Before Meme Stocks, WallStreetBets Traders Mainlined Options

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Before Meme Stocks, WallStreetBets Traders Mainlined Options

Before Meme Stocks, WallStreetBets Traders Mainlined Options

In 2018, WallStreetBets once again began to attract media coverage, and the articles took note of both the growth of the subreddit — which was up to 300,000 members by mid-2018—and the bizarre penchant members seemed to have for losing money. The first magazine profile of the website, in Money, was titled: “Meet the Bros Behind /r/WallStreetBets, Who Lose Hundreds of Thousands of Dollars in a Day — and Brag About It.”

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