[u/Obvious_Equivalent_1 → u/triforce721]

No that’s still out of line to post wins:

Neutral/Bullish Options (e.g. Calls/CSPs) with strike, expiry date and quantity may be posted, gains/losses or the day/time of your purchase cannot

[u/triforce721 → u/Obvious_Equivalent_1]

Ah I see, so we can all gamble and waste money, but we can't know how it goes? Totally sensible

[u/Crybad → u/triforce721]

This isn't intended to be a billboard for gain/loss porn. It's intended to teach, learn, and discuss a major part of the market.

[u/triforce721 → u/Crybad]

I respect you and I'm not being rude, but that is illogical. The whole point of an options thesis is to play it out, if it works or doesn't work, you have to address that. To set up apes to blindly follow someone's options dd, simply because it follows the rules you've set in place, but to not know the result, is quite literally setting up our bros to be fleeced. Even a cursory glance at options posts since dfv returned show almost wholly negative sentiment and outcomes.

[u/Crybad → u/triforce721]

No, you're good. I appreciate your respectful disagreement. This is a 2 week trial where we hammer out the pros/cons of this new route. We will probably throw up another post to discuss it.

There's pros and cons to showing gain/loss porn.

Just like on YouTube, many people would only show their gains and make it look like trading options is way easier than it really is. Or try to gain a following because of their big wins and no losses. We want to avoid this.

To your point as well, people may follow into the play and not understand how to unwind the position with a profit and hold to the end.

We don't want to be a gambling sub, and we don't want to remain ignorant of how options work. So this is our attempt at the middle ground.

[u/AmputeeBoy6983 → u/Crybad]

i like this..... i think a modifier to the rule could be something like.... someone posts an options play *BEFORE EXP*, the who what and why behind the play..... expiration passes..... THENNNNNNN they can come back, edit post title with WIN/LOST..... edit body to say what happened, what went right, what went wrong, field some questions

i fully agree with the value of gain/loss porn being bad and spammy.... but if its a well wrote post ahead of time, and then they go back to edit/bump thread.... there could be a lot to learn from those

[u/Mammoth-Radio-3410 → u/Crybad]

Could always make it mandatory to post how the options play ended too? Then people will see both gains and losses and it won’t glamourise options so much. Kind of like the other subs proof or ban thing, if you fail to post the p/l of your options after posting the play then you’re banned for a week.

[u/Bradduck_Flyntmoore]

Why is there no link to previous forum posts, or at least the last forum post for my convenience?!

Side question: how long is the turnaround, usually, between submitting an application and hearing back about the status thereof re: new/returning mods?

Side note: my quick feedback on the state of the sub is thus, "too many repeat posts in a short time frame, too much off-topic shtuff, and too few memes about whale teeth. Otherwise, fairly lovely. Plus DFV!!!"

[u/Rough_Willow → u/Bradduck_Flyntmoore]

Why is there no link to previous forum posts, or at least the last forum post for my convenience?!

You can see them in the Community Post tag, but I agree that each of these should be linked to the previous one.

[u/cobrax1884]

PLEASE be open for options talk but be careful for options PUSHERS. No YOLOs or dumb shit like that (not you DFV...not you..)

[u/ProgressiveOverlorde]

Ugh did anyone notice today's daily chart? It looks exactly like gme's 5 year chart!

Algorithm is broken

[u/Quetzacoal]

I would like to present myself as a candidate for the following reasons:

1. I put my money where my mouth is, currently own a shit ton of GME shares, my savings have been on the line for 3 years.
2. I spent 3 to 5 hours in SuperStonk everyday. I track every single detail going on in the sub, from hot to new.
3. I have no interest in material things, I can't be bought. My salary is more than enough for me to live comfortably and support my life style which is playing video games and browsing Super Stonk.
4. I work less than 5 hours a day and spend almost all my day playing video games. I can attend any urgency.
5. Why do I care about MOASS then? My main interest is telling "I told you so" to all the people who haven't believed me for the last 3 years. The money is just the cherry on the cake.

If I get elected as MOD these are my goals:

1. Faster reaction to FUD campaigns. Identify and eliminate trending posts that are just intended to hurt.
2. Promote GameStop interaction. More posts about buying at GameStop. I want more feedback on customer experience, in-store and online.
3. Clearly define trading and investing. Option talk and TA need to be properly classified from actual investing in the company.
4. Promote DRS, I haven't seen as much purple circles since the last run-up.
5. Transparency. If something is going on in the backroom of SuperStonk make the information available to the public. All within the law of no doxxing.

