Hi everyone, 

Most of us have heard of the subreddit "wallstreetbets." It is one of Reddit's most popular hubs for retail traders to share their ideas or positions. This algorithm scrapes the subreddit looking for posts related to the stocks: SPCE, LULU, CCL, and SDC (These stocks tend to be a popular conversation in the retail investor space). Then it conducts a sentiment analysis of the comments in the identified post and stores the values in a data frame. 

The algorithm may contradict Odd Lot Theory, which states that the small investor is usually wrong. But today, retail investor participation in the market is at an all-time high, and there are plenty of simple stock analysis tools to help small investors make informed decisions. If the general sentiment from retail investors is up, then they could be purchasing the underlying equity.

Here are the links to the csv file generated from the Reddit sentiment analysis program.

 

Cheers,

Jovad .

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