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DFV: 2 questions, observations & theories. This is fun.

  1. Where did DFV come up with this much money? Has he been quietly KILLING IT earning tens of millions with other investments the past 3 years? How would an average guy earn that much cash in such a relatively short period of time?

-- Observation: The price of his calls & cash on hand is somewhat similar to GME's drop in cash/equivalents. -- Speculation: Is DFV being funded by Gamestop?

  1. DFV continues to use the "power" icon in his memes, and everyone seems to assume it means Gamestop. The company, however, doesn't use the power icon for any current marketing or registered trademarks - you can't actually, it's an IEC recognized symbol based on binary (1, 0). IIRC it used to be loosely affiliated with the PowerUp rewards program marketing, but PowerUp rewards has been defunct for years, with the company using the unified "GS" moniker for brevity. The Gamestop website's favicon is currently the power icon, however this is the default for any Salesforce Demandware e-commerce site, and as a result many other sites share the same favicon. Question: Can anyone find a link to any Gamestop branding or marketing using the power symbol, past or present?
  • Speculation: Could DFV be slyly referring to something else entirely?
  • The power symbol appears in other posts, never in the "12 o'clock" orientation... Signs, Always Sunny, etc. are all askew, even when they could've been aligned properly. With the exception of...
  • In his post from May 15 @ 8:45am Eastern with a scene from Ozark (season 3), the picture above the mantle is the power sign upside down, Q-like. She later defiantly turns it right side-up, returning it to the typical form of line/1 on top.
  • From this scene she illegally enters her family's old home, has moments of sentimentality, then becomes mischievous - turning the current family's portrait upside down & adding food coloring to their milk.
  • Why? Referring to introducing chaos for other companies in various stages of bankruptcy (...Q ticker symbols)?*

I'm just waiting for the story to unfold, but also very entertained and enjoy attempting to dissect these potential puzzles.

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  • I've never had much patience for obscurantism, or whatever you would call this mindset where we send and receive sensitive information cryptically in an odd blend of journalism and a high stakes ARG. I feel it stems from a culture of conspiracism that represents a dark trend that began with the Kennedy assassination.

    All that to say, I don't like listening to people who play games with their messaging. At the same time, I would love to know what the guy has been thinking.

    As to the source of that cash: It wouldn't surprise me if he got some movie money, or if he's been selling some covered calls. All that said, it's not like he's always been a one stock guy, the null hypothesis has to be he has kept busy with other trades in the meantime.

    • Regarding the money... Someone of modest means could luck into a $10 million dollar position. Maybe $20 million at most, and considering factors like inheritance, insurance payouts, or legal settlements. I actually doubt he made any money off the movies/documentaries, and if he did it probably wasn't more than a 6-figure sum considering he's a public figure & they don't have to pay him for his likeness, so long as his depiction can't draw slander charges. Realistically $20 million TOPS by conventional means.

      $200+ million in 3 years, however, is a completely absurd unless he became an illicit market kingpin, won the PowerBall lottery, or is secretly a Vanderbilt. This is why I think he's had massive help from someone... RC, RCV, GME, Icahn, or maybe the Feds as part of an intricate sting operation?

      Negative opinions about RC & DFV's cryptic communication are not un-warranted, and perhaps it's all a tactic to keep the opposite side & SHFs on their toes without algos being able to decipher and react. I choose to appreciate it for what it is, considering we're like those birds that follow fishing boats around - we're not in control of the trajectory so we have to go along & try to enjoy the ride, hoping for some fish guts. I'd recommend being appreciative of the scenario presented to us and those who are kind enough to let us tag along.

      RK just scheduled a YouTube livestream scheduled for tomorrow, so perhaps we'll get some answers.

      • I'm not the type to queue up for a livestream, but I'm basically structuring my whole day around it.

        Imagine being up a quarter billion dollars in a single day and having a livestream the next day. Thousands of maniacs who are desperate to know what you're going to do next. I cannot imagine what I'd say.

  • These are direct quotes from DFV in his livestream. He never says where his mountain of money came from - only that it was his.

    • "I'm the one active on my accounts"
    • "the accounts I'm showing and my positions are MINE"
    • "I'm not working with anyone else"
    • "I'm not working with hedgefunds"
    • "I'm not an institutional investor"
    • "Those positions I posted are my only positions"
    • "...there's no other positions"
    • "...no other folks i'm working with"

    I'm not sure about the "legality" of lying about these things on a Youtube livestream while trolling with buffoonery, but it's a possibility. I personally think he was being truthful, albeit very selective with his words.

    I absolutely doubt he was able to scrape together 200+ million (after taxes!?) by himself. We were all shocked he had the financial means to double down in February 2021, and I assumed he tapped a massive line of credit when he quadrupled his position just a few months later. Hundreds of millions, however, is waaayy beyond a 3rd mortgage. Note he did NOT say how he came up with his mountain of money, only that it was "his".

    Possibilities:

    • A whale individual(s) with a penchant for chaotic good could've gifted him ~$300 million (-1/3 for taxes) with no strings attached - with the assumption, but not the requirement, he'd use the money for a massive GME play. No need to speculate on names.
    • Ironically, he could've been paid as a consultant by Gamestop for something extraneous (no insider info) with a very handsome payout & no regulations on how he spent the money he "earned" without access to insider info.
    • Anonymous crypto donation by Russian oligarch via a proxy to DFV as part of an economic warfare tactic, with the desired effect of discrediting the US stock markets and inducing economic stress to force austerity measures & stifle aid to Ukraine.