- Since the start of July, AMC and GameStop have fallen 20% and 11%, respectively, as interest in the stocks has begun to wane.
- Trading volumes in both companies have fallen, especially for AMC, which last month saw a precipitous run-up amid massive volume.
- The top post on the Reddit forum WallStreetBets was of a 79% loss on AMC call options, which reflected a loss of more than $10,000 for the poster.
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Shares in meme-stock favorites AMC Entertainment and GameStop continued multi-day falls on Wednesday as some Reddit traders took on heavy losses.
AMC ended the day at $45.07, down 9.8%. GameStop closed at $190.66, for a 4.5% loss.
Since the start of July, AMC and GameStop have fallen around 20% and 11%, respectively, as interest in the stocks has begun to wane. Trading volumes in both companies have fallen, especially for AMC, which last month saw a precipitous run-up amid massive volume.
On Tuesday, AMC enjoyed a brief pop in morning hours after CEO Adam Aron tweeted that the company would abandon plans for a share issuance in 2021, following a wave of social-media backlash. AMC shares would later erase gains and close lower on Tuesday, and continue to fall on Wednesday. The stock is down roughly 18% from Tuesday's highs.
GameStop's decline has been somewhat more measured. The stock has trended down since a June earnings call that, despite better-than-expected revenue numbers, disappointed some investors and analysts. Still, GameStop has not yet returned to its relatively sluggish April prices – let alone its dismal 2020 numbers, before the meme-stock frenzy kicked in.
Retail traders who had bet big on AMC using call options have taken to Reddit to post their so-called loss porn. At publication time, the top post on the forum WallStreetBets was of a 79% loss on AMC calls, losing the poster over $10,000.
But some commenters noted that the ill-fated poster's call options did not expire until January 2022, and so could recover value should another price surge occur.
"Plenty of time," wrote one hopeful Redditor.
