The Fool thinks you should sell your stock, and their name serves them right.
Mainstream media who serve hedge funds in a conflict of interest have been egging retail investors to not buy the stock all of 2021.
If you listened to The Fool who told you not to buy AMC when its share price was below $20 per share, then you would not be sitting extremely well like a lot of ‘apes’ are.
While the runup to $72 per share might have caused AMC’s short interest to drop to 14% from 20%, AMC’s short interest has gone up to 17% again.
Ladies and gentlemen, AMC stock has plenty of room for growth in 2022.
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Mainstream media wants retail to lose
It’s no secret the financial platforms who have been attacking AMC stock are tied together.
Will AMC squeeze in 2022? Game over short sellers | AMC Stock 2022
AMC has a high enough short interest to squeeze shorts from their positions in 2022.
Sitting at 17% short interest, it’s more than enough to get the price up well into the high hundreds of dollars per share.
Whether regulators will investigate naked shares, FTDs, and other forms of counterfeit shares for hedge funds to cover is another topic.
AMC will need momentum if it’s to see another massive runup in share price.
Furthermore, hedge funds will lead their customers into losses for the second year in a row if retail investors continue to buy and hold the stock in 2022.
AMC Entertainment stock has plenty of room for growth and mainstream media doesn’t want you to know it.
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Who is AMC stock for?
AMC stock is for the retail investors who are willing to take a little risk to multiply their investment through a short squeeze play.
A short squeeze play is a long commitment with incredible upside.
If you’re lucky enough to get involved in the ape community you’ll find yourself fighting for a fair and transparent market, where your voice means everything.
Reasons why AMC wont squeeze in 2022..
I’ve always been transparent with the community.
There are many of you who got in when I first began publishing the data early last year and are sitting on unrealized gains today.
And although AMC could have squeezed during various occasions last year, there are still things that can hinder AMC from squeezing this year.
Here’s a list of things that will refrain AMC from squeezing shorts from their positions:
Retail investors start selling AMC stock
Retail investors stop buying AMC stock
New buyers aren’t introduced to the stock or short interest data
The AMC community has not had a problem holding or buying the stock.
One of the biggest problems the community faces today is regulators not protecting retail investors against the predatorial strategies from hedge funds.
The community has always been a beacon for change.
Apes will need to voice market concerns to elevate awareness.
Market regulation in 2022
AMC stock had multiple chances to squeeze in 2021, however, hedge funds always found a loophole that would prevent them from reporting information, or trading stock in the lit exchange.
Market manipulation continues to be a threat to every retail investor in the market.
AMC Entertainment was on the brink of extinction, it was about to go bankrupt.
Hedge funds took this opportunity to overleverage their short positions in the stock, betting it would close forever.
Once retail investors got in and saved the company, the community uncovered a number of market manipulation tactics that allowed hedge funds to prevent the stock’s share price from soaring.
The fight for a fair market continues in 2022.
For the ape community, this is more than just a short squeeze play.
AMC continues to be one of retail investors favorite stocks.
And yet again sources such as The Fool and other hedge fund partners are trying to steer the public from investing in this specific stock.
Well, just how high can AMC stock price skyrocket up to?
AMC stock price closed at $18.84 on January 18th. The share volume remains healthy as AMC is primed to take off.
We have broken the $30 and $40 levels of consolidation but have now come down. How soon will AMC rip?
AMC Entertainment has had an amazing runup this year.
Most of the market has been on sale and AMC has been no exception to that until now.
AMC wants to keep climbing.
The stock continues to consolidate as short sellers find loopholes to short the stock.
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As some of you know, I update this article frequently. I update it with the intraday price action as well as any information pertaining to the stocks performance.
A lot of the information on here will be left untouched as it is a means to archive a lot of the information from throughout the year.
What do we know about AMC stock price?
AMC’s stock price continues to be volatile although we’ve seen the stock is scared of single digit share price numbers.
No matter how many times this stock is attacked by short sellers, it keeps correcting itself upwards.
Key highlights
We’re seeing AMC stock price enter bullish territory due to an increase of retail investors buying the stock.
‘W’ shape formations in the performance of the stock also indicate bullish territory.
Retail investors and large institutions alike, like the stock. Buyers include Vanguard, Charles Schwab, Wells Fargo, and BlackRock.
What causes AMC stock price to rise during ‘power hour’ is how many more shares are being purchased before trading hours close. As retail investors continue to buy the dip and hold, we’re going to continue to see this trend of perpetual gains.
The stock price is still relatively low enough for majority of people to buy, but hurry before it’s too late.
Adam Aron has done an outstanding job with the media in the past months and continues to show a positive and bullish sentiment towards AMC.
He is now praised among the retail investors community holding AMC. And for good reason too.
See what CEO and President of AMC entertainment has to say to CNBC news about AMC Entertainment reopening and the Reddit movement.
As of today, all AMC movie theaters are now open 4/14
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
In a more recent interview we get an exclusive behind the scenes moment with Trey’s Trades and Adam Aron.
If you haven’t watched the video you’re not gonna want to miss out.
In this personal interview from the CEOs home, Adam Aron talks about the 500 million share dilution, which by the way as of today has been taken off the table, as well as his experience and perspective behind the the Reddit phenomenon.
Cramer said, anyone shorting AMC and GameStop are going to lose. And he’s right.
Retail investors are holding until shorts are squeezed out of their positions.
Shorts can either:
Take the loses and close their positions right now where the stock price is around $18.
Or, get squeezed out of their positions at a high interest rate above $18, resulting in even bigger losses.
Ladies and gentlemen, shorts could have closed at $5.
