Robinhood explain your trades

The meme stock crazy of 2020 and 2021 was a sight to behold. I lived through the Gamestop craze and while I didn’t make a massive return, I did 2x and exit my position in a very short time and didn’t lose money during the short squeeze. If you have no idea what I’m talking about, good. You aren’t terminally online. There are several documentaries about the meme stock era if you’re curious to learn more.

Interestingly enough, the trend of meme investors buying up stock and causing a short squeeze has persisted into 2025. Most recently this happened with BBBY. This got me thinking… with all of these insane, speculative trades, what if you had to explain to family or friends why you were purchasing a stock?

This would never get built because people have the right to buy and sell the stocks they want, when they want, however the idea of social sharing around stock purchasing activity is super interesting. I’m not sure what the restrictions are around retail trading and incentivizing sharing, but if this did exist I’m sure there would be some funny responses and videos made.

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