1/ If you've felt like stock market has been disconnected from reality for the past few days, you're not alone

this is the story of the magic bubble created by amatuer traders that broke a multibillion dollar hedge fund

2/ To understand the market right now is to understand r/WallStreetBets

it's a 2.3 million person subreddit dedicated to memes and YOLO Tesla calls that relishes in the massive swings that come with risky trades

aka heaven for the hyperactive amateur trader
3/ The other main character in this saga is GameStop

it's a mall-based retailer that is saddled with debt ($450 million as of Q4 2020) and falling sales (down 40% in last 2 years)

essentially, it's the Blockbuster of video games waiting to be eaten by a Netflix
4/ So hedge funds have been shorting it

the pros on Wall Street saw a failing business and took positions where they would profit if the stock falls

in fact, it's the single most shorted stock in the entire Stock and S&P 500
5/ One hedge fund in particular called Melvin Capital held a $55 million short position against GameStop

Melvin also held large short positions against National Beverage, iRobot, and Bed Bath & Beyond

big mistake
6/ Soon after the market opened yesterday, look what happened

GameStop: +64%
iRobot: +42%
Nat. Beverage: +26%
Bed, Bath & Beyond: +19%

Melvin got absolutely obliterated
7/ Who's behind these ridiculous swings?

r/WallStreetBets

they had seen Melvin's shorts and mobilized en masse to blow them up

and yes, it's possible for the little guy to take on a multi-billion dollar hedge fund right now
8/ Melvin got caught in a short squeeze

as traders piled into GameStop, Melvin was forced to buy shares to cut some of its losses...which only drove the price higher

and remember, GameStop is a failing business

this was just r/WallStreetBets flexing on "the establishment"
9/ And poor Melvin?

after averaging a 30% yearly return since it was founded in 2014, its DOWN 30% to start the year

it had to take in $2.75 billion in outside funding to stay afloat
10/ GameStop's crippled one hedge fund, but ain't done yet

earlier today, billionaire investor @chamath bought $115 call options meaning he thinks the stock will keep on rising

despite his slightly tongue and cheek bullishness, the stock is skyrocketing once more today
11/ It's been a wild few days, completely detached from reality

but if GameStop teaches us one thing

it's that technology has leveled the playing field

the little guy can now mobilize online and go to-to-toe—and win—against the heaviest hitters on Wall Street

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TradingView isn't just charts

It's much more powerful than you think

9 things TradingView can do, you'll wish you knew yesterday: 🧵

Collaborated with @niki_poojary

1/ Free Multi Timeframe Analysis

Step 1. Download Vivaldi Browser

Step 2. Login to trading view

Step 3. Open bank nifty chart in 4 separate windows

Step 4. Click on the first tab and shift + click by mouse on the last tab.

Step 5. Select "Tile all 4 tabs"


What happens is you get 4 charts joint on one screen.

Refer to the attached picture.

The best part about this is this is absolutely free to do.

Also, do note:

I do not have the paid version of trading view.


2/ Free Multiple Watchlists

Go through this informative thread where @sarosijghosh teaches you how to create multiple free watchlists in the free


3/ Free Segregation into different headers/sectors

You can create multiple sections sector-wise for free.

1. Long tap on any index/stock and click on "Add section above."
2. Secgregate the stocks/indices based on where they belong.

Kinda like how I did in the picture below.
Many of you have seen the famous Westrum Organizational Typology model, so prominently featured in State of DevOps Research, Accelerate, DevOps Handbook, etc.

This model was created Dr. Ron Westrum, a widely-cited sociologist who studied the impact of culture on safety


Thanks to Dr. @nicolefv, I was able to interview him for an upcoming episode of the Idealcast! 🤯

It was a very heady experience, and while preparing to interview him, I was startled to discover how much work he's done in healthcare, aviation, spaceflight, but also innovation.

I've read 4+ of his papers, so I thought I was familiar with his work. (Here's one paper:
https://t.co/7X00O67VgS)

I was startled to learn he has also studied in depth what enables innovation. He wrote a wonderful book "Sidewinder: Creative Missile Development at China Lake"


Dr. Westrum writes about China Lake Research Labs: "its design and structure had one purpose: to foster technical creativity. It did; China Lake operated far outside the normal envelope... Sidewinder & others were "impossible" accomplishments,

I love this book because it describes traits of organizations that routinely create and maintain greatness: US space program (Mercury, Gemini, Apollo), US Naval Reactors, Toyota, Team of Teams, Tesla, the tech giants (Amazon, Google, Netflix, Google)

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