Are redditors good at picking stocks? An analysis

Posted: Nov 17, 2024

  • Redditors are not very good at picking stocks
  • An AI tool was used to analyze sentiment in stock posts on Reddit
  • 710 posts were analyzed from r/wallstreetbets and r/stocks
  • 158 posts had "correct" stock picks, 171 had "wrong" picks, and 381 were neutral
  • Median return for "correct" picks was ~17%, for "wrong" picks it was ~15%
  • Top stock winners were AST SpaceMobile, $RKLB, $LUNR
  • Biggest losses from $BCAN, $TIGR, $SMCI, $YINN, $MRNA, $TLRY, $AMC, $DJT
  • Space stocks did well, random unknown stocks performed poorly
  • Public spreadsheet and Github repo available for further analysis




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