The Wall Street Bets Dictionary

So you’re a hedge fund who just lost 50% of your money to a bunch of kids on reddit calling themselves retarded apes. You want to understand why this happened and how to avoid it happening again. But the way these kids talk just hurts your Boomer brain too much. Well lucky for you this article will give a comprehensive explanation to the lingo that is Wall Street Bets.

Retard

Retard is an anagram for trader, because lets face it most day traders could qualify for special needs when looking at some of the trades they perform. You’ll notice most users of Wall Street Bets refer to themselves as retards. This may confuse you because its not meant as a compliment. However, unlike Boomers, Millennials and Zoomers are much more self deprecating than your generation. They feel comradery in their stupidity and it also gives acknowledgement to the fact that many of their trades are dumb gambles that should probably be spent on their monthly rent check to mom and dad for living in the basement.

Autistic Trader

While most users on Wall Street Bets fall into the retarded traders category, a very select few rise to the top and actually know what they’re talking about. These traders are called autistic as a reference to the movie Rain Man, where the autistic main character can see amazing patterns in the world…