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Your data just means that Melvin Capital has sold or dumped all its 5.4 million GME shares to gullible Retail investors very recently, eg on 26-29 Jan 2021 when GME share price was >US$300 = MC made huge profits from the sale.
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Latest filing on 16 Feb 2021 shows that MC took a 6 million Put options on GME shares on 31 Dec 2020 when GME share price was at around US$20 (yesterday closed at US$40) = no great loss to MC, ie only lose on the price of the Put options X 6 million, but it will be profitable if the GME share price drops below US$20 in the coming weeks. .......

https://www.investopedia.com/terms/p/putoption.asp
" What Is a Put Option?

A put option is a contract giving the owner the right, but not the obligation, to sell–or sell short–a specified amount of an underlying security at a pre-determined price within a specified time frame. This pre-determined price that buyer of the put option can sell at is called the strike price. "

https://www.dummies.com/personal-finance/in...-stock-trading/ - what-to-consider-when-buying-put-options-in-stock-trading
"When you buy a put option, you’re hoping that the price of the underlying stock falls. You make money with puts when the price of the option rises, or when you exercise the option to buy the stock at a price that’s below the strike price and then sell the stock in the open market, pocketing the difference. By buying a put option, you limit your risk of a loss to the premium that you paid for the put."
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P S - GME Put options cost about US$0.005 per share. MC's 6 million Puts cost about US$30,000 in losses if not exercised.
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Do you have any source links to show that Melvin Capital had a massive short-sell position in early Jan 2021, resulting in MC being short-squeezed by Gamestonk Retail investors at r/Wallstreetbets in late Jan.?
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Yes, GME share price heading towards > US$1,000. Quick BBBUUU. ... *sarcasm*

https://www.thestar.com.my/tech/tech-news/2...it-is-surprised - 2021/02/25/gamestop-stock-doubles-in-afternoon-even-reddit-is-surprised
"Analysts that follow the stock could not point to one single reason for the sharp move, offering reasons that included a corporate reshuffle. "

Like I said before, Institutional investors are the BIG Shark market manipulators out to prey on the gullible Retail investors. Eg in Malaysia, EPF, PNB/ASB and Mutual Funds likely have to manipulate to keep the Stock Market UUUp, in order pay out good yearly dividends to keep the game or "Ponzi scheme" going, ie attract more Fund investors. But the BIG Sharks can't keep this up for > 20 years = they begin to fight among themselves = Stock Market Crash.
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Has DFV shown his latest stock portfolio numbers as proof.?
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Fyi, DFV has been showing his GME portfolio numbers regularly as proof right up until end Jan 2021 when the GME share price was at about US$300 and then he suddenly announced that he would stop showing his portfolio numbers. In early Feb 2021, GME share price dropped to around US$50. How convenient for him.!

Kek la you, you ask people for proof but sendiri dont give proof LEL
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Back to the original point, has DFV shown his latest GME portfolio for March 2021.?

Your point in comparing DFV's proof, my proof and your proof was wrong.

OK, my recollection about DFV's GME portfolio was off by a day or 2.

DFV's last shown GME portfolio on 2 Feb 2021 at US$90 per share still gave him huge profits of > 900% since he bought most of his 50,000 GME shares at <US$10 per share some months ago.

Note that DFV aka Keith Gill is a licensed Stock Broker and Financial Advisor, eg "advised" rich people and companies. His published GME portfolio might not actually belong to him, ie the 50,000 GME shares might not actually belong to him. Similarly for rich people and companies who put their money in Hedge Funds and Mutual Funds.
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Sorry for the oversight, ie, missed seeing DFV's March 2021 GME portfolio numbers.

Still, I blame this on Liamness for not showing DFV's latest GME portfolio earlier, ie for March 2021. .......


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My point about DFV might be "playing" with other people's money and your proofs still stand, .......


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Please provide source or proof for your allegations above.
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https://markets.businessinsider.com/news/st...21-2-1030044721 - GameStop stock-trading star Keith Gill - also known as Roaring Kitty - is reportedly under investigation as regulators look at his previous financial-advisement job - 4 Feb 2021
"The investor posted a screenshot of his GameStop position on Wednesday showing his stake is now worth $22 million, adding he plans to "back off the daily updates for now." "

https://www.reuters.com/article/retail-trad...y-idUSL4N2K35HY - 29 Jan 2021
"He began sharing his bets with the group in September 2019, posting a portfolio screenshot indicating he had invested $53,000 in the company and had already netted a $46,000 profit. Reuters was unable to confirm this.

