- gamestop. - gamestop is a storeat a mall. it s between the claire sand the orange julius. kirsten: my parents hadcalled me and asked me if i was in gamestopand how this was affecting me. and i was like, yeah, i m making a shitton of money this week. that s what s happeningwith gamestop. i had made so much money, i told my dad,let s go to florida. - i m seeing $200,000,$300,000 in my roth ira, $300,000in my td ameritrade account. like ok, we re taking this money and buying cryptoand buying you i started investingin wine and stuff. [laughs] - you know, you re messingwith your boys. hey, man, what color ferrariswe getting? like da, da, da.because i m like,i m not selling this. i m like, i want$15,000 a share. - surprise. [laughs] gamestop s up about 5x from when i uploadedthose videos over the summer,
and i m like, jen.i m going back in. [music playing] (singing) 1, 2. 1, 2. 0, 2.1, open. 3. matt kelly:it was the end of february. i just told my jobi m leaving. we re goingand we re moving the texas. we re buyinga new house. and it shoots back up. so literally, the same day,like 20 minutes before it starts going up from it starts going $40, $50,$60, $70. it goes up to like $180that day. i m sitting therewatching the ticker, and i m like,i need to do this now. i need tosell out, because i was in other stuff.and i was like, i need to sell for a lossand get back in right now. and ifucking do it. and i m holding 2,000 sharesagain of gamestop. i m not selling it for lessthan what i think it s worth,
robinhood lets you tradestocks with zero commission. that s right,commission-free. - robinhood, making it easy for the average investorand stuff. so cool, you know,because granted, like nothing against charles schwabor any of these other ones, but they just look likemy father should be there, not me. - it couldn t be easierto make a trade using the robinhood app.i just bought some stock. [lights turning off] - the user interfaceis idiot proof. example a right here.it makes it fun, too. like when you putmoney in or you sell a stock, confetti falls.it feels you re at a casino. - this is the first timein history that somebody witha very small amount of money can go get involved in thestock market, however they want to. no account minimums.there s no commissions. you have absolutefreedom. you can get approvedfor stock options trading with $200in your account. that is unheard of beforethings like robinhood. - you want to know whatdisruption really looks like? well, you re looking at it.as o
matt kelly:this is where stuff started to shift for me, right?i m not sleeping at all. i can t focuson anything else. i m compulsivelylooking at my phone. and i started buying intothe whole diamond hands thing. i think luck is whenpreparation meets opportunity, and this was an opportunity. monday morning rolls aroundand my friend, theo, he messaged me like,hey, man, i don t think gamestop isgoing to do anything more. i don t think anything sgoing to hire. i m just going to sell.i was like, don t sell, dude. you re an idiot.like don t sell. what the hell is wrongwith you? and he sold. literally, 10 minutes later,it starts going. reporter: stock for gamestopis up dramatically. reporter: it s been justswinging wildly. alvan chow:the week of the squeeze, i was describing itto my girlfriend
and i m like, jen.i m going back in. [music playing] (singing) 1, 2. 1, 2. 0, 2.1, open. 3. matt kelly:it was the end of february. i just told my jobi m leaving. we re goingand we re moving the texas. we re buyinga new house. and it shoots back up. so literally, the same day,like 20 minutes before it starts going up from it starts going $40, $50,$60, $70. it goes up to like $180that day. i m sitting therewatching the ticker, and i m like,i need to do this now. i need tosell out, because i was in other stuff.and i was like, i need to sell for a lossand get back in right now. and ifucking do it. and i m holding 2,000 sharesagain of gamestop. i m not selling it for lessthan what i think it s worth,