Economic Analysis

The GME GameStop Short Squeeze Explained

Unless you have been living under a rock for the past year, you’ll know that GME is the ticker symbol for the wildly popular meme stock, GameStop (NYSE:GME). Why is GME GameStop stock so popular? It...

Day Trading Basics

Hard To Borrow Stocks and Short Locates Explained

Hard-to-borrow stocks and short locates are terms used by active traders who are looking to short stocks which don't have readily available shares to short with most brokerages. Many popular large...

Economic Analysis

The AMC Short Squeeze Explanation

What is the AMC squeeze? The AMC squeeze was a black swan event on the US stock market that initially took place in January of 2021, and culminated in a second squeeze in May. It was a historically...

Short Selling

The Epic Volkswagen Short Squeeze Explained

The Volkswagen short squeeze of 2008 was epic. Only a few times in history has a stock rocketed that quickly and violently to jaw-dropping prices. In this article, we'll discuss what happened,...

Day Trading

The Kill Candle Shorting Strategy Explained

The Kill Candle. It just sounds menacing, doesn’t it? And for good reason. If you’ve ever been caught in one on the long side, you understand the pain. Table of Contents What Is A Kill Candle? The...