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Reddit Stock Chatter Is Best Shorted

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Beat 50% of Show HN launches that day

#73 of 150 on Oct 26

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20

points · traction gained Oct 30, 16:20 UTC → Oct 31, 15:35 UTC · % shown only when the previous traction was 5+

Still tracked: re-read by each daily run while under ~168h old (window closes ~Nov 2, 19:47 UTC).

0

comments · buzz 0 in latest interval

7d

listed Oct 26, 19:47 UTC

Traction (points) over time

012Oct 27Oct 28Oct 29Oct 30Oct 31ListedOct 27, 16:09 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 20h after listingOct 28, 16:45 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 45h after listingOct 29, 16:38 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 69h after listingOct 30, 16:20 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 93h after listingOct 31, 15:35 UTC · 2 points · 0 comments · 116h after listing
5 readings (one per daily ingest run). Dots are recorded values; lines just connect them — nothing in between is measured.

Key statistics

Traction
2points
Comments
0
Rank in FINT this week
#10of 30 HN
Rank overall this week
#295of 998 HN
Sector hit rate
7.1%2/28 · 7D
Traction line
Below10+ points
First reading
2Oct 27, 16:09 UTC
Last reading
2Oct 31, 15:35 UTC
Readings
5over 116h

Grades · each graded against other Finance & Fintech launches from the same source

Momentum

C

+0 points

Traction gained in the latest daily interval

Better than 46% · vs 26 still-tracked Finance & Fintech · Show HN launches

Velocity

C

0.04 points/h

Votes per hour since listing (age capped at 48h)

Better than 54% · vs 80 Finance & Fintech · Show HN launches, last 30 days

Engagement

—

—

Comments per 10 points

Needs 10+ points; below that the ratio is mostly noise

Staying Power

—

—

Votes at last reading ÷ votes at first reading

Needs 10+ points and readings from two runs

Launch-day race · #73 of 150 Show HN launches on 2026-10-26

  1. #71A client for free speech recognition, starting with Doubao2 points
  2. #72Freedraw2 points
  3. #73Reddit Stock Chatter Is Best Shorted2 points
  4. #74A Reading simulator app to screen dyslexia risk in preschoolers2 points
  5. #75On Air1 points
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