Welcome newfriends to WallStreetBets (WSB)

Below is a time capsule of what you missed out on in 2020! Ah, feels like it was yesterday...

Well, with the economy currently collapsing, it's only going to get more interesting going forward!

Hop into the daily discussion thread (at the top of r/wallstreetbets/hot), have some fun and stick around!

Over the past few days, this subreddit has seen an absolutely insane amount of growth. In the past week, subscribers have quadrupled, pageviews have surpassed 1 BILLION, and the potential financial gains are unlimited!

We wanted to take a moment and teach all the newcomers what wallstreetbets is all about.

Wallstreetbets is a place of high risk, high reward, trades. Some are well thought out... but not usually.

We've got losses!

There was the guy who bought gourd futures and lost everything, the guy who turned a $5,000 investment into a $58,000 loss, the guy who put everything on the Argentinian peso, hours before it collapsed, the guy who had to take physical delivery of oil and "GUH" which is a video you just need to watch. You can check out some more of those losses here.

We've got gains!

Like resident GameStop multimillionaires u/deepfuckingvalue, we had the guy who accidentally made $110K, there's the guy who shorted the powerball lottery You can check out some more of those gains here.

We've got general craziness!

Like when we found the "infinite money cheat code" on reddit, forcing Robinhood to post to WSB and push an update disabling options, we had the CEO of Turing Pharmaceuticals, Martin Shkreli, regularly posting, livestreaming, and even becoming a moderator. We've got Mr. Beast investing $100,000 in whatever the top comment said to invest in. We've got Pokimane, asking what to invest in and becoming a moderator and subsequently crashing the market in March. We have people who lost bets and had to drink their pee and tattoo our logo on their butt (NSFW).

So if you have an insane trade idea, post it here! We look forward to roasting you like we did u/deepfuckingvalue when he posted about GameStop in 2019. He's worth 8 (9?) figures now, so who knows, maybe you'll be next?

What you won't find here are political discussions, self-promotion, and other nastiness is not related to our single and most important goal: making money.

For those new to the subreddit, you'll notice that we use some "colorful" language. Rest assured, we mean you no harm. It might take a while to get used to how we talk, but you'll quickly find that this subreddit is surprisingly kind.

And we've got you!

The community here is incredible. Each and every one of you make this place great and better than it was the day before.

For those who have been around for a while, please reach out and help the newcomers. For those who are new, please don't hesitate to ask questions and get involved.

From the bottom of my heart, thank you for being here.