GameStop Corp (“GameStop” or “GME”) and multiple other stocks experienced a dramatic increase in their share price in January 2021 as bullish sentiments of individual investors filled social media. As the companies’ share prices skyrocketed to new highs, increased attention followed, and their shares became known as “meme stocks.” Then, as the end of January approached, several retail broker-dealers temporarily prohibited certain activity in some of these stocks and options. This report of the staff of the Securities and Exchange Commission (“SEC” or “Commission”) primarily examines the January 2021 trading activity ... (full story)