Market News Daily: Ex-Citadel employee Patrick McConlogue says the market is rigged.
Patrick McConlogue, an ex-Citadel Data Scientist said during the ‘meme stock’ frenzy that the stock market is rigged, claiming he helped design it.
“The game is not fair and it never has been. Individual investors, even when operating in a swarm, are destined to lose. How do I know? I helped design the game.”
Not many investors know this, but Patrick actually breaks down how Citadel and other hedge funds were able to make billions back in only weeks from halts.
In this article, I’m going to share his words and knowledge in the industry directly with you.
Share this article to raise awareness of the market injustices ‘experts’ have claimed were never true.
Ex-Citadel employee Patrick McConlogue says the market is rigged.
Patrick McConlogue appeared on Fox Business during the ‘meme stock’ frenzy of 2021 when retail investors created one of the biggest scares in Wall Street history.
GameStop and AMC shareholders were able to create panic on Wall Street by heavily buying shares of the overleveraged shorted stocks.
As share prices soared, short sellers experienced massive losses.
GameStop was able to put Melvin Capital out of business, but Patrick McConlogue says other hedge funds were able to make back billions in losses during the halt.
The halts allowed hedge funds to enter AMC and GameStop knowing shares would plummet, allowing them to capitalize on the deflation of the price.
Patrick says the rules of the game also heavily favor hedge funds, something retail investors have urged SEC Chairman Gary Gensler for years to change.
“I respect many of my colleagues, the problem isn’t the people, it’s the rules of the game which heavily favor the funds.”
Below is ex-Citadel Data Scientist Patrick McConlogue’s story.
Patrick McConlogue Says the Stock Market is Rigged
Ex-Citadel employee Patrick McConlogue says the market is rigged.
“The game is not fair and it never has been. Individual investors, even when operating in a swarm, are destined to lose.
How do I know? I helped design the game.
A few years ago, I worked at the massive hedge fund Citadel. The multi-billion dollar fund was caught up in this week’s scandal for bailing out hedge fund Melvin Capital after everyday traders on Robinhood appeared close to liquidating the fund through mass buying of the GameStop stock $GME.
My role at Citadel was as an engineer in Long Term Quantitative Strategies. The entire department, filled with programmers and compliance officers, is dedicated to something called ‘alpha’ which determines the buying strategy of the fund.
I was responsible for innovative proprietary technology that capitalizes on public data faster than any other hedge fund. It’s a classic situation of machines against humans. I respect many of my colleagues, the problem isn’t the people, it’s the rules of the game which heavily favor the funds.
A group of traders on the r/WallStreetBets Reddit thread, now consisting of over 8.6M members, noticed that someone had overly “shorted” the GameStop $GME stock.
They decided it was the perfect time to buy. It was only around $18 per share and easily affordable for the common investor who kept buying, driving up the price of the stock.
As the buying frenzy continued the hedge funds who had taken the opposite position started to hemorrhage money.. BIG money.
The small investors celebrated their success online as news broke that the hedge fund Melvin Capital Management had lost so much on the $GME short position that they had to be bailed out by bigger hedge funds.
While the markets were closed Melvin Capital’s sinking battleship received an emergency infusion of $2.75 billion from Citadel and Point72.”
‘Meme Stock’ Halts
Ex-Citadel employee Patrick McConlogue says the market is rigged.
“On Thursday morning, Robinhood — the commission-free stock trading app used by small investors — suddenly shut down buys on $GME and a few other stocks that were under siege.
Only sell orders went through, reversing the trend, driving the stock prices back down and shoring up the hedge funds’ sinking ships. Remember, when the stock price goes down, the people who hold the “shorts” make money.
This started a chain reaction. Other retail trading platforms like E*Trade and TD AmeriTrade began freezing the stock for individual investors. But hedge funds own supercomputers.
They have direct access to stock markets. While small investors were frozen the hedge funds traded massive positions and quickly earned back the billions in losses from the past few days.
The rules of the game had been exposed, in broad daylight no less.
Robinhood users, when signing up for the popular trading app that offered “free trading” were likely unaware of their role in the hedge funds’ ability to reap huge profits.
The system is broken.”
Patrick McConlogue left Citadel for decentralized finance and co-founded a new technology called Overline that takes the philosophy of DeFi to the extreme.
