A Porfolio Manager for tech financing firm in New York City. In addition, Will day trades and manages a small personal portfolio using trading platforms such as Robinhood. An avid follower of reddit and #WallStreetBets, Will has been immersed in the latest saga.
“I look at it as essentially gambling. I don’t put more than I’m willing to lose,” said Will Callewaert, a 27-year-old Robinhood user who started trading during the coronavirus lockdowns.
How "tendies," "rocket ships," and "diamond hands" can explain this enormous community.
“The first is the 25- to 50-year-old professionals who are longtime Reddit users and probably have significant investments. The other would be 14- to 24-year-olds who probably spend a lot of time on 4chan, etc., and are interested in finance and investing (and understand the power of 100,000 plus people doing the same thing),” (on Wall Street Bets, Vox Feb 2021)
“I look at it as essentially gambling. I don’t put more than I’m willing to lose” ( On Robinhood day-trading, Reuters, 2021)