From making money to undermining Wall Street, amateur traders explain why they got involved
After two weeks in which GameStop became one of the hottest stocks of the year, its share price whipsawed on Thursday when the amateur trading platform Robinhood barred users from investing in a number of stocks including GameStop.
As Reddit users urged one another to refrain from selling, three small, amateur investors explained why they had bought shares in the company, and why they aren’t selling despite the risk of losing their money.