Not only is Overline unable to freeze any of your assets but it can’t even turn off the exchange; it’s not possible.
However, this is not the first time Robinhood reports these types of discrepancies, though some investors theorize this could be ‘leaked’ information.
In March, Robinhood reported AMC with a $417 billion market cap putting the movie theatre chain up there with Facebook at the time.
During the time of these reportings, investors were able to gain the attention of AMC Entertainment CEO Adam Aron, which responded to the discrepancies.
The CEO said that data sources were under review for accuracy for several sources, including MarketWatch, which at the time were reporting the company’s equity APE (NYSE:APE) of having a 93.79 billion market cap.
“Market Watch currently showing 93.79 billion APEs outstanding. Clearly WRONG, wildly so. We are calling them now demanding this get corrected immediately.
Also reviewing many other data sources to check for accuracy. So curse-word-here irresponsible that they publish false info,” said the CEO in March.
The uproar at the time led shareholders encouraging the CEO to begin looking into the possible manipulation of the movie theatre’s stock.
In May, CEO Adam Aron threatened to sue Robinhood when the company falsely reported on its platform that AMC Entertainment had filed for bankruptcy.
“I am so Ducking angry about this. They are either incompetent or evil, and either is absolutely inexcusable. Obviously, there is no truth to their postings. Outrageous behavior. I have already asked our lawyers if we can sue the Dastards. #IncompetentEvil”
The CEO even went to the length of creating a poll asking for shareholder opinion, to which majority of investors supported.
Are these AMC market cap reportings simply discrepancies and glitches in Robinhood’s system? Or is information slipping through? I’d love to hear what you think. Leave your thoughts in the comment section down below.
Market News Daily – Robinhood Now Reports AMC Market Cap at Whopping $12.49bn
Wedbush has now upgraded AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) from ‘underperform’ to ‘neutral’ with analysts currently looking at a 17.98% upside, Nasdaqreports.
On Thursday, AMC stock fell more than -26% while APE fell nearly -18% despite the fundamental upgrade.
On Friday, shares of AMC Entertainment fell an additional -13%.
Investors have shared a mix of emotions on Twitter, urging CEO Adam Aron to release a public statement on the stock’s performance, see below.
$AMC is currently down more than -27%$APE is currently down more than -21%
Total shares owned by institutions increased in the last three months by 10.96% to 154,378K shares, according to Fintel data.
However, “the put/call ratio of AMC is 0.49, indicating a bearish outlook,” says Nasdaq.
Exact definitions vary between brokerages, but an underperform rating is worse, in general, than “neutral” but better than “sell” or “strong sell.”
Neutral is assigned to a stock that is expected to deliver results that match the broader market.
Underperform is a stock that will likely perform slightly below par: seeing greater losses in a down market and below-average gains in an up market, per Investopedia.
AMC’s reverse stock split has left shareholders with 10x less shares with the company stock trading 10x higher.
Up next is the conversion of APE shares into AMC common stock which will occur on Friday August 25.
AMC Entertainment has now secured the ability to raise billions of dollars from retail investors despite plunging share prices.
Investors have once again saved the company, but at what cost?
AMC’s upgrade from underperform to neutral is a positive outlook, but unless the news translates over to the company’s stock price, investor confidence is at a standstill.
What are your thoughts on the movie theatre’s current state?
Leave your thoughts in the comment section down below.
In this article, we’re going to go over some of the latest developments in AMC, it’s history since redditors took over, and an AMC short squeeze update for the year of 2023.
AMC keeps on keeping on, and although AMC has been on discount recently, retail investors continue to buy and hold it.
Retail investors remain excited about the data that has been collected for years now.
Will we see an AMC short squeeze while we continue to ride today’s bear market?
And if so, how soon?
Welcome to Franknez.com – the blog providing you with content on stocks, crypto, and market news. Today we’re discussing AMC Entertainment stock and its short squeeze update and history.
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How soon will we see an AMC short squeeze?
Retail investors all want to know.
Is it this week?
Will it be next week?
Or, are we looking at a longer game here?
Here’s what we know.
Key Highlights
AMC closed at $3.68 on August 15th. The stock continues to be heavily shorted. AMC Entertainment is set up for a short squeeze despite its split.
Shareholders continue to buy and hold the stock.
AMC’s short interest data shows us the stock has the perfect setup for a short squeeze.
