Traders bought a slew of bullish contracts on video-game retailer GameStop Corp. over the past two days, less than a month after an X post from Keith Gill, the online persona known as Roaring Kitty, sent meme stocks flying.
From late Monday through Tuesday, more than 100,000 $125 calls expiring Jan. 17 changed hands. Shares have risen almost 12% this week, closing at $31.26 on Tuesday. But they would have to roughly quadruple over the next month for the options to be in the money. Of course, a steep rally would also be enough to boost the value of the options, bought at an average of about $0.795 each.