With that being said, short sellers have lost more than a billion dollars this second quarter according to Ortex data.
Things are not looking so good for them.
And it’s about to get a whole lot worse as AMC stock continues to surge.
How will this affect AMC stock price?
I can imagine shorts and hedge funds alike must be furious.
The little guy causing a disruption, what!?!
My personal take is retail investors are going to continue to see foul play.
You’re going to experience this from bogus headlines.
They’ll usually try to steer the public from buying AMC stock to keep the volume and hype down.
Not sure if hedge funds know this yet but you do know documentaries of what’s taking place are in the works right?
Independent filmmakers such as the Mulligan Brothers will be covering this story from the retail investors perspective and rumor has it Netflix will be writing as well.
Expect AMC stock price to rise and continue to be shorted.
We will see volatility with shorts attacking the price action.
They do this by trading synthetic shares at low bids.
Trey’s Trades walks us through the positive moves AMC has been making from an analysts perspective.
Trey presents his audience with transparent information and has been a key player in the analytics world for ticker symbol AMC.
Although this video is an earlier video, Trey’s videos are packed with relevant information that still apply to where the stock is today.
r/wallstreet bets and Discord
Members over at r/wallstreetbets and Discord anticipate AMC stock price can skyrocket as high as $1,000 with enough momentum.
The number of phantom shares hedge funds have to cover is astronomical which is why the community is calling this the mother of all short squeezes (MOASS).
By holding shares in AMC, retail investors are setting up a supply and demand scenario where short-sellers will eventually need to buy from them.
This in turn can drive the stock up as high as the retail investor chooses, theoretically speaking.
Large institutions such as Vanguard, Wells Fargo, BMO Harris, BlackRock, Fidelity and many more are buying AMC stock while it’s still low (via. CNN Business).
Take that for what it is.
Whether that number comes to fruition or not, retail investors will have to continue to hold and to add to their positions in order to skyrocket AMC’s share price.
We’re seeing more and more retail investors join the fight against short-sellers.
Short-sellers are the investors betting on AMC Entertainment to lose.
There’s been a lot of speculation that due to the possible number of outstanding synthetics could be in the billions, AMC may potentially squeeze past 6-figures.
Personally, I’m open to this concept. Shouldn’t we all be? I just recently found ReviewDork on YouTube. Gabe talks about this possibility and walks us through some math. Check him out.
It really depends on when shorts close their positions.
Short could have covered when they drove the price back down to $8.
It would have been wise considering the stock continues to correct itself in an upward trend and has now set itself up for the perfect squeeze.
If shorts continue to play the long game, AMC’s stock price could potentially be higher when it squeezes.
In this case, shorts would have lost a lot more money due to accumulating and rising short borrow fees.
Can AMC squeeze after hours?
A question some people might have is whether or not AMC could potentially squeeze after hours.
AMC can certainly squeeze after hours when the market closes.
In fact, it wouldn’t be surprising if it did this.
AMC’s stock price would continue to surge as retail investors watch immobile.
For one, shorts could decide to cover before the market closes in attempts to throw one final blow to retail investors.
This would give the price action to potentially come back down after hours.
Should you worry?
I wouldn’t worry if this was the case.
Although squeezes can last anywhere between minutes to hours, they can certainly last days too.
Volkswagen’s squeeze back in 2008 lasted approximately four days. GameStop’s lasted even longer.
Here’s how you can prepare for a short squeeze
A squeeze can technically happen at any time.
The short interest doesn’t necessarily have to be high.
Shorts could choose to close their positions with little loss opposed to massive losses.
If you’re in a position to keep an open tab on your browser that is updated AMC’s stock price in real-time then I would suggest doing so.
Own an Apple watch? Keep the stock in your background. This is a very convenient way to keeping tabs on the stocks performance.
Join discords where you can be notified when something massive is going on.
When a squeeze happens you’ll know. Just don’t get a short squeeze confused with gamma squeezes.
Gamma squeezes are usually small spikes resulting from extremely bullish actions coming together at once. Otherwise known as relatively healthy gains of built momentum.
A short squeeze will be something more sudden and disruptive. You’ll know when this goes to the moon. AMC’s stock price will break through the charts and leave earths atmosphere.
What should I do when AMC squeezes?
This is completely up to you! Congrats for holding and seeing this through.
You can choose to sell your entire position and collect your profits or you can continue to hold and find out whether the squeeze continues to go up.
Unfortunately, we can’t time the spike.
For all we know, the initial squeeze might not be the potential price action.
This makes it difficult to calculate the best time to sell.
You could sell a portion of position and wait to see how AMC’s stock price moves.
We created a thread for you to share how you will use the money when AMC squeezes as a means to spread positivity and share with the community.
A circuit breaker is usually a rule in the market that essentially pauses or halts trading for 5-15 minutes.
A common circuit breaker type is the Volatility Pause.
This helps smooth volatility in the market and prevent flash crashes.
It forces traders to take a 5 minute timeout, research the stock, news, etc.
Often times if a stock is spiking up and is halted, it will reopen higher.
Inversely, a stock selling off will often open lower.
Why this is worth mentioning
This is worth mentioning because it’s important for our readers and the ape community to be aware of possible halts as AMC’s stock price becomes more volatile.
If you happen to experience a circuit breaker halt do not panic.
It’s a policy to make sure trading goes as smooth as possible.
Important Advisory
It is important to note that I am not a licensed financial advisor.
Like many traders and self taught investors, all speculation is based on educated estimations based on highly reliable analysis, patterns, and documented news charts.