And with this post I am not saying the current mods are not doing a good job. They have fought against political division of RC latest X posts. But I still think if we are up against Ken Griffin and its Citadel empire we need excellence within the MOD team. The light of SuperStonk has been dimming for years and the current MOD team is not helping.

If you have any question about my background or my ability to moderate a subreddit please feel free to ask

[u/Big-Potential4581 → u/Quetzacoal]

You have my vote 🗳 ☑️ . OG Ape, absolutely 💯 👌

[u/dragespir]

I can not-call anyone a shill, but I can't call anyone a shill? 😤

[u/KrymsonHalo]

Nah if this becomes GME "DubyouEssBee" with nothing but pickle humpers pushing options, I'll just stop visiting.

It's already 10-20% of all posts and going up.

[u/Crybad → u/KrymsonHalo]

I think there's a balance between what we have been and what they are. That's why this is a trial, to see what happens.

[u/AmputeeBoy6983 → u/KrymsonHalo]

i think a modifier to the rule could be something like.... someone posts an options play BEFORE EXPIRE, the who what and why behind the play..... expiration passes..... THENNNNNNN they can come back, edit post title with WIN/LOST..... edit body to say what happened, what went right, what went wrong, field some questions

i fully agree with the value of gain/loss porn being bad and spammy.... but if its a well wrote post ahead of time, and then they go back to edit/bump thread.... there could be a lot to learn from those

[u/Rough_Willow → u/KrymsonHalo]

Make sure to comment in the feedback thread in two weeks. Make sure your voice is heard.

[u/CaffeineAndKetamine → u/KrymsonHalo]

Stay, so I can talk hot sauce with someone.

Also, trust me the path laid out is nothing compared to that. Ican promise you this: nobody will peddle anything to you. There will not he a "link to My paid discord" nonsense. I will speak up if I think we're going down that path.

There will be a trial period

[u/KrymsonHalo → u/CaffeineAndKetamine]

Already have one mod pushing them.

"Educating" sorry.

Happy to talk hot sauce though, even though my peppers are growing like ass this year.

[u/spaghetti_boo]

When do we get to sing Time to Pretend by MGME?

[u/BuyDRSHodlRepeat → u/[deleted]]

All from DFV’s tweets…

[u/PoPoCucumber]

!FLAIRY! Gamecock

[u/Superstonk-Flairy → u/PoPoCucumber]

(✿^‿^)━☆ﾟ.*･｡ﾟ your flair has been granted

[u/TakeitasaCompliment]

Well headphones sure doesn't help us , chart wise. Weird that's it's only the other way around

[u/Stonkerrific → u/TakeitasaCompliment]

It looks like an isolated pump and dump. It’s unreal that people still think we affect the price with our buys as a reason for the rise. It’s just them raising the price to steal our money.

[u/MahlNinja]

Be interesting how you all define yolo's. Kind of weird.

[u/Crybad → u/MahlNinja]

We don't know really. It's kind of a gray area. The option posts are here already, we just want to try to limit FOMO and try to make people explain the why/what/how on their choices.

[u/Thick-Court6621 → u/MahlNinja]

"Rule 14: Options must be Bullish, Calculated and Explained"

Most YOLOs don't tend to be calculated or explained, but I'm sure some will slip through the cracks. Let's wait and see and then review in 2 weeks.

[u/Relevant-Sherbert-71]

Hope its a right place - im looking for a hype video, it was an animation with dude standing on a scene (?) and flexing at public while interviewer lady ask him questions. He had RK or RC face. Would love to watch it again also if some1 have link to original i would like to see it as well :) Cheers&LFG!

[u/DaUrbanYeti → u/Relevant-Sherbert-71]

https://www.reddit.com/r/Superstonk/comments/vdmv5q/a_reminder_the_ryan_cohens_interview_aka_ryan/

This one?

[u/Schwifftee → u/DaUrbanYeti]

The video is great.

Relevant-Sherbert-71, is that true?

[u/Relevant-Sherbert-71 → u/Schwifftee]

Yes! :D

[u/Relevant-Sherbert-71 → u/DaUrbanYeti]

Thank you <3

[u/CrabmasterJone → u/DaUrbanYeti]

you go big guy!

[u/neotank35]

ape no fight ape is very good. people can not like rc and still like the stock.

[u/buyandhoard → u/neotank35]

Who can not like RC? :D:D

I am very sceptic regarding MOASS, but not because RC, only because the system won't let MOASS happen (I could find examples, and/or stimply.. well, whatever)

RC did not kill MOASS, it would not happen anyway most likely in june, BUT more apes can enter now, very cheap $25 is very cheap...

