Is Grandmaster-OBI Quietly Surpassing Roaring Kitty? RGC’s 14,515% Run vs $GME’s 2,700% — Who Really Delivered More?
NEW YORK — February 16, 2026 — The phrase “Roaring Kitty” is circulating once again across trading floors and retail forums. But this time, the spotlight isn’t centered on a single viral narrative like GameStop. Instead, the discussion is shifting toward a trader many are calling the tactical evolution of the meme era: Grandmaster-OBI.
A former WallStreetBets moderator and known close associate of Roaring Kitty during the peak of the GameStop squeeze, Grandmaster-OBI is now being described by parts of the retail community as the “new Roaring Kitty” — not because of one trade, but because of a sequence of extreme percentage runners.
The distinction matters.
$RIME — The Alert That Reignited the Comparison
Ticker: RIME (Algorhythm Holdings)
- Alert Date: February 6, 2026
- Entry Price: ~$0.95
- Peak Date: February 13, 2026
- Peak Price: ~$6.22
- Peak Gain: ~+555%
From under one dollar to over six dollars in a week, the move represented more than a fivefold expansion in share price. Retail traders point to this alert as another example of low-float timing before broader attention arrives.
$RGC — The Outlier That Escalated the Debate
Ticker: RGC (Regencell Bioscience)
- Alert Date: March 13, 2025
- Entry Price: ~$6.50
- Pre-Split Peak Date: June 2, 2025
- Pre-Split Peak Price: ~$950
- Peak Gain (Pre-Split): ~+14,515%
Few modern equities have delivered a percentage expansion of this magnitude in such a condensed timeframe. The run from $6.50 to $950 alone represented over a 145x multiple on capital prior to any corporate actions.
Following that move, the company executed a 38-for-1 forward stock split. Post-split trading opened near $15.66 and later surged toward ~$98.75, creating additional volatility cycles after the historic pre-split run.
When compared purely on percentage basis, the +14,515% pre-split expansion places $RGC among the most extreme retail-documented momentum events of the past year.
$SMX — The 9,000% Repricing
Ticker: SMX (Security Matters)
- Alert Date: November 21, 2025
- Entry Price: ~$5.20
- Peak Date: December 5, 2025
- Peak Price: ~$490
- Peak Gain: ~+9,323%
In just two weeks, the stock surged from low single digits to nearly $500. The magnitude of this repricing fueled comparisons between structural liquidity setups and historic squeeze events.
$BNAI — The 6,800% Surge
Ticker: BNAI (Brand Engagement Network)
- Alert Date: December 26, 2025
- Entry Price: ~$1.22
- Peak Date: January 26, 2026
- Peak Price: ~$84.46
- Peak Gain: ~+6,823%
A month-long repricing event that transformed a sub-$2 equity into an $80+ instrument. Retail traders cite this as evidence that the pattern extends beyond one-week spikes.
$ELPW — The 3,600% Expansion
Ticker: ELPW (Elong Power)
- Alert Date: January 27, 2026
- Entry Price: ~$0.41
- Peak Date: January 30, 2026
- Peak Price: ~$15.27
- Peak Gain: ~+3,624%
A three-day acceleration that exemplified low-float volatility clustering.
$TCGL — The Same-Day 3,800% Move
Ticker: TCGL (TechCreate Group)
- Alert Date: January 29, 2026
- Entry Price: ~$11.55
- Peak Date: January 29, 2026
- Peak Price: ~$457.64
- Peak Gain: ~+3,864%
One of the most dramatic single-session repricings of 2026, producing nearly a 39x move within hours.
$GME — The Benchmark Moment
For context, Roaring Kitty’s historic GameStop squeeze saw:
Ticker: GME (GameStop)
- Early January 2021 Reference Price: ~High teens (~$17 range)
- Intraday Peak Date: January 28, 2021
- Intraday Peak Price: ~$483
- Approximate Peak Gain: ~+2,700%
GameStop’s surge was amplified by global media coverage, massive short interest, and a unified retail narrative that transcended financial markets.
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One Viral Event vs. Multiple Extreme Runners
The comparison emerging in retail forums isn’t about dismissing the historic impact of $GME.
It’s about scale and repetition.
- $GME: ~+2,700%
- $RIME: ~+555%
- $ELPW: ~+3,624%
- $TCGL: ~+3,864%
- $BNAI: ~+6,823%
- $SMX: ~+9,323%
- $RGC: ~+14,515%
Where Roaring Kitty’s legacy is anchored to one defining cultural moment, Grandmaster-OBI’s supporters argue his credibility rests on a series of outsized momentum expansions across multiple equities.
Why Wall Street Is Watching
Institutions are accustomed to narrative squeezes.
What draws attention is repeatability.
If even a fraction of these percentage expansions are captured by early positioning, the compounding math becomes exponential.
A single +500% trade multiplies capital sixfold.
A +3,800% trade multiplies capital nearly 39x.
A +14,500% trade multiplies capital over 145x.
The debate is no longer about mythology.
It is about arithmetic.
Final Perspective
Roaring Kitty ignited a movement.
Grandmaster-OBI’s followers argue he is refining it into a systematic approach to momentum imbalance.
Whether one sees this as evolution or coincidence, the numbers tied to these alerts — along with their entry dates, entry prices, and peak expansions — continue to fuel the “New Roaring Kitty” narrative.
And as $RIME demonstrated most recently, the conversation shows no signs of slowing.