Note: Before roaring kitty blew up as the analyst for GME, only a handful of people followed him through and reaped the rewards.
We’re seeing another analyst obtain a similar following with AMC.
Take that for what it is.
Where can I invest in AMC? What’s a good platform?
What a storm. What a battle right? AMC keeps on keeping on, and although AMC has been on discount recently, retail investors continue to buy and hold it.
Retail investors are very excited about the data that’s been collected for months now.
Will we see an AMC short squeeze while we continue to ride this bear?
And if so, how soon?
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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 $18.84 on January 18th. The stock has surged since early this year due to volume despite short sellers attacking it. AMC Entertainment is set up for a short squeeze.
The perfect time to buy AMC stock is when the market is red, or what we refer to as on ‘discount’. AMC is looking bullish though, red days might just be over.
AMC entertainment continues to be the most heavily shorted stock in the market.
Some of you reading this article might have been holding since January now.
Kuddos to you for holding the line.
If you’re a new retail investor getting in on AMC be sure to thank the seasoned apes when you get a chance.
Below is a series of documented facts and positive news that all influence AMC’s potential towards a short squeeze.
One thing is certain, it’s inevitable.
AMC stock news and highlights
FOX Business reported AMC to have a strong chance of a short squeeze.
Coming from a big news platform it certainly brings the stock sentiment up for most retail investors.
This is the type of news retail investors need to keep an eye out for.
Strong chance of a short squeeze – Fox Business AMC
AMC is still currently the most shorted stock in the market.
Unfortunately, MarketWatch has completely obliterated AMC from their list. Being a hedge fund affiliate, retail investors suspect foul play.
President and CEO of AMC Entertainment Adam Aron, announced AMC will reopen all 13 AMC theaters in New York City as of March 5th.
As of today, all AMC movie theaters are now open across the United States with many selling out.
“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.
Melvin Capital suffered 49% loss 1st quarter
Melvin Capital Hedge Fund – AMC
This is huge! Melvin Capital is a hedge fund that has been shorting both AMC and GME stock.
Melvin Capital suffered a 49% loss it’s first quarter of 2021, via. Markets Insider.
Here’s why this matters:
Not only are shorts losing money every day but huge hedge funds are bleeding
This is a huge win for retail investors
Unless shorts close their positions, hedge funds will continue to suffer
Interest rates can skyrocket for short sellers enabling them to close their positions
An AMC short squeeze might be closer than we think
Here’s what retail investors can do:
Continue to hold your positions, it’s free
Buy the dips to counter any short attacks
Share articles on social platforms that can provide value to the community
Keep a close eye on the stock to not miss the squeeze
I’m going to discuss a little more on the short borrow fee that continues to increase for these hedge funds shorting the stock.
This is going to be a massive component to a short squeeze.
Adam Aron gives positive news on AMC Entertainment
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 have been trying to redirect the public from investing in this stock.
That’s primarily because hedge funds are losing millions by the day.
A short squeeze could even put them out of business.
This is why it’s important for me to spread the positive news surrounding AMC.
I don’t believe in the manipulation of the media and I will continue to update these articles as more great news unfolds.
There will not be a 500 million AMC share dilution!
In recent news, Adam Aron has announced that AMC Entertainment no longer plans on proceeding with the plans of adding 500 million more AMC shares to the arsenal in a tweet on Tuesday, April 27th.
Adam Aron – President & CEO of AMC Entertainment
You can read AMC Entertainment’s official announcement on their press release page here.
Is AMC Shorted?
AMC’s current short interest is trading around 19%.
As of 1/18, we’re seeing 6,100,000 short shares have been made available to borrow, via Stonk-O-Tracker.
AMC continues to be heavily shorted despite what mainstream media claims.
AMC’s short shares available will be updated here so be sure to bookmark this page.
While shorts might have the capability to short AMC stock, this is only temporary.
They will run out of borrowed shares and eventually have to cover.
There are finally investigations going around regarding naked shorting.
Yeah.. I sense a grand mother of all short squeezes. #GMOASS
Expect to see gains after shorts have run out of borrowed shares to use.
Hedge funds and short sellers alike have dug a deeper hole for themselves.
What this means for the AMC shareholder is a squeeze bigger than anything the market has ever seen before.
I am personally doubling down.
Not only is bankruptcy off the table (via. Los Angeles Times), but AMC movie theaters are now about to begin reopening in larger parts of the United States.
Which of course now introduces revenue.
AMC Q1 earnings for 2021
AMC announced their Q1 earnings for 2021 on Thursday, May 6th. Things have been looking particularly bullish and optimistic since that point.
For the retail investor this means the upper hand is yours.
AMC Entertainment has raised over $2 billion dollars to hold them off until the year 2022.
If you missed the conference call you can view it here for your viewing pleasure. [ARCHIVE DATA]
AMC Q1 2021 highlights
The AMC community is recognized
Q1 earnings are higher than last years 4th quarter
Expectations for Q2 – Q4 are much higher
Food and beverage sales are up by 45%
Sales revenue will continue to rise as new titles are being released
AMC Q2 earnings for 2021
Quarter 2 earnings for AMC were absolutely amazing! I published an entire article on this information you can read all about here.
AMC Q2 2021 highlights
Record breaking $2 billion in liquidity
Increased revenue / tickets & concession
AMC to accept Bitcoin by the end of the year
GameStop partnership
Enhancing the cinema experience with sports and music performance
Even experts can’t identify an exact date and time.
However, the possibility of an AMC short squeeze is certainly possible given that it is still the most shorted stock in the market and the stocks volume continues to rise.
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 losing money, it’s only a matter of time before the short borrow fee continues to skyrocket and shorts have to close their positions.
