Keith Gill, writing on Reddit, posted a screen shot that shows he has a $181.4 million position in the meme favorite.
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GameStop was the second-most actively traded stock, with 4.4 million shares changing hands by 4:30 a.m. ET. It was the first post from Gill's Reddit account, which was central in fuelling a meme stock trading frenzy about three years ago by sharing screenshots of his bullish GameStop trades.