Below is a series of documented facts and positive news that all influence AMC’s potential towards a short squeeze.
“Since reopening our first theatres with AMC Safe & Clean in August, AMC has welcomed back nearly 10 million moviegoers nationwide without a single reported case of COVID-19 transmission among moviegoers at our theatres. We look forward to welcoming back our New York City guests to the big seats, big sounds and big screens that are only possible at a movie theatre.”
Adam aron, President and CEO of AMC Entertainment
For those who thought AMC was a dead company, think again.
The company is now generating big revenue since it’s reopening and has beat every quarter since 2021.
Today, AMC shareholders have saved the movie theatre company again after two major proposals were finally passed following an exhausting lawsuit.
A reverse stock split and conversion of APE shares to common stock will now go into effect later this August.
AMC’s 1-for-10 reverse stock split will go into effect on Thursday, August 24.
The conversion of APE shares into AMC common stock will occur the following day, Friday August 25.
The litigation settlement will then take place on Monday, August 28.
CEO Adam Aron says these dilutive proposals will help AMC Entertainment raise plenty of cash to survive another catastrophic event.
Similarly, Anchorage Capital also closed its doors after betting against AMC stock.
Here’s why this matters:
Hedge funds who try to go against the retail wave will get burned
This is a huge win for retail investors over ‘smart money’ Wall Street
Unless shorts close their positions, hedge funds may suffer big consequences again
Today’s borrow fee rates are higher than they were in 2021 when AMC surged to $72 per share
An AMC short squeeze might be closer than we think
There are a few things retail investors did in 2021 to trigger massive price action:
They held their positions during the ups and downs
Shareholders purchased the dips
Investors shared information relating to a short squeeze (such as this article, 2021) to raise awareness
Kept tabs on charts to know when to buy (during drawdowns)
The incredible thing is 93% of market participants said they will still hold AMC stock in 2023 for a short squeeze.
Will Shorts Cover in 2023?
AMC Entertainment answered questions on short sellers covering prior to its newly approved conversion proposal.
Shares of the company fell more than -30% after hours on Friday as APE shares rose +30%.
On Monday, AMC stock is down more than -33% while APE is up nearly +18%.
Will short sellers be required to cover their positions before the Reverse Stock Split and Conversion?
According to AMC’s new 8-K filing, AMC expects that the deliveries under stock borrowing arrangements will be adjusted in the regular way to account for the Reverse Stock Split or, in the case of contracts on APEs, the Conversion.
However, AMC states that it “does not determine and is unable to provide interpretive advice on the impact of these events on the contractual terms governing stock borrowing arrangements.”
How will short sellers be affected by the Litigation Settlement Payment?
“AMC does not determine and is unable to provide interpretive advice on the impact of the Litigation Settlement Payment on the contractual terms governing stock borrowing arrangements.”
AMC’s reverse stock split will go into effect on Thursday, August 24.
The conversion of APE shares into AMC common stock will occur the following day, Friday August 25.
The litigation settlement will then take place on Monday, August 28.
Will there be large failure-to-deliver (“FTDs”) like when the APE was distributed?
AMC Entertainment states that while they cannot predict the trading impact of these corporate events, given the significant transactions that will occur over successive trading days, it is possible there will be large FTDs like when the APE was distributed.
Looking Back at the Events Prior to AMC’s Short Squeeze in 2021
Adam Aron gives positive news on AMC Entertainment – Archive 2021
AMC Entertainment has raised more than 2.2 billion dollars in cash
90% of AMC theaters in the United States are now open with New York and Los Angeles finally reopening
Vaccinations and policies are making movie theaters safe
New movie titles are guaranteed to increase sales revenues
CEO and President Adam Aron expresses an optimistic future for AMC Entertainment
AMC Entertainment has implemented a Safe & Clean program under the advisement from Harvard University’s prestigious School of Public health as well as well as the No. 1 U.S. cleaning brand, The Clorox Company. This means movie goers can now return at ease knowing a proper sanitation program has been put in place.
Hedge fund affiliate partners such as MarketWatch, The Fool, and other finance website tried to redirect the public from investing in AMC stock while the company was finally reporting positive news.
That’s primarily because hedge funds were losing so much money daily as share prices continued to rise.
A short squeeze became the ultimate threat to hedge funds with massive bets towards the downside.