It’s tendie time!
Analyst AMC predictions
With that being said, Trey’s Trades predicts a short squeeze is now certainly guaranteed. Trey has been a leader in the AMC community and deserves a spot on this page.
More data points towards the stock reaching $1000+ per share.
See what stock analyst Trey has to say.
AMC short squeeze
The real questions is how can retail investors make this AMC short squeeze happen?
We know that short-sellers eventually have to cover their spots. 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.
NOTE: Retail investors do have to sell a bit as the price goes up in order to keep that momentum. Look at it as giving rats crumbs. Not only will they want more but they’ll need more.
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. The results? A short squeeze.
Hedge funds are doing everything they can to prevent a short squeeze
How are they doing this?
By promoting false information online (we’re certain you’ve seen it)
Through strategies such as short-ladder attacks in the market
And, by restricting certain brokerage accounts from allowing its retail investors to purchase or buy shorted stocks (Robing hood)
This is what retail investors can do to fight corruption
Share content that presents facts (blog posts, analysis videos, etc.)
Continue to educate yourself and make investment decisions based on your personal analysis
We’ll begin to see a trend similar to that of GME (Gamestop). AMC will enter a bullish territory before hitting an ‘abnormal’ peak in which AMC would have ‘squoze’.
It seems we’ve already hit the bottom.
AMC continues to be heavily shorted through dark pools.
This price level can be seen as a buying opportunity for retail investors looking to squeeze shorts out of their positions.
We’ve seen resistant levels around $14-$16 recently which is a great push from $5.
We’re now sitting at $18.84 per share.
An AMC short squeeze will certainly make headlines.
Expect to see various gains prior to any sort of major peak as well as volatility.
Retail investors will have to hold their positions through upcoming gains if they want to see AMC short squeeze.
But most importantly, they’ll have to refrain from selling at the first sight of gains if they are to see bigger and more massive gains.
Gamma squeeze vs Short squeeze
Don’t confuse gains and momentum with a short squeeze.
Here’s the difference between a gamma squeeze and a short squeeze:
A gamma squeeze are momentum gains. These usually occur from call options closing in the pocket resulting in heavy buys or purchases in the market.
A short squeeze is vigorous and can spike with no warning.
This is where you see 100% gains in a matter of seconds and minutes.
A short squeeze can even reach 1000% and 10,000% gains.
AMC Short Squeeze Stock Prediction
New retail investors are wondering whether $1k, $10k, or even $100k per share is even possible.
Gabe from ReviewDork does some math that’s going to leave you with an open mind.
AMC stock price predictions range from $1,000 to $100k+.
Will AMC reach peaks like GME?
AMC has been fortunate enough to receive more publicity and hype than GME did, at least recently.
The volume will speak for itself and retail investors will just have to wait to find out.
We’ve seen that abnormal gains are naturally part of a short squeeze.
Volkswagen rose up to nearly $1,000 when it squeezed back in 2008 due to a similar strategy produced by car manufacturer Porsche.
Analysts are predicting AMC can even go above the $1K mark if retail investors and institutions alike continue to buy and hold their positions.
Wouldn’t this be something. If you’re holding 1,000 shares and AMC spikes to $1K per share, you my friend have made 1 million dollars!
If an AMC short squeeze doesn’t occur, AMC stock price will still go up allowing shareholders to make at least some sort of profit.
With AMC theaters now open, it’s inevitable that the company will begin to see bigger sales revenue every time a new title is released.
I update this post when new titles make the headlines regarding earnings.
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.
However, a short squeeze not happening is very unlikely as AMC is currently the most shorted stock in the market and most held stock, beating both Apple (AAPL) and Tesla (TSLA), via. NASDAQ.
Majority of the float is also held by retail investors and short sellers are going to be forced to close their positions very soon, more on that coming up.
As Mark Cuban bluntly put it, keep holding.
Why hasn’t AMC squeezed yet?
AMC hasn’t squeezed yet primarily to two main reasons.
We need more volume to drive the stock price action up
Shorts need to close their positions
Volume really just comes to more and more retail investors as well as institutions getting in on AMC stock.
Regarding shorts covering, 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.
Let us know in the comments section below what an AMC short squeeze would mean for you! If you’re an AMC shareholder let us know in the comment section below.
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Overstock founder Patrick Byrne on Market Manipulation and short selling
Overstock Founder Patrick Byrne says the SEC has always turned a blind eye when it comes to predatorial practices in the stock market.
AMC and GME stock have both seen an incredible amount of naked shorting, but regulators have failed to enforce market makers and hedge funds from closing their overleveraged short positions.
The Overstock Founder has an extensive history of fighting for a fair market and explains why the SEC has always turned a blind eye.
I’m going to breakdown key highlights to this incredible interview and embed the video for your viewing pleasure at the end of the article.
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Who is Patrick Byrne?
Now, if you are not familiar with who Patrick Byrne is, he’s the founder of Overstock.com, an online retail company.
Patrick Byrne has a history of exposing injustices in the market after Overstock experienced an incredible amount of shorting.
His activism and knowledge in the markets grabbed the attention of Chinese economists.
The Chinese have adopted Patrick’s principles and knowledge on how to properly build and run an efficient market that eliminates systemic risk to the country.
He has been under several investigations by the SEC due to exposing the corruption no one is willing to change.
Overstock Founder, Patrick Byrne
“Since the 90’s, they’ve always turned a blind eye to penny stocks in the market.”
Overstock Founder, Patrick Byrne
How deep are hedge funds in AMC and GameStop?
