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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by tylerhou on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:38PM (#25945411)
The same shorter is making money hand over fist on market making due to increased volatility, volume, and unsophisticated investors.
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Re:Robinhood is limiting purchases of stocks: AMC, Blackberr... by cfontes on Thursday January 28, 2021 @12:43PM (#25945519)
Exatcly volatility is the name of the game. They do not care about the direction as long as it moves and if it moves a lot twice as good.

Market makers always win.

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