In YouTube videos, he expanded upon his investment thesis, arguing the company was undervalued, and was well-positioned to rapidly grow its fledgling online business.

By Wednesday, Gill was up over 4000% on stock and options investments in the company, with his GME position plus cash worth nearly $48 million, according to his Reddit posts. Reuters could not independently verify his profits.
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Like I said before, DFV aka Keith Gill, who was only outed as a licensed Financial Advisor at end Jan 2021, similar to a Hedge Fund and Mutual Fund, and was working for MassMutual until recently.
....... Before DFV was outed, he pretended to be an ordinary Retail investor on social media, ie at Reddit and Youtube.

For all we know, he might have been holding a million GME shares on behalf of his rich investors, bought some months ago, at <US$10 per share, before it was pumped up to US$483 per share in late Jan 2021, when he could have sold off part of his holdings, ie sold off a few hundred thousand GME shares at around US$300 per share, while he publicly only shows he is still HODLing 50,000 to 100,000 GME shares.

It is a fact that there are many conmen or scammers around.
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https://www.forbes.com/sites/greatspeculati...sh=53c137f53bcc - 2013/09/05 - Five-ways-financial-advisors-fleece-their-clients (legally).
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https://www.reuters.com/article/us-retail-t..._source=twitter - March 2, 2021, 5:47 AM - Updated 9 days ago - 'Roaring Kitty' no longer has financial broker license: filing
"Gill, who did not immediately respond to a request for comment, is no longer licensed to act as a broker buying and selling securities on behalf of clients or as an investor adviser providing advice about securities to clients. He had been registered as an agent for MML Investors Services LLC, the broker-dealer arm of MassMutual."

So, what do you think DFV aka Keith Gill has been doing as a Financial Broker and Advisor (to rich clients) all these recent years.?
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Fyi, it's common sense that people go and get a Car Driving license to drive a car = DFV aka Keith Gill went and got a Financial Broker and Advisor license to broker and invest on behalf of rich clients. Duh.!
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So, according to you, people who go and get a Taxi or 10Ton Lorry or Excavator or Pilot license only has the INTENTION to "drive" a taxi or 10T lorry or excavator or aeroplane but may or will not actually do so. IOW, according to you, DFV aka Keith Gill went and got his Financial Broker and Advisor license but did not broker and invest on behalf of rich clients.
....... Possible but unlikely and far-etched, in the case of most such licensees. Why would they go and get their licenses if they know for sure that they won't be using the license, ie barring unforeseen circumstances.?

So, did you get your Car Driving license but do not drive or have not driven a car.?
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And both of you believe him. Both of you likely got conned by him.
....... Fyi, DFV aka Keith Gill has been a licensed Financial Broker and Advisor since 2012. It is only because of the Gamestop fiasco at end Jan 2021 that he has been de-licensed as a Financial Broker by the authorities, ie he is still a licensed Financial Advisor through his Chartered Financial Analyst qualification. .......

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Keith_Gill
"Professional life

Gill is a Chartered Financial Analyst (C.F.A.) charterholder. He was a licensed securities broker registered with FINRA since July 2012 with no disclosed regulatory infractions. As of February 26, 2021, Gill was no longer a registered financial broker; January 28 was his last day of employment with MassMutual and a FINRA spokeswoman said, "a person’s registration is terminated when he or she is no longer employed by a registered firm."

Between 2010 and 2014 he worked for a family friend at a start-up in New Hampshire, working on a software program to help investors analyze stocks. He worked for LexShares until March 2017. Gill was employed at MassMutual from April 2019 until his resignation on January 28, 2021.
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Btw, to use Grab eHail license as an argument is really really weak. Strawman arguments do not serve anything.

So, you have a Driving license but do not drive or have not driven.?
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https://wallstreetonparade.com/2021/01/game...nance-industry/ - GameStop Promoter Keith Gill Was No “Amateur” Trader; He Held Sophisticated Trading Licenses and Worked in the Finance Industry - By Pam Martens and Russ Martens: January 30, 2021
"Wall Street On Parade has confirmed that Keith Patrick Gill, a man holding highly sophisticated licenses to trade and supervise others on Wall Street, is the same man using multiple identities to promote GameStop on social media platforms. Gill, and a member of his family, have confirmed to other media outlets that Gill used the identity of DeepF***ingValue on Reddit’s WallStreetBets message board to promote GameStop and that he used the identity of Roaring Kitty on his YouTube channel and Twitter page to help engineer a short squeeze against the hedge funds that were betting the price of GameStop would fall.