Today, AMC Entertainment is in a whole other world compared to where it started in 2021.
Is AMC Shorted?
AMC’s current short interest is around 27.76%, which is much higher than it was when AMC shares skyrocketed to $72.
As of 8/15, we’re seeing 200,000 shares have been made available to borrow, via Stonk-O-Tracker.
While shorts might have the capability to short AMC stock, this is only temporary.
The retail community has made big enough ruckus to where regulators are finally investigating naked shorting, or at least acknowledging the problem.
What does this mean for the AMC shareholder?
Short sellers have used this rinse and repeat process for years now.
The important thing in 2023 is that AMC is able to continue raising cash to eliminate the short thesis.
Not only has bankruptcy been off the table since 2021 (via. Los Angeles Times), but AMC movie theater attendees have increased drastically in 2023.
This in turn has increased revenue and helped AMC Entertainment pay off more debt in the past two years.
AMC Entertainment Quarter Earnings History (2021)
Below are AMC’s quarter earnings for 2021, the year the ape movement began.
AMC announced their Q1 earnings for 2021 on Thursday, May 6th.
Things have been looking particularly bullish and optimistic since that point.
The only thing getting in the way has been market makers who have big advantages over the average retail investor.
If you missed the conference call years back, you can view it here for your viewing pleasure.
It’s really hard to tell when an AMC short squeeze may occur.
Experts, analysts, and shareholders can’t identify an exact date and time because of how random the probability may be, as seen in 2021.
However, the possibility of an AMC short squeeze is certainly possible given that it is still a very heavily shorted stock.
We also now have more data then ever before that indicate a massive short squeeze is almost certain to happen.
Especially now that the SEC has announced some crackdown on shorting.
With Melvin Capital and other hedge funds out of the picture, it’s only a matter of time before others close their positions.
That is if retail investors can build enough buying pressure in 2023 like they did in 2021 to drive share prices up.
In the end, it truly is all up to retail investors!
Will investors be able to create another AMC short squeeze in 2023?
That might be a little harder now with all of the company’s dilutive proposals going into effect soon, but it doesn’t mean it’s still not possible.
Trey’s Trades AMC prediction
With that being said, Trey’s Trades predicted a short squeeze in 2021. Trey was a leader in the AMC community back in the day, though he’s recently taken time off from stock content on YouTube.
Data points towards AMC stock reaching $1000+ per share according to his research.
See what Trey had to say.
AMC short squeeze – AMC Stock Forecast – AMC Stocktwits | Trey’s Trades on AMC Short Squeeze.
The real question is, how can retail investors make this AMC short squeeze happen?
We know that short-sellers eventually have to close their positions. This means that they will eventually have to buy AMC stock at the current share price.
If retail investors continue to drive the share price up by buying the dip and holding their positions, short-sellers will have no other option than to buy from the retail investor at a higher share price.
2. Retail investors will also need to buy the climbs in order to show a demand for the stock. This doesn’t have to be huge buys, rather incremental to validate the current share price.
This play essentially creates a supply and demand scenario between retail investors and short-sellers.
However, demand must exceed supply by a monstrosity amount, as we saw in June of 2021.
The results? A short squeeze.
Just make sure to take your profits this time.
The last thing you want is to see your gains turn into losses.
Hedge funds are doing everything they can to prevent a short squeeze
How are they doing this?
By promoting false information through MSM (we’re certain you’ve seen it)
Through strategies such as short-ladder attacks in the market
Dark pool/off exchange trading
HFT and Spoofing
And, by restricting certain brokerage accounts from allowing its retail investors to purchase or buy shorted stocks as seen with Robinhood (Robing hood)
This is what retail investors can do to fight corruption:
Share content that presents facts, like this article and others to raise awareness (blog posts, analysis videos, etc.)
Continue to educate yourself and make investment decisions based on your personal analysis
What is interesting however is that Goldman Sachs has now given AMC Entertainment a price target of $175 per share in 2023.
MarketBeat reports that on July 24, 2023, Goldman Sachs gave AMC Entertainment a ‘Boost Target’ action and ‘Buy’ rating with a whopping price target of $175.
And CoinCodex is predicting AMC Entertainment stock to soar more than +9,000% by the year 2030.
“Based on the average yearly growth of the AMC Entertainment Holdings stock in the last 10 years, the AMC Entertainment Holdings stock forecast for the beginning of next year is $ 8.19.
