Reddit trading is booming with traders from all walks of the market, including triple-digit stock prices and $100 million in delis. In 2021, unexpected events were the rule in stock markets.

The year was marked by a lot of activity. surge of rookie investorsTo ride the market’s historic rebound, many stock traders joined. Retail trading boom was only further accelerated by the addition of stimulus checks, remote work and greater personal savings.

Tony Pasquariello (global head of hedge fund coverage for Goldman Sachs), stated that there had been doubts about who holds the power in the stock exchange. For early 2022, it remains to be seen if this particular cohort will remain in the fray after an unprecedented year of inflows.

Just days before 2021, the meme stock saga began when two retail traders joined Reddit’s WallStreetBets forum to try and raise their bids. GameStopShares of’s were heavily shorted by hedge funds. Retail buying was initiated massive short coveringHedge funds were among those that helped fuel the rally.

The trading volume of GameStop has declined, as well as meme stock AMC Entertainment. According to FactSet, approximately 2.5 million GameStop shares are traded each day based upon a 30-day average as at Dec. 22, which was a fifth more than January’s.

Reddit traders are less concerned about AMC and GameStop than they were last year. According to YoloStocks, data tracker YoloStocks, these tickers were the most frequently mentioned on WallStretBets in 2017.

WallStreetBets mentions of both peaked Jan. 28, at around 267,000 for GameStop, and 47,000 AMC. However, typical days for each have hundreds of mentions over the last few months, not thousands.

Recent market declines by GameStop, AMC and others are not affecting the stock. dipping to their lowest levelsBoth stocks have risen this year by about 716% & 1,260% respectively, in the last few months. 

Other stocks that are popular on Reddit’s message boards have different performance. The year saw BlackBerry rise 40%, and Tesla increase 48%. Clover Health and Bed Bath & Beyond are down roughly 75% and 13% in 2021.

Hometown InternationalWith its Paulsboro-based Your Hometown Deli as its only location, the deli racked up an impressive market value in this trading frenzy earlier this year. This deli had a total of 66 employees. $35,748 in salesAccording to Securities filings, the combined total of these two years is approximately 2.2 billion.

David Einhorn (hedge fund manager) highlighted this deli back then as an example of speculation trading.

“Someone pointed us to Hometown International (HWIN), which owns a single deli in rural New Jersey … HWIN reached a market cap of $113 million on February 8. Additionally, the largest shareholder is the CEO/CFO/Treasurer as well as a Director. He also happens to be the wrestling coach of the high school next door to the deli. Einhorn described the pastrami as “amazing.” a letter to clientsIn April.

New deals were recorded in the market’s first quarter, which was a hot spot. an average 6.5% first-day jump. Representatives of small-time investors 46% of trading volumeSPACs available on Bank of America’s platform January

The current industry climate is more relaxed, with a host of problems. These include regulatory pressures and higher interest rates.

One particular deal, however, was very popular in the fourth quarter. Digital World Acquisition Corp. It was announced that the former President will be taken into account in October. Donald TrumpPublication of the planned social media platform. This news was greeted with a 800% two-day rallyStock, the SPAC has risen more than 400% in the past year.

In October, Chamath Palihapitiya, an investor and celebrity said on his podcast that he had “installed” the Podcast.All-In with Chamath, Jason, Sacks & FriedbergDigital World Acquisition can be described as “an exchange-traded NFT” of Donald Trump.

Notice: Data source FactSet for graphics at the top is this story. The information was current at Dec. 22 market close.