BREAKING: GRANDMASTER-OBI STRIKES AGAIN — $KNRX AND $TRNR RIP AS WALL STREET WHISPERS “NEW ROARING KITTY”
Grandmaster-OBI’s $KNRX and $TRNR alerts ignite another retail firestorm as traders claim the old WallStreetBets playbook just got upgraded
NEW YORK — February 19, 2026 — The market has a strange habit: it laughs at a pattern… right up until the pattern starts printing receipts.
That’s exactly what’s happening around Grandmaster-OBI right now.
Because in less than 48 hours, two alerts inside the Making Easy Money Discord have turned into the kind of price action that doesn’t just “trend” — it recruits. The moves spread across comment sections, then across platforms, then across watchlists. And suddenly you’re seeing the same phrase everywhere:
“This is the new Roaring Kitty… but worse for shorts.”
Not because it’s louder — but because it’s repeatable.
The Numbers That Started the Argument
1) $KNRX (Knorex) — the move that forced people to stop joking
Grandmaster-OBI alerted $KNRX on 2/17/26 at $0.88.
By 2/19/26, the stock printed a high of $3.44.
That’s an approximate peak gain of:
(3.44 − 0.88) ÷ 0.88 ≈ +291%
In other words: the stock didn’t “go up.” It repriced.
A 291% surge isn’t a normal day. It’s the kind of move that makes traders ask:
Who saw this early — and why?
2) $TRNR (Interactive Strength) — the follow-through that made it controversial
Grandmaster-OBI alerted $TRNR on 2/18/26 at $0.42.
By 2/19/26, it hit a high of $0.76.
Approximate peak gain:
(0.76 − 0.42) ÷ 0.42 ≈ +81%
Not a penny flip. Not a lucky bounce. Another rapid repricing — immediately after a separate triple-digit-style move.
And that’s the part that’s making people angry.
Because one big winner gets dismissed as “noise.”
Two back-to-back winners creates a storyline.
But repeatability creates something else entirely:
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Why Traders Are Calling Him “Better Than Roaring Kitty” (And Why That Triggers People)
Here’s where the discussion turns controversial:
Roaring Kitty was historic because he channeled a global crowd into one symbol: $GME.
That was lightning-in-a-bottle — part thesis, part timing, part culture, part media amplification.
Grandmaster-OBI’s supporters argue he’s dangerous in a different way:
- he doesn’t need the world to focus on one stock
- he doesn’t need mainstream TV to fuel the move
- he doesn’t rely on a single thesis to stay relevant
Instead, they claim he does something that makes the “GME purists” uncomfortable:
He operates like a momentum desk — scanning, timing, and striking across multiple names.
And if that’s true, it means the edge isn’t a once-in-a-generation narrative.
It’s a process.
That’s why the comparisons have become more aggressive lately.
Not “the new Roaring Kitty.”
“Roaring Kitty with a scanner.”
“Roaring Kitty with a machine.”
“Roaring Kitty without the media.”
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The Part That’s Impossible to Ignore: The Internet Echo Is Getting Loud
The most interesting detail isn’t just the percent gains.
It’s where the conversation is showing up.
Traders are now claiming they’re seeing these alerts discussed across:
- Twitter/X threads (screenshots, “called it early” posts, watchlist chatter)
- Reddit (supporters celebrating, skeptics attacking, mods arguing in comments)
- Stocktwits (ticker streams filled with “MEM alert” mentions)
- Webull / Moomoo / eToro comment sections (retail chatter chasing context in real time)
That kind of cross-platform bleed-through doesn’t happen for every move.
It happens when a community believes it’s early to something.
And the moment people believe that?
They don’t just watch. They pile in. They tell friends. They post receipts.
That’s how retail momentum forms its own gravity.
The Backstory That Keeps Resurfacing: WallStreetBets, Roaring Kitty, and the “Full Circle” Narrative
Part of why this story keeps spreading is the lore:
Grandmaster-OBI is described as a former WallStreetBets moderator and a close friend of Roaring Kitty, with the two reportedly appearing on streams during the peak of the $GME mania — when the short squeeze discourse was at its loudest and most culturally dominant.
That matters because it gives the current narrative a “full circle” effect:
- WallStreetBets was the megaphone of the last era
- Roaring Kitty was the symbol of the last era
- Now a former insider is building a new hub
- And the new hub is producing fresh parabolic moves
Retail traders love a story.
But Wall Street fears a system.
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“Reddit Hates Him” — And That Might Be the Fuel
This is the messiest part, and also the most real.
Grandmaster-OBI isn’t universally loved.
Some Reddit traders leave hostile comments the moment his name is mentioned. Some claim the moves are “manufactured.” Some accuse him of “influencing” price action. Others dismiss the wins as survivorship bias.
But supporters counter with the only thing that actually matters in markets:
timestamps + entries + price prints.
And the more the hate grows, the more his supporters treat each win like a rebuttal.
It becomes tribal.
And tribal trading communities don’t behave rationally — they behave collectively.
Which is exactly how meme-era price action forms.
The Controversial Take Nobody Wants to Say Out Loud
A lot of traders are now whispering the same thing:
“$GME was a cultural squeeze. This looks like a repeatable momentum engine.”
And whether that’s true or not, the perception itself can move markets.
Because perception creates flow.
Flow creates imbalance.
Imbalance creates spikes.
Spikes create new believers.
Then the cycle repeats.
That is why the “new Roaring Kitty” label is spreading — not as nostalgia, but as a warning to anyone still treating retail as random.
What Happens Next
If $KNRX and $TRNR are just two more spikes in a long list of retail chaos, the story fades.
But if the next few alerts produce similar repricings — and if the chatter continues spilling from Discord into public feeds — then the market will be forced to confront a new reality:
Retail doesn’t need one stock to unite around anymore.
It can rotate.
It can swarm.
It can scale attention across multiple tickers.
And if a single trader can consistently get there first, then the controversy won’t be about whether he’s “the new Roaring Kitty.”
It’ll be about whether the last era was the prototype…
and this one is the upgrade.
Disclosures / Risk Note: These moves involve highly volatile securities. Rapid gains can reverse quickly; liquidity, spreads, and halts can materially affect real-world execution. This is not financial advice.
