Top 100 Greatest WallStreetBets Posts of All Time

u/DeepF***ingValue — 2019

Keith Gill posted his GameStop position — $53,000 in calls and shares — and the subreddit mostly laughed. He kept posting monthly updates for over a year while the thesis played out. By January 2021 his position was worth $48 million. The greatest diamond-hands play in internet history.

His original posts barely got any upvotes. The early comments were almost entirely people telling him he was insane.

u/DeepF***ingValue — April 16, 2021

After testifying before Congress, after the buy button was removed, after the entire world knew his name — Keith Gill posted one last screenshot. He had doubled down. 200,000 shares. The post got 330,000 upvotes and became the most-awarded post in Reddit history at the time.

He exercised his calls and bought 50,000 additional shares at market price. The madman actually doubled down.

u/ControlTheNarrative — 2019

A college student discovered what he thought was an infinite money glitch on Robinhood, leveraged $2,000 into $50,000 of Apple puts using a box spread exploit, then livestreamed as his position went to zero. The guttural 'GUH' he uttered became the official sound of loss porn forever.

The actual audio clip of him saying 'GUH' has been sampled in countless memes and is considered WSB's Wilhelm Scream.

Multiple Users — November 2019

Several WSB members discovered that Robinhood's margin system would let you sell covered calls against shares bought on margin, then use the premium as collateral to buy more shares, and repeat infinitely. One user turned $4,000 into $1 million in buying power. Robinhood patched it within days.

The community openly called it the 'infinite money glitch' and Robinhood was so embarrassed they released a statement calling it 'a small number of users.'

January 27, 2021

GameStop hit $483 in pre-market. WSB hit the front page of every newspaper on Earth. The sub gained 6 million members in a single week. The megathread had comments moving so fast nobody could read them. Pure euphoria. The moment retail trading became a cultural force.

Reddit's servers crashed multiple times that day. The subreddit went from 2 million to 8 million members in about five days.

u/TheEmperorOfJenks — 2020

A user invested his entire savings in ornamental gourd futures, expecting a gourd shortage due to supply chain disruptions. When a massive shipment of gourds arrived from Argentina, the price cratered and he lost nearly everything. He posted asking for help navigating the gourd futures market. Peak WSB.

The post is considered the single funniest piece of financial writing in internet history. 'I am financially ruined' became an instant classic.

u/1R0NYMAN — January 2019

A user opened a box spread on Robinhood, claiming it was 'literally free money' and 'literally can't go tits up.' It went tits up. He turned $5,000 into negative $58,000, got his account restricted, and created the single most-quoted phrase in WSB history.

Robinhood sent him a letter asking for $58,000. He ghosted them. The phrase 'literally can't go tits up' is now in the financial lexicon.

Multiple Legends — 2020

During Tesla's 2020 run-up, multiple WSB users posted screenshots of taking out student loans and dumping them into Tesla calls. Some of them turned $20,000 in student loans into $200,000+. The risk management subreddit had a collective aneurysm.

At least one user paid off the student loans with the profits and still had enough left over for a Tesla. Full circle.

WSB Culture — Origin

When someone posts an extremely long-winded DD thesis or unhinged rant, the top comment is almost always 'Sir, this is a Wendy's.' Borrowed from an old joke, WSB made it the definitive response to anyone taking themselves too seriously. It transcended the sub and entered mainstream internet culture.

Wendy's corporate Twitter account has acknowledged the meme multiple times. The line was also used on The Office, which helped seed it.

Keith Gill — February 18, 2021

When asked by Congress why he invested in GameStop, Keith Gill — wearing a headband and a red bandana — simply said 'I am not a cat' and 'I like the stock.' The entire subreddit watched the livestream. It was WSB's moon landing.

His 'I am not a cat' line referenced an earlier viral Zoom court hearing. Congress had no idea what was happening.

WSB Culture — 2020

For years, WSB joked about Tesla hitting $420 (Elon's 'funding secured' price). When it actually did, and then kept going to $900, the sub collectively lost its mind. The Tesla bulls who held through years of mockery became legends. 'TSLA 420 is not a meme' became 'TSLA 2000 is not a meme.'

Pre-split Tesla hitting $420 was equivalent to about $84 post-split. It eventually hit over $400 post-split. Meme magic is real.

u/analfarmer2 — August 2019

With a username that instantly became legend, this user turned $30,000 into $700,000 on SPY options, posted the gain, then promptly lost it all — and then some — trying to repeat the magic. The community watched in real-time as a fortune evaporated. A cautionary tale told with zero caution.