Gill was a clean cut Registered Rep at MassMutual by day and a long-haired, head-banded, fast-talking stock promoter on social media by night, sending out video promotions for GameStop that were filmed at a trading desk he had set up in his basement.

This is highly likely to be a serious problem for both Gill and MassMutual. A genuine amateur trader could plead ignorance of industry rules about hyping stocks to the public. A heavily licensed industry professional cannot. The fact that Gill passed all those exams means that he knows what the rules are. In addition, the broker-dealer unit of MassMutual, MML Investor Services LLC, that employed Gill as a Registered Rep, could potentially face charges of failure to supervise.

Wall Street’s self-regulator, FINRA, shows on its publicly available BrokerCheck, that Keith Patrick Gill holds the following licenses: a Series 7 that allows him to trade stocks and corporate bonds for clients; a Series 3 which allows him to trade commodities for clients; and a Series 24 which allows him to function as a branch manager of a brokerage firm and supervise other licensed traders. Gill passed his exam for the commodities license eight years ago. He obtained the Series 7 and Series 24 licenses more than four years ago."


Keith Gill’s Licenses as Reported at FINRA

"Gill’s FINRA record indicates that he began working for the unit of MassMutual on or about April 5, 2019 and is presently employed there. (He has previously worked as a licensed Registered Rep at other broker-dealers.) Some media outlets have reported that Gill worked at MassMutual until recently. MassMutual has 30 days to file a separation/termination report with FINRA for a licensed broker. This is known as a U5 form and must indicate the reason for the resignation or termination of the broker. One can imagine that MassMutual’s entire legal department will be pulling their hair out over what to write in that space. Here’s why.

FINRA has strict rules for licensed brokers regarding use of social media. For example, their rulebook states:

“Investors and financial services professionals alike are increasingly using social media for a variety of business purposes. Social Media may be a new medium, but FINRA’s rules on communicating with the public are still applicable. The rules protect investors from false, misleading claims, exaggerated statements, and material omissions…

“Firms and their registered representatives must retain records of communications related to their ‘business as such.’ The ‘business as such’ requirement is based on the content of the communication not the type of device or technology used to receive or send the communication. These records must be preserved for a period of not less than three years…

“Firms must have the ability to supervise the business-related content associated persons are communicating on these sites, including possible suitability determinations if recommendations are made. A registered principal must review prior to use any social media site that an associated person intends to use for business. The principal may only approve a social media site if the principal has determined the associated person can and will comply with applicable rules…”

We find it highly unlikely that MassMutual would have approved Gill to post on Reddit’s WallStreetBets, whose users appeared to pride themselves on how frequently they could pack the words f*** and b***s into a sentence, frequently with representative artwork.

The largest brokerage firms on Wall Street would never allow a Registered Rep to use multiple anonymous user names and promote a $5 stock to a mass public audience because there would be no way to know if it was a suitable investment for the level of risk the individual person could afford to take. The bulk of lawsuits that are brought, and won, against brokerage firms are for “failure to supervise.”

Gill’s YouTube videos did offer a scrolling statement at the end to the effect that this was not meant to be personal investment advice. But if it wasn’t, why was he putting it out on a mass medium like YouTube.

Gill has another potential problem. According to media reports, Gill was posting copies of his brokerage statements at E-Trade showing his GameStop position making millions of dollars in a short span of time while he was employed at MassMutual. Under FINRA Rule 3210, a licensed broker must first get permission from the broker-dealer where they are employed to open a trading account at another firm. (This is common knowledge among 99 percent of brokers on Wall Street.) If the employing firm grants that permission, the other brokerage firm must send duplicate copies of the broker’s statement to the compliance officer of his current employer. This is to prevent the firm’s name from getting dragged through the mud (as is happening currently to MassMutual) because their broker may have engaged in some form of stock manipulation. It is also to fulfill the broker-dealer’s obligation to supervise their brokers and protect the public.

The Senate Banking Committee, House Financial Services Committee, SEC and law firms employed by the hedge funds that lost billions on the short-squeeze in GameStop are looking into what was really going on here. The Senate and House Committees have announced that hearings will be held. Was Gill acting alone or was there an invisible hand urging him, or paying him, to promote the shares of GameStop.

Stock promoters, secretly paid by major Wall Street firms, were exposed in the Senate Banking hearings of the early 1930s, following the 1929 crash." ...
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This post has been edited by lurkingaround: Mar 12 2021, 12:05 AM