According to the Overstock founder, he describes short sellers as having their foot on top of a bouncing betty.
Meaning as soon as they take their foot off, a massive explosive is triggered.
The expression denotes the particular circumstances hedge funds and market makers are currently in.
Hedge fund industry expert, Charles Gradante has recently stated that market makers created naked shares to refrain AMC and GameStop from further causing hedge funds great distress.
If short sellers are doing everything in their power to drive AMC’s and GameStop’s prices to 0, then retail truly is the only solution.
Buying and holding the stock is what’s keeping AMC and GameStop from going to 0.
If hedge funds drive these two stocks’ price down to 0, they win, and the bouncy betty is disassembled.
And the only way they can accomplish this is if retail investors call it quits.
So, we know that as long as retail investors continue to buy and hold the stock, hedge funds cannot drive the price down to 0.
What is the solution?
Time.
Every day, every week, and every month that hedge funds have not closed their positions, they lose money.
While retail investors accrue unrealized losses, hedge funds and market makers pay a fee to keep to their short positions open.
The time of desperation is already here.
The markets are getting liquidated, mainstream media continues to spread FUD about AMC and GameStop, and retail investors are not leaving.
You’ve already won if you’re holding either stock, you are the bouncing betty.
These multibillion-dollar companies are working together to scare you out of your money first.
They’re doing this by continuously overleveraging their positions and driving the share price down in hopes that retail will sell, and they’ll take the companies down to 0.
Be sure to watch this incredible interview on Overstock founder Patrick Byrne.
Patrick Byrne on short sellers and market manipulation
Exposing manipulation in the markets
It’s going to take more than just time to trigger a short squeeze.
A short squeeze is going to require the community to demand proper market structure.
Patrick talks about T-Zero and blockchain technology as solutions that would eliminate naked shorting and the suppression of a stock’s share price in the market.
But the SEC considers the Overstock founder’s idea as market manipulation.
The retail community will not squeeze shorts from their positions unless proper market structure is demanded.
Short sellers will need their foot off the bouncing betty for AMC and GameStop to squeeze.
Every retail investor holding a position in AMC wants to know, when will shorts cover their positions? And I don’t blame you.
This one is a little tricky. See, it’s like saying, “when will retail investors sell their positions?”
Welcome to Franknez.com – the blog that fights for you, the retail investor. Today I want to discuss short covering.
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Retail investors have been waiting patiently for AMC Entertainment stock to rip.
You’ve been holding through the ups and downs and even buying the dips.
So, why aren’t shorts covering their positions yet? What do retail investors need to do to squeeze hedge funds out of their money?
Are shorts obligated to close their positions?
Let’s start with the fundamental question. Are shorts obligated to close their positions?
Now, there are currently no rules regarding how long a short can hold before closing out their position.
However, lenders do have the right to demand the seller closes their position with minimal notice.
This is rare and only occurs if the the seller isn’t paying the interest fee, or the interest fee is ridiculously high.
“A short position may be maintained as long as the investor is able to honor the margin requirements and pay the required interest and the broker lending the shares allows them to be borrowed.” – Investopedia
When an interest fee is extremely high, it makes a stock difficult to borrow which obligates the short seller to close their positions.
AMC’s short borrow fee rate as of 1/10 is: 0.50% according to Stonk-O-Tracker.
Keep an eye on this interest as it will determine just how much shorts are bleeding.
Hedge funds currently shorting the stock are losing money every day. And regrettably for them it’s getting worse the longer they hold.
I can feel a short squeeze coming.
Why does the short borrow fee matter?
The short borrow fee is an interest that shorts must pay for borrowing AMC shares.
And although the fee has gone down, shorts are still paying a price for going long.
They will hold in hopes to drive AMC’s share price right back down to the floor.
However, AMC is trending upwards now and has absolutely no intention of going back down.
Analysts data and AI predictions all point towards a high possibility of a short squeeze.
Even Fintel’s short squeeze score has been as high as 80-90% in recent weeks.
This short borrow fee is going to continue to go up as AMC stock becomes harder to borrow.
For short sellers, a low short borrow fee is in their favor.
They would much rather pay the fee and stubbornly continue to hold their positions against retail investors.
But, if the short borrow fee is high enough to hurt the borrower, they will be more inclined to close their positions before losing an excruciating amount of money.
The short sellers conviction is strong, even though they’ve already lost.
It’s only a matter of time before they have no other option than to forfeit.
How can retail investors help drive the short borrow fee up?
Retail investors can help drive the short borrow fee up simply by holding their positions.
When AMC squeezes, retail investors will have to continue to hold their position on the way up.
Not every short will close their positions immediately.
If we begin to see AMC’s price action rise monumentally, it is important to understand that there’s more potential because not every short seller has closed their position.
We might see AMC drop a little after it peaks.
However, if retail investors continue to hold, it’s only going to continue squeezing more shorts resulting in further perpetual gains.
Melvin Capital suffered 49% loss 1st quarter
Community, this is massive. Melvin Capital is a hedge fund that has been shorting both AMC and GME stock. These are the people trying to drive the stock to the ground.
Melvin Capital suffered a 49% loss its first quarter of 2021, via. Markets Insider.
Retail investors are hodling to the moon.
They are not waiting for $100 price action anymore, and some are certainly not waiting for $500+ share price anymore.
The Reddit community is set new standards for the AMC’s stock price.
