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Apr 17, 2021 6:57 PM
(Reuters) - The man known as Roaring Kitty on social media, whose online posts helped spark January s trading frenzy in GameStop Corp, exercised call options on the stock to acquire 50,000 more shares at a strike price of $12, Bloomberg reported.
Bloomberg cited a screenshot of Keith Gill s portfolio showing that he exercised 500 GameStop call options expiring Friday, when the stock closed at $154.69.
The screenshots were posted on Reddit by Gill, and his mother confirmed the posts to Bloomberg. Reuters could not immediately reach the Gills for comment on Saturday.
His total investment in GameStop is now worth more than $30 million, giving him a profit of nearly $20 million, Bloomberg said. Gill has 200,000 shares in the company, the report said.
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Keith Gill, known as Roaring Kitty, was a key figure in the so-called Reddit rally which saw shares of GameStop surge 400 per cent in a week before crashing back to pre-surge levels.
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The man known as Roaring Kitty on social media, whose online posts helped spark January s trading frenzy in GameStop, exercised call options on the stock to acquire 50,000 more shares at a strike price of US$12, Bloomberg reported.
Bloomberg cited a screenshot of Keith Gill s portfolio showing that he exercised 500 GameStop call options expiring Friday, when the stock closed at US$154.69.
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The man known as “Roaring Kitty” on social media, whose online posts helped spark January’s trading frenzy in GameStop Corp, exercised call options on the stock to acquire 50,000 more shares at a strike price of $12, Bloomberg reported.
Bloomberg cited a screenshot of Keith Gill’s portfolio showing that he exercised 500 GameStop call options expiring Friday, when the stock closed at $154.69.
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The screenshots were posted on Reddit by Gill, and his mother confirmed the posts to Bloomberg. Reuters could not immediately reach the Gills for comment on Saturday.
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Apr 17, 2021 6:57 PM
(Reuters) - The man known as Roaring Kitty on social media, whose online posts helped spark January s trading frenzy in GameStop Corp, exercised call options on the stock to acquire 50,000 more shares at a strike price of $12, Bloomberg reported.
Bloomberg cited a screenshot of Keith Gill s portfolio showing that he exercised 500 GameStop call options expiring Friday, when the stock closed at $154.69.
The screenshots were posted on Reddit by Gill, and his mother confirmed the posts to Bloomberg. Reuters could not immediately reach the Gills for comment on Saturday.
His total investment in GameStop is now worth more than $30 million, giving him a profit of nearly $20 million, Bloomberg said. Gill has 200,000 shares in the company, the report said.
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04/17/2021 23:57
(Reuters) - The man known as Roaring Kitty on social media, whose online posts helped spark January s trading frenzy in GameStop Corp, exercised call options on the stock to acquire 50,000 more shares at a strike price of $12, Bloomberg reported.
Bloomberg cited a screenshot of Keith Gill s portfolio showing that he exercised 500 GameStop call options expiring Friday, when the stock closed at $154.69.
The screenshots were posted on Reddit by Gill, and his mother confirmed the posts to Bloomberg. Reuters could not immediately reach the Gills for comment on Saturday.
His total investment in GameStop is now worth more than $30 million, giving him a profit of nearly $20 million, Bloomberg said. Gill has 200,000 shares in the company, the report said.