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Re:“Buy and Hold” No More: The Resurgence of Active Trading by kreeben on Saturday April 10, 2021 @04:40PM (#26764941)
If enough retailers work in concert they start to resemble HF's.

>> if enough gamblers stick to one ticker, they can break the market

HF's, I assume, has had this power all along and they probably tried more than once to break the market.

So, what's the difference then, between internet hive minds and HFs and why should one take more blame than the other when it comes to "breaking things"?

Re:“Buy and Hold” No More: The Resurgence of Active Trading by baq on Sunday April 11, 2021 @12:05PM (#26771298)
More call options expiring in the money than shares available for example.