Here’s why this matters:
Not only are shorts losing money every day but huge hedge funds are bleeding billions of dollars due to retail investors holding
This is a huge win for retail investors – our favorite companies have been saved
Unless shorts close their positions, hedge funds will continue to suffer
Interest rates will continue to skyrocket for short sellers, enabling them to close their positions sooner than later
An AMC short squeeze might be closer than we think
Here’s what retail investors can do:
Continue to hold your positions, it’s free
Buy the dips to counter any short attacks
Share articles on social platforms that can provide value to the community and keep everyone informed
Keep a close eye on the stocks performance so you do not miss the squeeze
Hedge funds are not going to be able to recover from this.
Yes, they can possibly receive help from huge banks, but this too will be at a cost.
Furthermore, borrowing money from banks won’t change the fact that shorts still have to cover their positions.
Retail investors are buying AMC stock every day. Shorts are fighting a war they cannot win.
Important advisory: I am not a licensed financial advisory. I simply have a passion for finance and writing.
What happens when a short covers their position?
A short position will be profitable if it is covered at a lower price than the initial transaction; it is at a loss if it is covered at a higher price.
In AMC’s case, shorts who drove the price down to $5 but are still holding to-date are at a loss.
AMC is currently trading around $22 per share as of 1/10.
When there’s a ton of short covering happening in a particular stock, it will result in a short squeeze.
What is a short squeeze?
A short squeeze occurs when a stock spikes in price action due to an increase of short-sellers closing out their positions.
We’ve seen a short squeeze happen with both GameStop and Volkswagen. GME topped almost $500 while Volkswagen spiked shy below $1,000 back in 2008.
Short squeezes are massively profitable for retail investors.
These one-time phenomena are how people are able to accumulate wealth in such little time.
Instead of exiting, short sellers are holding. Some shorts might be waiting for a more favorable price to close their positions.
Another way shorts will be forced to close their positions in AMC is through a margin call.
This is when their accounts don’t have the sufficient funds to meet the accounts minimum amount of dollar required.
At this point they are forced to liquidate.
Now, because there’s no rule to how long they can hold their positions, they’re in the long game like most retail investors waiting on a short squeeze to happen are.
The good news is that AMC bankruptcy is no longer on the table and Wall Street analysts are even saying the industry is on a solid path to resurgence, via Hollywood Reporter.
As we continue to see a high utilization and the short borrow fee increase, we can only expect shorts will cover sooner than later.
What percent does the short borrow fee have to be?
AMC’s short borrow fee is currently at 0.50%, via. Stonk-O-Tracker on 1/10.
There seems to be some sort of manipulation or loophole here. The borrow interest rate should be much higher.
Short sellers have been borrowing millions of shares to short.
It seems they thought AMC’s 500 million share dilution was going to go through.
Funny enough Adam Aron, the CEO and President of AMC Entertainment actually scrapped that idea leaving short sellers in a deeper hole.
I personally think retail investors are going to experience the short squeeze of a lifetime.
Strap in.
AMC’s price action will continue to go up
Journalists and analysts alike are now claiming AMC to be a big buy.
Shorts can continue to hold their loses on paper for months to come or close their positions while it’s at the current price action.
Closing now is recommended due to an overwhelming amount of attention AMC Entertainment has received.
With new titles coming to AMC movie theaters soon, we’re only going to continue to see a surge in price action due to an increase in the company’s sales revenue.
Even if shorts continue to hold, lenders will eventually run up the interest rate again and force them to cover.
If you’re a retail investor reading this article, I’m already celebrating your success.
Leave a comment below and let the community know what a short squeeze would mean for you.
AMC is on the ‘Potential Short Squeeze’ list via. Fox Business
In case you missed it, a squeeze is very possible, via FOX Business.
All the data at hand point towards the inevitable for both shorts and retail investors.
Retail investors holding AMC stock are going to experience a once in a lifetime opportunity.
A lot of you have been sharing my posts on Facebook Groups, Reddit, Discord chats, and Twitter. Words can’t explain how grateful I am for you sharing positive and valuable information for new retail investors to look at. Thank you.
Why didn’t AMC squeeze? And can it squeeze this year?
Many of you might be wondering why AMC didn’t squeeze last year in 2021.
The stock had an incredible year overall.
Retail investors who got in for a short squeeze play early came up more than 1000%!
However, these retail investors knowns as ‘apes’ continue to hold the stock into 2022.
After all, people got in for a short squeeze play, not to make a quick buck.
So, why didn’t AMC squeeze last year in 2021?
Welcome to Franknez.com – today I want to touch topic on AMC since it’s been the most anticipated stock of all 2021. You’re going to want to stick around for this one.
I was an early adopter in the AMC saga and helped a ton of people get in on this play early.
So, what was so special about buying AMC stock in 2021?
After GameStop’s share price increased to incredible levels nearing $500 per share, retail investors noticed AMC’s short interest was also high.
A high short interest meant the stock was heavily shorted therefore short sellers could be squeezed out of their positions, triggering a short squeeze (massive price flux.).
AMC experienced massive gains from $2 per share up to $20 per share.
Momentum then further escalated AMC’s share price to $72 per share before slowly cooling off to today’s price levels.
However, AMC didn’t fully squeeze last year, it merely removed small shorts from their positions during these runups.
But more on that later, let’s break down what is currently going on with AMC stock.
AMC Continues to Be Shorted
AMC was one of the heaviest shorted stocks in the market last year.
Though mainstream media might claim that AMC squeezed last year, it only experienced gamma squeezes (momentum).
Because the short interest did fluctuate, we can access that some short covering did indeed occur.
However, AMC’s short interest is still relatively high.
When AMC soared to $72 per share last year the short interest dropped from 20% to 14%.
This means there’s ample room for AMC’s share price to continue surging in 2022.
Why didn’t shorts cover their positions in AMC last year?
