Source: Caixin.

Author: Liu Rui.

On Thursday afternoon Eastern Time, the retail investor 'leader' Keith Gill, known by the username 'Roaring Kitty', suddenly posted a tweet on social media after nearly three months of silence, causing a significant stir.

Under this tweet, many netizens speculated about the deeper meaning that 'Roaring Kitty' wanted to express based on various tweet details, and the meme stocks that might be related also soared on Thursday.

'Has the leader returned to the scene?'

'Roaring Kitty', Keith Gill, led many retail investors to a surge in 2021.$GameStop (GME.US)$It skyrocketed, triggering a series of short-squeeze frenzies, and is therefore regarded as the "leader" of retail investors in the usa.

In a tweet on Thursday, "Roaring Kitty" posted a photo of a cover from Time magazine, which featured a blank computer screen displaying a video player interface, with the video duration shown as 4 minutes and 20 seconds and the playtime at 1 minute and 9 seconds.

Since this is "Roaring Kitty"'s first tweet since September, it attracted considerable attention from internet users. Although "Roaring Kitty" provided no textual explanation for the image, users shared various interpretations of its mysterious meaning and offered many speculations.

In recent months, Keith Gill has tweeted every few days or months, often sparking various speculations among retail investors and driving up related meme stocks.

The mysterious image has sparked numerous speculations.

In the comments section of this tweet, some users speculated that the 1 minute and 9 seconds in the image could be interpreted as 69 seconds, while 4 minutes and 20 seconds represent the number 420.

He believes that the numbers 69 and 420 may hint at "Roaring Kitty"'s target prices for the two hottest meme stocks. $AMC Entertainment (AMC.US)$ Increased to 69 dollars (closing at 5.2 dollars on Thursday), $GameStop (GME.US)$ Increased to 420 dollars (closing at 28.63 dollars on Thursday).

Given that $GameStop (GME.US)$ it was the hottest 'first-generation internet celebrity stock' during the meme stock frenzy in January 2021, and also the stock most bullish on by 'Roaring Kitty', because $GameStop (GME.US)$ the stock price showed the most significant reaction on Thursday: it once surged over 14% during the day, but fell back at the end, ultimately closing up 5.92%. As of the press time, gamestop was up nearly 5% in after-hours trading.

Some netizens speculate that 420 may refer to cannabis, as in Western cannabis culture, 420 is often seen as a code for smoking cannabis, and many Western countries regard April 20th as "Cannabis Day." Therefore, some users mentioned in the comment section that this tweet may be related to the usa cannabis etf— $Advisorshares Trust Pure Us Cannabis Etf (MSOS.US)$ related.

In addition, some people discovered that the original image is the cover of the Time magazine issue for "Person of the Year" on December 25, 2006. Time magazine selected "You"—meaning the general public—as the person of the year in 2006.

This netizen believes that the key meaning of this image is to celebrate the democratization of information, emphasizing that the general public is the driving force in the digital age, and Thursday just happened to be the historic day when bitcoin reached 0.1 million dollars, therefore the "roaring kitty" wants to express that "You" are the driving force of bitcoin.

Some netizens also seized on the keyword "You" (YOU) mentioned above, believing that "roaring kitty" is hinting at stocks related to this code in the usa stock market. Thus, on Thursday,$Unity Software (U.US)$the stock briefly rose by 8.2% during intraday trading, and as of the time of writing, it increased by 1.85% in after-hours trading.

Airport security system operators.$Clear Secure (YOU.US)$US stocks quickly rebounded during Thursday's trading, with the day's decline narrowing from nearly 4.6% earlier to 1.13%.

Are animal spirits reviving?

In the options market, traders are rushing to buy $Unity Software (U.US)$ call options, with volume rising to its highest since September 24; at the same time, according to data from options analysis firm Trade Alert, as of Thursday afternoon around 2 PM, about 0.3 million contracts had been traded. $GameStop (GME.US)$ Options contracts changed hands, with volume approximately 1.5 times that of usual.

Data shows that GME's 30-day implied volatility (traders' expectation of the stock's short-term price fluctuations) surged from the previous trading day's 93% to a three-week high of 132%.

Market strategist Art Hogan from Riley Wealth Management stated: "The resurgence of meme stocks often accompanies a general revival of market enthusiasm and animal spirits. Each time the market reaches or approaches historical highs, this particular part of stock speculation tends to resurface."

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