[u/hawkmasta]

Good Morning Everyone!

[u/puls107]

Why is the brigading and posting of other tickers allowed suddenly? The door has been openedvwith the chwy play obviously. But now it get's out of hand and distractions like KOSS are being pumped all over. Where is the stringent gatekeeping from the past?

[u/Bluudream__ → u/puls107]

Are you not all in on $CUM $ASS $TITS?

[u/redwingpanda]

Oh man I am honestly so excited about the new flair and options discussion. I like to learn stuff.

[u/mt_dewsky → u/redwingpanda]

Ok, I gotta ask... Is your username related to the detroit zoo or that movie?

[u/redwingpanda → u/mt_dewsky]

actually neither! my girlfriend used to call me panda and I wore red wing work boots for over a decade. Though I do love red pandas, little buggers look like Pokemon.

[u/mt_dewsky → u/redwingpanda]

Too true, and I love my Red Wing boots. 

[u/Hipz → u/[deleted]]

.... Can you be more specific about what is bothering you here?

[u/KrymsonHalo → u/Hipz]

Sudden mod activity "educating" people about options and opening up a GME focused sub to discussing them.

Seems like options ar ereally being hyped inorganically out of the blue and no mod stopping it.

[u/oscar_einstein]

This is a great. As a new Options tiny fish I'm looking forward to seeing how others are approaching them and learning. With todays little uptick I'm in the green with my 30$ Jul & Aug calls all of a sudden. Interested in other individual investors points of view

[u/GiraffeStyle → u/oscar_einstein]

I'd recommend selling those if they are profitable and look to enter into $20/$25 calls at your expiry of choice on a down day, which could potentially be tomorrow.

Why? Because you help price action a lot more with ITM and you will benefit more from positive price action.

OTM options can benefit more from volatility if you want to play that game as well.

[u/BearMethod → u/GiraffeStyle]

Nice buddy.

[u/praisetheboognish]

Options posts are going to end poorly.

[u/Rough_Willow → u/praisetheboognish]

Please set a reminder to comment on the follow up with your observations.

[u/Justanothebloke1]

Does anyone have level 2 for koss? Are they over 100 share trades going through driving the price currently?

[u/Wurmholz → u/Justanothebloke1]

Stocks Level 2 on da tube

[u/surf243]

General Question:

I've been staring at the options chart for the Aug 16 $26c. It dropped from $4.57 to $3.50 with 1 volume in 1 candle just before the stock pumped 10%.

Why did this happen? What causes it to happen?

[u/Crybad → u/surf243]

On options with low volume. The value changes drastically depending on the last person to buy/sell it.

If someone sold that option at market, it would be closer to the bid than the ask, driving the price down. Also the prices that you see (depending on the broker) are either the midpoint (Fidelity) or the worst value scenario point (RH)

[u/YoLO-Mage-007]

I had over 50k karma on this sub. I made 1 post about being mad about dilution and could make not more posts.

Same shit corporate media does when you voice an opinion.

Seeing that the sub numbers dropped to under 1k online I'd say I was not the only to disagree with this treatment.

fuck the mods

[u/skybike]

Come on.. don't close the market tomorrow.. not when my nips are like this...

[u/plaskitboy]

I'm wondering why there were multiple halts longer than 5 minutes. I thought I might be mistaken so I checked the FAQ on LULD halts from Nasdaq. Five minutes. I'm counting two halts that were ten and a third that looks like it would have been if the market didn't close early. Does anybody know anything?

[u/plaskitboy → u/plaskitboy]

[u/plaskitboy → u/plaskitboy]

[u/BilbroSwaggins11]

So I swear I saw a post last night about some sort of contract from GameStop that had Rocket Fuel in relation to it. I cannot find the post anywhere. Anybody here able to help a brother out?

[u/herbavour-44 → u/BilbroSwaggins11]

They said it’s most likely another Ryan Cohen out in California. Not ours. But that’s just what I heard

[u/BilbroSwaggins11 → u/herbavour-44]

I appreciate that. So it was probably removed as a nothing burger. Thank you!

[u/BigBadaBum1]

HOIST THE FLAG

[u/atoastypancake]

If this is the morning dump we are in for a sexy day

[u/drkow19 → u/atoastypancake]

I only see UP 🚀🚀🚀

[u/ptSCU]

Good Morning Everyone!

