Demystifying Roaring Kitty's Cryptic Return
In this report we breakdown Roaring Kitty's Cryptic return and deep dive into the hidden message he was trying to prove and what it means for the GME shorts and DDTC (Depository Trust Clearing Corp..
1The recent events involving Roaring Kitty (also known as DFV) have once again captured the attention of both retail and institutional investors. The dual strategies employed by Roaring Kitty highlight a sophisticated understanding of market dynamics and the impact of social media on trading. This report delves into two key maneuvers: the "Kansas City Shuffle" and DFV's 4D Chess Move, analyzing their implications for market manipulation and regulatory oversight.
Roaring Kitty’s 4D Chess Move: Using Memes to Expose Manipulated Prices to a Live Audience
During a live stream watched by over 600,000 viewers, Roaring Kitty ingeniously demonstrated how specific phrases could trigger algorithmic trading halts. See the clip below 👀👇
Traditionally, trading halts are programmed to activate when a stock's price moves significantly — either 5% up or down from its last 5-minute average. Anticipating this, DFV strategically mentioned "ending the stream," timing his phrases with the stock's price movements, which cunningly resulted in a trading halt following a minor 1-2% price drop.
This spectacle highlighted the absurdity and potential manipulation within the stock, raising serious questions about the integrity of trading mechanisms that respond mechanically to spoken phrases during a live broadcast. Now I want to show you a video of SEC Chairman Gary Gensler from 2 years ago talking about social media’s impact on meme stocks and the dark side of algorithmic trading that includes dark pool abuse. Dark pool abuse is when exchanges take retail public trades through wholesalers or other 3rd party trading entities instead of directly to the exchange.
This event begs the question of regulatory oversight with a hint of irony: "Hey SEC, how about that for manipulation?" Roaring Kitty just proved the GME stock is manipulated.
It's a stark commentary on the current state of traditional finance and SEC’s ability to protect retail investors, humorously summed up as an "absolute joke," where the real price of GME stock seems to be obscured, leading to a market where there's no logical way to calculate the fundamental value per share. This is why we Crypto. 🤷♂️🤠
So how did Roraring Kitty do it? Was he working alone?
Many speculate that Roaring Kitty was working with Ryan Cohen the Gamestop CEO. Roaring Kitty came on stream and cleared this up and said he was working alone on this. He is likely telling the truth because it’s public information that CEO Ryan Cohen reserves the right to empty the GME shares from Depository Trust Clearing Corp if it’s proven they are being manipulated which they just were during the Roaring Kitty Live stream. Here is the cryptic meme that Roaring Kitty posted on X
Roaring Kitty May 16th - ‘Kansas City’ Shuffle Reference
Kansas City Shuffle in GameStop Trading The "Kansas City Shuffle" is a strategy where Roaring Kitty led market manipulators to believe they were executing one trading strategy, while covertly implementing another. This maneuver began with a live stream on June 7, 2024, during which Roaring Kitty played a game that seemingly influenced GameStop's stock movements. The stock experienced halts, purportedly triggered by actions during the livestream, which Roaring Kitty and GameStop's management anticipated and exploited.
The climax of this strategy was hinted at through various symbolic memes, suggesting that GameStop reserved the right to pull shares from DTCC, insinuating potential market manipulation by DTCC itself. This event was symbolically represented by various cultural references in Roaring Kitty's social media return on April 12th, indicating a broader play and maybe even revenge against market manipulators. Today he tweeted this picture of the scene of Joker right before he did the bank robbery. Could roaring Kitty be gearing up for a bank robbery against Citadel Securities? Looks likely. 👀🤯
This event, broadcast to over 600,000 viewers, not only showcased the susceptibility of the market to manipulation via media but also raised substantial concerns about the integrity of centralized trading systems that could be so easily influenced by bad actors.
The memetics and symbolism employed by Roaring Kitty reflect a deep critique of current market practices and a call for a reevaluation of regulatory frameworks in traditional markets. The Kansas City Shuffle and the 4D Chess move illustrate how institutions and hedge funds use algorithms based on public figures to manipulate retail market perceptions and actual trading mechanisms, potentially outmaneuvering other market participants and even automated systems
The implications of these strategies extend beyond GameStop and touch on broader issues related to market fairness, transparency, and the role of regulatory bodies like the SEC. These events stress the need for rigorous oversight of market practices and the implementation of more robust systems to guard against the kind of manipulation demonstrated by hedge funds and the DTCC. Furthermore, they highlight the growing influence of social media and public figures in shaping market dynamics, which could set precedents for future market interactions and is already a very prominent market dynamic in promoting crypto projects.
Full Stream Here - Watch History
This analysis serves as a historical bookmark into modern market manipulation tactics and their implications, urging the SEC to consider reforms that enhance market integrity and protect against retail exploitation. The stream represented the first domino in ‘The Catalyst’, next on June 11th or 13th CEO Ryan Cohen will announce they are pulling shares out of the DTCC to again control for thier shareholders after they proved market manipulation via the stream. This could be the spark to bring all markets into expansion, especially if my random prediction they add BTC to their balance sheet in the next 30 days could be what brings retail back officially as all markets go parabolic.
I summarize this story from @SuperStonk, Check out his X or Reddit for an even more detailed breakdown. That’s all for now, it’s going to be a volatile week with Fed Decision on Rates, New Unemployment Data indicating we are at 4% and much more that we will highlight in tomorrow evening's report.
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