A new generation of traders has caused unprecedented volatility in stocks they like, such as GameStop (GME). As reported by Market Watch, the flurry of activity caused many brokerages to fail, as explained here:
Disruptions were reported at several major retail brokerages Wednesday morning, following the speculative surge of interest in companies including GameStop GME, +105.73% and AMC Entertainment AMC, +170.77%, as well as a big drop in the major stock-market indexes including the S&P 500 SPX, -1.56%. The website Down detector reported disruptions to TD Ameritrade, Robinhood, E-trade, Charles Schwab, Fidelity Investments, Interactive Brokers and Vanguard, as well as the Reddit message board that has triggered much of the activity.[1]
LevelX was up the entire time, received no downtime or temporary service issues. Customers were able to buy puts on all equities and short the stock, buy the stock, and other operations. “Traders were able to trade the volatile markets we saw yesterday, on the LevelX app and on our Pro Trader platform,” said Christopher Infante, CEO of LevelX Capital LLC. “We have received a lot of new business from disgruntled traders looking for a broker who is up all the time, even when the market is volatile.”
Strangely, there was also a massive internet outage across the East Coast yesterday, as reported by Verizon.
In the case of other online brokerages, this seems to be an ongoing issue, as these firms have struggled to provide necessary bandwidth for a growing customer base.
What’s clear is there is a macro demographic shift happening, a new generation of traders. They are making their investments in companies like Gamestop $GME as a protest ‘against WallStreet’ and they succeeded, for now. In a public statement on YouTube, Citron founder Andrew Left welcomed this new generation of traders, and explained them that 17 years ago, before Reddit, there was Citron.
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