Using the same basis, here is the AMC Entertainment Holdings stock prediction for each year up until 2030.”
The long-term AMC Entertainment Holdings stock price predictions are as follows:
By year 2024, AMC Entertainment is predicted to soar +90.66% from today’s current share price to $8.19.
In 2028, AMC stock is predicted to trade around $108.21 per share, a gain of +2,419% from today.
And by 2030, CoinCodex predicts AMC will trade near $400 per share, up more than +9,000% from today’s trading price.
In 2023, investors will need to identify the primary reasons to invest in AMC Entertainment stock today.
Redditors have touched base on this topic and are determined anything below $100 is a buy, for a short squeeze that is.
However, with so much dilution happening in 2023, you might want to consider writing and coming up with your own best-case and worst-case scenario plan.
The approved proposals is a massive win for the movie theatre company whether you strongly agree with them or strongly do not.
Identifying why you’re still invested in this company or why you would like to is something that will vary from individual to individual.
“The steps we will be taking now are shareholder approved and mean the following to AMC:
AMC will be more resilient: Were it not for our ability to have raised equity over the past three years, AMC simply would not have survived the pandemic-induced decline in our business. Looking forward, the flexibility to raise equity capital at the appropriate times is an absolutely vital tool for any large company, and AMC is no exception.
We eliminate capital raising inefficiencies of APE units trading at a significant discount to AMC shares: Converting APE units to AMC shares results in a single price for all AMC equity. This single price eliminates the unnecessarily high dilution caused by the lower market price of APE units. For the past full year, for example, to raise cash, AMC could only sell APE units, and they only could be sold at a great discount to AMC shares. With single equity capital structure, I believe AMC will be able to raise equity capital more efficiently and on better terms in the future.
“Some of you fear dilution is a mistake no matter what. You are wrong.
To the contrary, sometimes raising money is an absolute imperative.
Over the past twelve months, for example, AMC raised $418 million of cash through the sale of APE units.
As of the most recent June 30 quarter end, AMC had $435 million of cash on hand.
Can you imagine how dire our circumstances would have been if we hadn’t had the foresight to raise that cash?
Companies that run out of money face financial ruin.
Just ask Cineworld/Regal shareholders, or ask Bed, Bath and Beyond shareholders.
But at AMC at the moment, we have a positive market cap, and we are so much stronger because we raised money along the way,” said Adam Aron on Monday.
Where was AMC trading at before the pandemic?
AMC was actually trading between $30-$35 back in the booming party economy of 16′!
AMC stock started to decline as their debt increased and hedge funds began to heavily short it.
However, AMC Entertainment Holdings, Inc. is in a completely different world today than it was during the pandemic with box office number reaching pre pandemic levels.
AMC Announced a new record high earnings report last Tuesday.
Analysts have been expecting big earnings results from the movie theatre chain due to the rise of this year’s second quarter box office numbers.
“While we still have much work ahead of us on this front, AMC’s glide path to eventual recovery continued with significant pace in the second quarter of 2023 as our results set new records and represent AMC’s strongest second quarter in four full years.
Following an impressive start to the year in the first quarter of 2023, the second quarter yet again showed great progress.
AMC saw more than a 12% growth in attendance, a 15% growth in total revenue and a 71% increase in Adjusted EBITDA compared to the second quarter of 2022.
Indeed, Adjusted EBITDA was $182.5 million, the highest such quarterly figure since the fourth quarter of 2019,” said AMC CEO Adam Aron.
Barbenheimer Produces Big Results in 2023
Towards the end of July, AMC Entertainment broke a 4-year weekend high record as “Barbenheimer” produced results bigger than expected.
The results demonstrate AMC’s path to recovery is also strong in Q3 of 2023.
“Barbie” ended up with $162 million in its first weekend of release, above Sunday’s already record-breaking estimate of $155 million. The Warner Bros. film, starring Margot Robbie declined just 9% from Saturday to bring in $43.7 million on Sunday.
Those ticket sales rank as the biggest opening weekend of the year, besting “The Super Mario Bros. Movie” ($146 million).
“Barbie” also marks the biggest debut ever for a film directed by a woman, overtaking Anna Boden and Ryan Fleck’s 2019 blockbuster “Captain Marvel” ($153 million), says Variety.