The username alone guaranteed immortality. The loss porn was just a bonus.

u/haupt91 — 2018-2021

This user created professional-quality meme videos using fake Bloomberg terminal screens, movie clips, and WSB inside jokes. Each one was a masterpiece. The 'Bear Market Musical' and various Trading Places edits became the gold standard for financial shitposting.

Several actual Bloomberg terminal employees confirmed they watched his videos at work.

u/FSComeau — 2016

A user claimed to have a foolproof system for predicting Apple earnings. He went all-in on puts and livestreamed his reaction when Apple beat earnings. The position disintegrated. The community suspected it was performance art. Either way, it was magnificent.

Some believe FSComeau was playing a character the entire time. If so, it was a better performance than most Oscar winners.

Martin Shkreli — 2015-2017

Before going to prison, Martin Shkreli was an active WSB member who livestreamed stock analysis, roasted other users' portfolios, and generally treated the sub as his personal entertainment platform. He was both villain and beloved anti-hero simultaneously.

Shkreli offered to review anyone's portfolio live on stream. Most of them were so bad he couldn't stop laughing.

WSB Legend — 2018

A user posted asking how to short the entire continent of Africa because he was bearish on their economic prospects. The responses ranged from genuine ETF suggestions to philosophical debates about whether you can short a continent. Peak WSB intellectual discourse.

The post spawned a wave of 'how do I short [entire concept]' posts, including someone asking how to short the weather.

u/DeepF***ingValue — Early WSB

Before GameStop, WSB had serious DD posts that actually uncovered real problems. The Lumber Liquidators investigation — where users discovered formaldehyde in flooring products — predated the 60 Minutes episode. Citizen journalism meets gambling addiction.

The stock dropped over 60% after the 60 Minutes piece aired. WSB members who bought puts printed money.

Multiple Users — March 2020

When COVID crashed the market 35% in a month, WSB was split between the bears printing on SPY puts and the absolute lunatics buying the dip with their last dollars. The dip buyers who held through became millionaires by summer. Diamond hands forged in a pandemic.

The SPY 200p 4/17 became the most-referenced options contract in WSB history during the crash.

WSB / AMC Community — 2021

After GME, the ape army turned its attention to AMC. Movie theater shares went from $2 to $72. AMC's CEO Adam Aron started doing earnings calls shirtless and accepting crypto. The apes bought so many shares that AMC held a special screening just for them. Cinema was saved by memes.

AMC literally gave free popcorn to shareholders. The company survived bankruptcy because of Reddit.

WSB Culture

The running joke that every WSB member's wife has a boyfriend became the sub's signature self-deprecating humor. 'My wife's boyfriend said I could stay up late to watch futures' is peak comedy. It captured the beautiful self-awareness of a community that knows it's gambling.

The joke evolved so thoroughly that new members genuinely don't know if people are serious or not.

WSB — April 2020

When oil went negative in April 2020, WSB decided the obvious play was oil tanker stocks — because someone has to store all that oil, right? The sub piled into tanker stocks. The tankers went sideways for months. Tanker Gang became a cautionary tale about 'obvious' trades.

The thesis was actually correct — tanker companies made record profits. The stocks just didn't move because markets are irrational.

WSB Legend

A user meant to paper trade lumber futures but accidentally placed the order in his live account. He was now the proud owner of an absurd amount of lumber futures and had no idea how to close the position. The sub helped him while simultaneously roasting him into oblivion.

Several commodities traders commented that this happens more often than anyone in the industry wants to admit.

WSB — December 2020

Everyone knew Tesla would get added to the S&P 500 and that index funds would have to buy billions in shares. WSB front-ran the inclusion with calls. The stock ran 70% in the weeks before inclusion day. The most telegraphed trade in history and it still worked.

The S&P 500 inclusion trade was so obvious that even Wall Street banks publicly told their clients to do it. WSB was already there.

WSB Genre

An entire genre of WSB posts involves people receiving margin calls and describing the experience like war correspondents reporting from the front lines. 'They called at 6 AM. My wife doesn't know yet. The dog can sense something is wrong.' Literature.

One user described hiding his phone from his wife in the toilet tank. Another said he pretended the margin call was a telemarketer.

Palantir Holders — Late 2020

After Palantir's direct listing, WSB pumped it to $40 on pure hype and meme energy. When it dropped to $20, the 'PLTR Gang' posts continued with increasingly unhinged optimism. Palantir became the stock that WSB members would hold through anything because Peter Thiel seemed cool.

The PLTR lock-up expiration was one of the most-discussed events on the sub. It still dropped exactly as everyone predicted.