A few short sellers did cover their short positions in AMC last year, though according to the short interest many open positions remain.
In fact, according to the short interest data, there’s approximately more than 102 million shares on loan that have yet to be closed.
Financial institutions have to close these positions at some point, and that’s whether they’re profitable or not.
Because short squeeze plays are rare, we’re learning more about their development through AMC and GameStop.
The matter of the fact is that AMC Entertainment is no longer going bankrupt so even if the share price drops below $10 and shorts cover profitable, we can expect to see a massive runup from the buying pressure happening all at once.
Why bigger shorts didn’t cover AMC last year is almost like saying why didn’t retail investors sell their stock last year.
Both retail and short sellers are going long on AMC Entertainment stock.
This means eventually individual people from both groups will begin to cave in.
And it’s an entire ecosystem of some taking profits or cutting their losses.
As AMC’s share price continues to drop in 2022, it provides short sellers with open positions in AMC from last year to finally close this year.
The results?
Massive price movements.
Market manipulation events
Market manipulation exposed
Retail investors who bought AMC stock last year saw a number of ways hedge funds manipulate the market.
From borrowing shares that don’t exist to short the stock, to OTC trading and dark pool trading, retail saw it all.
These predatorial strategies were used in efforts to discourage retail from further buying the stock.
Last year we saw Melvin Capital almost close if it weren’t for Citadel giving them a lifeline.
Mudrick threw in the towel and Archegos went bankrupt.
Just as retail investors can go long on a stock for many years, short sellers can also drag not covering for long periods of time.
This squeeze play will have intermittent episodes where we see some covering before new shorts open a position.
AMC Entertaiment is a hot spot for short sellers to bet against the stock and the company’s progress.
Will AMC Squeeze in 2022?
Why didn’t AMC squeeze in 2021? Can AMC still squeeze in 2022?
As AMC’s share price continues to tumble, short sellers may begin to take profits by closing their short positions.
It’s this buying pressure that will ultimately lead AMC to experience major price moves this year.
Whether these price moves will trigger a chain of short covering or not is an event that has yet to unfold.
Could AMC squeeze in 2022?
Absolutely.
But while regulators fall back on the uncovering of synthetics, for now the short interest is the only data that confirms how much potential this squeeze has.
Don’t miss today’s topic discussion on YouTube at the end of the article.
The feds have been pumping so much money into the financial systems for banks and hedge funds to maintain margin requirements from.
Hedge funds have been overleveraging their positions due to betting against retail investors who aren’t giving up the fight for a fair market, and a short squeeze play in their favorite ‘meme stocks’.
Will banks margin call hedge funds to meet the new capital requirements as of October 1st?
Or will they default?
Hedge Funds Just Got Smaller
We’re beginning to see financial institutions throw other institutions under the bus.
Citadel began pointing fingers towards Robinhood during a rant on Twitter.
I think very soon we’re going to see banks do the same towards hedge funds.
Will hedge funds be able to pay back banks?
Someone has to pay back the overleveraged debt they owe.
What started from a Robinhood and Citadel scandal just climbed the hierarchy and is now involving both the banks and feds.
This could be the biggest financial scandal in history.
Is America Headed Towards Financial Collapse?
Janet Yellen just recently said, “there are issues relating to hedge funds and the possibility of leverage, they can trigger financial runs.”
So, we know that any chance of financial ruin in the markets is tied to overleveraged hedge funds and financial institutions.
Hedge funds have been borrowing money from both the banks and the feds.
The feds weren’t stopping overleveraged institutions from borrowing money, but rather contributing to their needs and gaining from them, as seen with Kaplan and Rosengren.
It seems leaders are washing their hands before these scandals continue to escalate.
A substantial portion of Citadel’s assets are held by Bank of America’s clearing house “BAML“.
Powerful leaders are fleeing the crime scene. Who are the first to flee a sinking ship?
Leave a comment below if you know the answer to this one.
Will Bank of America Go Bankrupt?
Bank of America has a ‘more than 75%’ probability score for bankruptcy, via MacroAxis.
The fact is there is no path that can save overleveraged institutions or short sellers betting against retail investors right now.
The future of the short seller is grim.
To make matter worse for the bank, retail investors are pulling their money out from the bank before things get a little more severe.
In fact, one of my personal family members just moved 98% of their money from BofA into a brokerage account.
Overleveraged hedge funds and banks will be the cause of the next financial collapse.
Something massive is coming very soon and I know the community can feel it.
I speculate paper-hand sellers will soon re-enter the markets as the first wave of short sellers begin to close out their positions.
This momentum will only further complicate the state of emergency these financial institutions are currently in.
What Happens If A Bank Goes Bankrupt?
If a bank goes bankrupt, the FDIC must collect and sell the assets of the bank and settle its debt.
For AMC and GME shareholders, this means that all the shares that were borrowed will finally get bought back.
Heavily shorted stocks would skyrocket as overleveraged debt is finally closed out.
The results? MOASS (mother of all short squeezes).
The momentum from billions of shares being bought back could push ‘meme stocks’ to unprecedented numbers.
Whether Bank of America goes bankrupt will depend on whether they file for bankruptcy protection or not.
A short squeeze play is imminent and there’s no doubt financial institutions are preparing for it.
The Stock Market Is Rigged
“The stock market is a rigged game for the wealthy as corporate execs can hide behind trading plans as they buy or sell stock, sometimes based on nonpublic information.” via ZeroHedge.
We’re seeing this happen right before our very own eyes. Fed presidents Kaplan and Rosengren were using their power to mold regulation in theirs and their partners favor.
