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Bed Bath & Beyond shares have been skyrocketing in recent weeks. Here's why the rally may not end anytime soon.

This can indicate that the current trend — in our case, BBBY's stock rally — will continue for some time. A week later, on Friday, August 12, open interest increased to about 62,800 call option in-the-money contracts. It can be used to measure the value of options contracts that have been created but not yet closed. This is likely connected to recent short squeezes in BBBY. Check out this chart below, which illustrates sentiment for the stock on WSB: But the stock's popularity is also growing on Reddit as a whole. Reddit's r/wallstreetbets (WSB) subreddit is probably the most influential online forum when it comes to retail investors.

Bed Bath & Beyond stock (BBBY) skyrocketed by nearly 70% in afternoon trading on Tuesday as Reddit traders speculated on a massive short squeeze. Shares were ...

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Bed Bath & Beyond jumped as meme stock traders piled in, encouraged by GameStop chairman Ryan Cohen placing another bet on the struggling retailer.

Now under Gove, Bed Bath is trying to turn the ailing business around, but analysts remain unsure it will succeed. This came after the company suffered another quarter of sluggish sales and heavy losses. He also urged the retailer to consider selling its Buybuy Baby chain. The new purchase grabbed the attention of retail traders on Reddit's WallStreetBets forum. The strike price is where the security can be bought by the option holder, meaning Cohen is betting that Bed Bath & Beyond can rise as high as $80 a share. The stock closed Monday at $16.

Shares of Bed Bath & Beyond Inc. blasted off Tuesday, again, as the retail crowd defied, with renewed vigor, another Wall Street analyst's warning that...

Bed Bath & Beyond shares have advanced 43.7% year to date but have lost 23.9% over the past 12 months. Anderson is the second analyst to turn bearish on Bed Bath & Beyond in the past week. Trading volume exploded, to reach a record for the stock of 345.3 million shares a little less than an hour before the close. It has skyrocketed 355% over a 14-day stretch in which it rose in 13 of the days. The average stock price target is $3.49, implying 83% downside from current levels. The meme stock soared 30.9% in very active midday trading, and has now nearly doubled (up 97%) in three days.

Investors appear to be back making speculative bets and giving rise to meme stocks following the recent selloff in the stock market. Bed Bath Beyond (BBBY), ...

Apart from BBBY, PGY, and HKD, more meme stocks should emerge as investors turn to speculative trades to bet on the market recovery. The AMTD Digital rally has all the features of a meme stock. PGY stock has gained more than 700% over the past month to trade above $20.

Investors appear to be back making speculative bets and giving rise to meme stocks following the recent selloff in the stock market. Bed Bath Beyond (BBBY), ...

Apart from BBBY, PGY, and HKD, more meme stocks should emerge as investors turn to speculative trades to bet on the market recovery. The AMTD Digital rally has all the features of a meme stock. PGY stock has gained more than 700% over the past month to trade above $20.

Although shares of Bed Bath & Beyond spiked higher due to activist investor Ryan Cohen's bullish wager, bears see a contrarian opportunity with BBBY stock.

However, just in the first half of this year, purchasing power declined by 5.3%. Notably, the put/call open interest ratio for Bed Bath & Beyond is 0.56, conspicuously below the common delineation point of 0.70. For the second put, the spread was 1.09%. While it’s always risky to presume that circumstances will pan out differently from prior norms, an inherent risk exists in participating in the latest swing higher for BBBY stock. Coming in right behind the aforementioned trade was bearish activity for the $18 puts, also with the same expiration date. For the first put, the bid-ask spread as represented by the midpoint price ($6.70) was 2.98%. Leading the way were $25 puts with an expiration date of Aug. 16, bearish transactions against BBBY stock represented some of the oddest trades regarding [acquired 1.67 million call options](https://www.reuters.com/markets/europe/meme-stock-bed-bath-beyonds-rally-rages-2022-08-16/) on BBBY stock. According to a [Form 3 document](https://bedbathandbeyond.gcs-web.com/static-files/b08a4b0d-b9fd-467e-a69e-0e96c990ff45) which Cohen filed on Aug. However, not everyone is clamping at the bit for BBBY stock, presenting a tricky narrative. Nevertheless, the memes may be resurfacing, with Bed Bath & Beyond (

Bed Bath & Beyond (BBBY) stock is soaring over 30% in pre-market trading. A famous investor bought call options on BBBY stock.

[call options have](https://www.bankrate.com/investing/what-are-call-options-learn-basics-buying-selling/) “strike prices between $60 and $80” and [expire in January](https://investorplace.com/2022/08/ryan-cohen-just-gave-bed-bath-beyond-bbby-stock-a-huge-boost/). On the date of publication, Larry Ramer did not hold (either directly or indirectly) any positions in the securities mentioned in this article. Cohen initially gained fame as the founder of Chewy (NYSE: [CHWY](https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/chwy-stock-quote/)), an e-commerce firm that focuses on products for pets. The disclosure of Cohen’s call options appears to have excited retail investors, in turn lighting a fire under BBBY stock. For Cohen to make money on each option, the price of Bed Bath and Beyond’s shares has to exceed the option’s strike price when he redeems it. [AMC](https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/amc-stock-quote/)) stock advancing [42% over](https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/amc?mod=search_symbol) the last month, Koss (NASDAQ: [KOSS](https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/koss-stock-quote/)) climbing 32% [during that time](https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/koss?mod=search_symbol) frame, and Fubo (NYSE: [FUBO](https://investorplace.com/stock-quotes/fubo-stock-quote/)) delivering [a return of 122% over](https://www.marketwatch.com/investing/stock/fubo?mod=search_symbol) the last month.