Yesterday's selloff was mainly due to the escape of Ryan Cohen, one of the "ringleaders," after Ryan Cohen, chairman of GameStop and chairman of pet supply e-commerce company Chewy, filed a Form 144 with the SEC indicating his intention to sell his entire stake in BBBY starting Aug. 16. In less than 24 hours, Cohen dumped his 9.5 million shares of BBBY stock.
It's worth noting that Ryan Cohen is considered the "leader" in this Meme stock boom, having previously bought more than 1.6 million BBBY vanilla calls expiring in January 2023, leading an army of retail investors into BBBY and pushing its stock higher.
Ironically, after submitting the announcement of the reduction, WallStreetBets on Reddit, the home of U.S. retail investors, still had many posts urging people not to rush to sell, firmly believing that Cohen would not abandon them.