Bank of America has been a liquidity refuge for Citadel, allowing them to overleverage their positions in heavily shorted stock without repercussions.
We saw that Robinhood executives sold AMC and GME stock right before halting trading back in January of this year.
JP Morgan Chief Global Analyst, Marko Kolanovic, is predicting we will transition into the new year with short squeeze cyclical rallies.
He indicates that short sellers will get squeezed soon due to aggressive shorting and resilient retail investors.
“Large short positions will likely need to be closed before January”, via Business Insider.
This news comes after the retail investor community in AMC and GameStop have been advising about overleveraged hedge funds all year.
GameStop is up 800% and AMC is up more than 1300% year-to-date.
While both stocks have recently come down, they are still heavily shorted with lots of room for growth with a short squeeze.
The ape community has been speaking of a ‘third phase’ where the next runup of both these stocks will reach new ATHs.
But some apes are skeptic.
Will this be a proper short squeeze?
Welcome to Franknez.com – if you’ve been reading the blog since early 2021 then you’ve probably made a ton of money. And if you’ve diamond handed AMC stock all year, it’s about to get a whole lot better.
Let’s get started!
Massive Moves Are on the Horizon
Mainstream media claimed the runup to $72 per share was AMC’s short squeeze.
Only it wasn’t a proper runup.
AMC has always had more potential due to how overleveraged short sellers are on the company.
The Ape community has held through losses and gains and bought every dip.
This resilience is why AMC stock is setup for another massive runup.
Only this runup will be much larger than the first and second.
TA (Technical Analysis) charts have shown AMC’s next runup could very well reach hundreds of dollars per share.
I’ve predicted AMC’s third runup will easily reach $200-$300 while other analysts in the community are predicting $400-$600 per share.
How high AMC’s price will go will depend on how much short covering actually occurs.
Even then, with millions of synthetics circulating the markets, there’s no question why retail investors are deeming the next runup a ‘fake short squeeze’.
What we do know however is that massive moves are coming up regardless of the label.
And what’s a proper MOASS if synthetics aren’t fully taken accountability for and covered?
In this video I discuss my thoughts on the topic.
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The next runup will mean that every ape invested in AMC will be profitable.
That I’m certain of.
MOASS will occur when these phantom, synthetic shares have been closed.
While the community can put the information out there, it will ultimately be up to regulators to force financial institutions to cover these too.
Retail investors will have to continue fighting for proper market structure if a MOASS is to occur.
In the meantime, the community should keep an eye out on the short interest data.
While Ortex data is self-reported and could very well be higher, it’s the only tool retail investors currently have to measure some ‘squeeze potential’.
Get Excited for Big Moves
Regardless of if the media refers to these coming moves as a short squeeze, the community is going to be very profitable on paper.
What lies after these price runups will become clearer as this play continues to unfold.
Massive moves seem to be up ahead, know what you hold.
Some are hoping AMC doesn’t squeeze until next year to reduce those capital gains taxes.
How long this bullish pennant will last for is hard to predict.
The last bull flag lasted for five months before it skyrocketed.
This current bull flag is going strong on its fifth month now.
A breakout could technically happen any day.
What Price Will The Breakout Take AMC To?
I’ve stated in previous articles that I believe the next breakout could take AMC well into the low hundreds of dollars per share.
AMC’s share price multiplied five times from $14 to $72 per share.
If we look at the consolidation price of $38-$40 per share and multiply it by five we get approximately $200 per share.
This brief summary is simply based on a repeating factor.
It could be less, or it could be more.
Will This Next Runup Cause Big Shorts To Cover?
I think we could be seeing a much longer play than we anticipated here.
Let’s look at GameStop for a second.
GME stock is trading above $200 per share and still has a high short interest of 10%, meaning big shorts are still very well in this play.
AMC currently has a short interest closer to 16%.
We’ll have to keep an eye on this number to see how much of the float is still being shorted after the next major runup.
Hedge funds shorting AMC stock could cut their losses, entering the new year with a clean slate.
Or they can lose other Michael Jordan’s millions upon millions of dollars.
Do you think hedge funds will cut their losses?
Or will they continue to take a nosedive into the new year?
Let me know your thoughts at the end of the article.
Don’t Sell Yourselves Short
AMC looks as if it’s right on the peak of this bull pennant, right before another massive leg up.
Don’t sell yourselves short now.
This could very well be the last time AMC trades at its current share price, ever.
I reached my number of shares goal a while back, but have added a few shares here and there, you can view my purchases here.
Here’s an example of selling yourself short:
I, along with other apes could have sold our AMC shares at $72 per share.
However, we would be selling ourselves short because of where this third runup could potentially go.
How high will it go?
I’m not certain, but I do know it will be higher than the second run based on its chart pattern.
Only time will tell whether this next leg up causes a chain reaction of short covering.
One Thing Is Certain
This play will require serious patience.
We don’t know whether this play will squeeze shorts similar to how Tesla did or whether it will be a massive domino effect of shorts closing their positions.
Keep an open mind to seeing AMC continuously raising the bottom over and over like Tesla did.
This means there could be a third runup, and a fourth, and a fifth, and so on.
Though most of us would like an instantaneous short squeeze, I believe we should be open to all types of scenarios as to how one can happen.
Don’t Wing It, Have A Plan
I published an article expressing my personal thoughts on an exit strategy guide months ago to prepare apes for when the time comes.
This of course is just my opinion on how to exit your positions safely, having made a lot of money.
The point of the article is to simply have a plan.
When you plan, you will execute better.
Are You Excited For The Next Runup?
I sure am!
Are your family and friends investing in the stock market too?
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