“Oppenheimer,” also beat expectations with $82.4 million, slightly higher than Sunday’s huge $80.5 million projection.
At the international box office, Oppenheimer added $98 million for a global tally of $180 million.
“The box office powered to its fourth-biggest weekend in history with over $300 million industrywide, said Variety.
What If a Short Squeeze Doesn’t Happen?
If an AMC short squeeze doesn’t occur, AMC stock price should still go up during the longer term process allowing shareholders to make at least some sort of profit.
That is, as long as the company continues to improve going into 2024 and the rest of the decade.
With AMC theaters now open since 2021, it’s inevitable that the company will begin to see bigger sales revenue every time a new title is released.
Keep in mind that AMC’s share price during the booming party economy of 16′ was roughly around $30 per share.
If a short squeeze doesn’t happen, fundamentals will continue to bring the stock up as more investors are buying the stock.
It’s also important to keep in mind that majority of the float is also held by retail investors, so the company has a huge support.
AMC hasn’t squeezed yet primarily to two main reasons.
The stock requires volume to drive the stock price action up
Shorts need to close their positions
Volume will surge as more and more retail investors (as well as institutions) get in on AMC stock.
Regarding shorts closing, retail investors need to squeeze them out of their positions by holding their positions and helping increase AMC’s short borrow fee.
You can keep tabs on AMC’s short borrow fee as it changes every day via. Ortex, or Fintel.
As of 8/15 AMC’s short borrow fee rate is a whopping 921.1%.
Interactive Brokers Chief Strategist Steve Sosnick says there’s big demand to short AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC) stock.
He says the biggest reason aside from the company’s fundamentals is its new merge with its equity (NYSE:APE).
“It’s very hard to keep the momentum in these things because economic reality does take hold.
Bed Bath & Beyond, at one point was the best performing stock on the board until reality set in and they began defaulting, averted bankruptcy, but using a deal that is so dilutive that it’s unavoidable.”
Sosnick says AMC is in a very special situation because of the proposal to merge APE with AMC common shares.
“Right now we’re seeing such a demand to short AMC partly because of its difficulties but partly because of the special situation.
This really is what they were looking for in some ways as the mother of all short squeezes.
The borrow rate, it costs you 700% to borrow the shares overnight — if you can find them,” said the Interactive Brokers Chief Strategist on Yahoo Finance.
Is AMC Entertainment stock about to squeeze this year?
“Redditors, thank you so much for helping create the best pipeline we’ve ever had”, said Ken Griffin on Business Insider.
Ken Griffin, on how the GameStop frenzy helped raise Citadel’s profile with potential hires.
Business Insider says the SEC found no truth to any of the conspiracy theories but how can the SEC really go against one of the most powerful hedge funds in the world?
Transcripts showed Citadel and Robinhood did in fact have “blunt negotiations” the night prior to the halts.
A Miami district court judge admitted the Citadel and Robinhood transcripts were suspicious.
However, the federal court has dismissed the case due to a ‘lack of evidence’.
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Market News Daily – Robinhood Now Wins Case Over Manipulative Meme Stock Halts.
Robinhood has won a case over the manipulative ‘meme stock’ halts of 2021 which allowed hedge funds like Citadel to make their losses back.
The 11th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals in Atlanta ruled 3-0 in its favor regarding the trading restriction of 13 meme stocks back in 2021.
These stocks included AMC Entertainment (NYSE:AMC), GameStop (NYSE:GME) and Bed Bath & Beyond (OTCMKTS:BBBYQ), among others.
In a proposed class action, shareholders of the 13 stocks alleged that they suffered damages because they were restricted from trading.
“When Robinhood restricted its customers’ ability to buy meme stocks, it took a sizable — and perhaps justifiable — hit in the court of public opinion,” wrote Circuit Judge Britt Grant.
“But in this court, Robinhood is only accountable for specific legal duties.”
“The court’s decision echoed a ruling by Chief Judge Cecilia Altonaga in November 2021. On top of that, the Atlanta court also dismissed claims that alleged Robinhood was negligent in protecting its customers from losing money and that it unsuccessfully ensured that its “mission critical systems” worked accordingly,” reports IP.
In May, AMC CEO Adam Aron said the company was seeking to sue Robinhood after the platform had reported the movie theatre chain had filed for bankruptcy.