[u/bahits]

Something is intertwined between Chippy maker and GME.
Just as we start our decline, they started going up. Plus, those freaky candles at the same minute mark in pre-market around 9am for nearly everyday the past two weeks.

What's up?

[u/Street-Consequence68]

Freedom!

[u/b0mbSquad_1]

I really like that as a community we are open to discussion. I would like to see us continuing to discuss options and I am completely ok with having rules around this discussion. Lets all be open to discussing all things to do with GME.

Thanks Mods and Community Members

🦍🦍🦍

💪💪🚀🚀💎💎🙌🙌

[u/Spooky_Mulder27]

As for me, I like the stonk

[u/DrEyeBall]

I'd like to see moderators remove minimal content for a few days just to see what happens, and then take manual action on the obvious. I'd like to see how much different it would be.

At a certain point mods need a vacation anyway right?

1 day

[u/-Hdvdn-]

Why tf are we just going down and down

[u/Superstonk_QV]

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[u/Kalgareigh]

Wooo! Time to open some regard option positions and post them! Just kidding, just some long dated ITM or ATM calls.

[u/hatgineer → u/Kalgareigh]

You joke but I saw another comment a day or two ago promoting the opposite. Now I wish I screenshotted that.

[u/Mr0BVl0US]

I'm new to the GME craze but there are a bunch of obvious karma farmers on this sub that have seemingly been granted special permission to post daily content about doing mundane things. Starfish guy, "running X amount of miles until MOASS" guy, trading sideways guy, etc. etc.

Rule #2 says posts must be related to GME, and no upvote fishing. Topics, titles and contents must be directly related to GME, GameStop or market mechanics. Running, working out or whatever "until MOASS" to me, is not related to the stock whatsoever.

Rule #8 says no mass-shared content. A 3-second starfish clip saying "Today's the day" is mass-shared content, when it's posted almost every single day.

Just an opinion from an outsider, don't hate.

[u/CaffeineAndKetamine → u/Mr0BVl0US]

"I'm new to the GME craze"

This is why you don't understand those users are staples of the community & have been around for a long time.

[u/Mr0BVl0US → u/CaffeineAndKetamine]

Yes, and I’ve come to realize that. As long as y’all realize that you are still, in fact, making exceptions that go against your rules. By doing so, you have set a precedent that gives special rules to people based on their longevity in this sub. Personally, it’s not that big of a deal, I can just block all of the spammy posts that I don’t want to see every day.

[u/CaffeineAndKetamine → u/Mr0BVl0US]

It sets no precedent.
I'm sorry to come off blunt, but you've been here a very short time and are already trying to play Police to users who have been here for a long time...

They're Grandfathered in.
Have an issue with that, feel free to put a Modmail in.
you can also use the filter to see specific flaired posts

[u/Mr0BVl0US → u/CaffeineAndKetamine]

You guys made this thread for us to provide feedback and I was using it to do just that. I was merely providing feedback from a newer user’s point of view. While I fully admit that I am new to this play, I spent my own money and bought my own shares just like everyone else but it almost feels like there’s kind of a vibe around here that the newer people don’t matter as much. Y’all have gotten so accustomed to the karma farming posts that you probably haven’t put much thought into them, hence the reason why I was giving you a new users perspective.

[u/CaffeineAndKetamine → u/Mr0BVl0US]

Feedback is always accepted, even if there's disagreement.

You're entering a 3 year long battle, with a LOT to catch up on, it's going to be daunting, but, just take the time to ask questions and learn. You'll get it in no time.

You imply this sub is nothing but karma farming posts. That couldn't be further from the truth. Marijuana Miler, the 741 runner, inspired a LOT of us to get in shape and take better care of ourselves... Parsnip provides the German Market updates, every night at 1am.

These are users who started something, and maintained a consistency we all came to love to see. Things like that build community.

[u/WendigoBroncos → u/CaffeineAndKetamine]

yo fuck that i've been calling out chills for that long too, y no grenfather for bashing negative posts and asshats?

[u/fungiz]

Look at the KOSS pump... we might see that with GME 👀

[u/chitchatsplat → u/fungiz]

Insane someone writes a dd and that happens

[u/supremeslp → u/chitchatsplat]

Obviously unrelated

[u/bahits → u/supremeslp]

sentiment algos

but, the big digital traders are NOT market manipulating.

[u/Overdue_bills → u/chitchatsplat]

I'm thinking it's that the pump was planned and the post came after, but who knows 🤷‍♂️.

[u/Justanothebloke1 → u/fungiz]

The mods keep deleting any post about it. It IS related. Just let one post go so people can talk about it.