“What the DUCK !!!!! I am getting multiple reports that Robinhood briefly posted today that AMC filed for bankruptcy.
How can companies like Robinhood do this?
So ludicrous, so wrong, so irresponsible.
On Friday, we report Q1 earnings, and will announce our sizable cash position,” said AMC CEO Adam Aron in a statement on social media at the time.
Market News Daily – Robinhood Now Wins Case Over Manipulative Meme Stock Halts.
Patrick McConlogue, an ex-Citadel data scientist appeared on Fox Business during the ‘meme stock’ frenzy of 2021 when retail investors created one of the biggest scares in Wall Street history.
GameStop and AMC shareholders were able to create panic on Wall Street by heavily buying shares of the overleveraged shorted stocks.
As share prices soared, short sellers experienced massive losses.
GameStop was able to put Melvin Capital out of business, but Patrick McConlogue says other hedge funds were able to make back billions in losses during the halt.
The halts allowed hedge funds to enter AMC and GameStop knowing shares would plummet, allowing them to capitalize on the deflation of the price.
Patrick says the rules of the game also heavily favor hedge funds, something retail investors have urged SEC Chairman Gary Gensler for years to change.
“The game is not fair and it never has been. Individual investors, even when operating in a swarm, are destined to lose. How do I know? I helped design the game.”
Retail investors are viewing Robinhood’s case win as an act of oppression in the financial markets.
Rules are bent however and whenever deemed necessary to keep the ball in Wall Street’s court.
Market News Daily – Robinhood Users Decline by Whopping 3,200,000 This Year.
Robinhood active users have now declined by a whopping 3,200,000 this year according to the company’s latest report.
As a result, transaction-based revenue declined 5% in the second quarter.
Monthly active users also decreased to 10.8 million, one million fewer compared to the previous quarter and 3.2 million fewer than the year prior per Reuters.
Earnings per share in the second quarter were $0.03, beating analysts’ average estimate of a loss of $0.01, according to Refinitiv data.
“We’ve been talking about for the last several quarters how we want to be lean and scrappy from a cost perspective, and we’ve been keeping our eye on that very closely,” Jason Warnick, Robinhood’s chief financial officer, told reporters.
Robinhood (NASDAQ:HOOD) stock fell more than -6% on Thursday based the decline in users report.
“The company reported higher second-quarter revenue on Wednesday as interest rates continued to increase the online brokerage’s interest income, achieving profitability for the first time as a public company even as it saw fewer users.
Net interest revenue soared 243% to $442 million in the second quarter compared to a year earlier, as the brokerage’s margin investing business benefited from the U.S. central bank’s monetary policy tightening campaign to combat decades-high inflation.”
Mizuho Americas Senior Financial Technology Analyst Dan Dolev says Robinhood could be the next Charles Schwab.
“I’m actually seeing results being very, very strong and, to me, that’s more important than a data point on users,” Dolev says of Robinhood’s second quarter results.
Robinhood continues to be scrutinized by many retail investors in 2023 ever since it’s collusion with big hedge funds, Citadel being one, during the ‘meme stock’ frenzy of 2021.
Market News Daily – Robinhood Users Decline by Whopping 3,200,000 This Year.
In late June, Robinhood reported that it is letting go about 7% of its full-time employees, or about 150 people marking its third round of layoffs in just over a year as customer trading activity on the platform slows down.
The layoffs were made to “adjust to volumes and to better align team structures,” Chief Financial Officer Jason Warnick said in the message.
Robinhood cut more than 1,000 jobs in two rounds of layoffs last year.
As of the end of 2022, Robinhood had about 2,300 full-time employees, according to its annual report.
“We’re ensuring operational excellence in how we work together on an ongoing basis. In some cases, this may mean teams make changes based on volume, workload, org design, and more,” a Robinhood spokesperson said in a statement Monday.
The company experienced an increase in employees voluntarily leaving the company and declines in reported employee job satisfaction in the time immediately after the layoffs last April and August, Robinhood said in its last quarterly report.
As of May, Robinhood had fewer than 11 million monthly active users.
Transaction-based revenue in the first quarter dropped 5% year over year and was more than halved from the first quarter of 2021, per WSJ.
Robinhood recently acquired credit card startup X1 in a $95 million cash deal to expand offerings beyond trading.
Hood stock is up more than +43% this year-to-date but down more than -66% since its IPO date.
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