Roaring Kitty Is “Back” — But Not the Way You Think: One Trader’s Tape Reads Are Turning Heads Again
NEW YORK — February 16, 2026 — The name “Roaring Kitty” is trending again across retail trading circles. But the discussion isn’t about $GME this time. It’s about whether a new figure has quietly surpassed the original meme-stock legend in both percentage returns and repeatability.
That name is Grandmaster-OBI — a former WallStreetBets moderator and known associate of Roaring Kitty during the height of the GameStop short squeeze. The difference, according to traders, is simple:
Roaring Kitty built one historic thesis.
Grandmaster-OBI built a pattern.
$RIME — The Move That Reignited the Debate
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 seven days.
Retail traders point to $RIME as the most recent example of Grandmaster-OBI identifying liquidity imbalance early — before broader retail momentum arrived. The move was not widely covered by mainstream financial media. It did not have global headlines behind it.
It had timing.
$RGC — The Trade That Changed the Narrative
Ticker: RGC (Regencell Bioscience)
Alert Date: March 13, 2025
Entry Price: ~$6.50
Pre-Split Peak Date: June 2, 2025
Pre-Split Peak Price: ~$950.00
Pre-Split Peak Gain: ~+14,515%
This is the trade many cite as the turning point.
From $6.50 to $950 represents one of the largest percentage increases of the modern retail era.
Then came the 38-for-1 forward stock split.
Post-split, the stock opened around ~$15.66 and later surged to highs near ~$98.75. While post-split comparisons require adjustment for share multiplication, early entrants effectively saw their share count increase dramatically while volatility continued.
Even without split adjustments, the pre-split +14,500% gain stands on its own.
For context:
$GME — The Historic Benchmark
Ticker: GME (GameStop Corp.)
Price Early January 2021: ~$17–$20 range
Intraday Peak: ~$483
Peak Gain from ~$17 Base: ~+2,700%
GameStop’s run was legendary — amplified by global media coverage, political commentary, broker restrictions, and worldwide attention.
It was cultural.
But strictly on percentage basis, the $RGC pre-split run from $6.50 to $950 eclipsed $GME’s peak percentage expansion.
That comparison is what fuels today’s debate.
Additional Multi-Thousand Percent Alerts
Supporters argue $RGC was not a one-off anomaly.
$SMX — Security Matters
- Alert Date: November 21, 2025
- Entry Price: ~$5.20
- Peak Date: December 5, 2025
- Peak Price: ~$490.00
- Peak Gain: ~+9,323%
$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%
$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%
$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%
The Structural Difference
Roaring Kitty’s $GME was a single, globally amplified thesis.
Grandmaster-OBI’s supporters argue his approach is diversified across multiple low-float and micro-cap setups — sometimes several in the same week.
That diversification suggests the edge is not crowd coordination.
It suggests pattern recognition and tape analysis.
Institutions can manage one viral event.
Repeated multi-thousand-percent repricings across different tickers present a different dynamic.
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Risk and Reality
It must be emphasized:
- These moves occur in highly volatile names.
- Liquidity can disappear.
- Peak exits are difficult to capture in real trading conditions.
- Extreme percentage gains also carry extreme downside risk.
However, percentage math is objective.
- $RIME: ~+555%
- $RGC (pre-split): ~+14,515%
- $SMX: ~+9,323%
- $BNAI: ~+6,823%
- $ELPW: ~+3,624%
- $TCGL: ~+3,864%
- $GME peak: ~+2,700%
Why “The New Roaring Kitty” Narrative Persists
The argument emerging in retail communities is not about personality.
It’s about scale and repeatability.
Roaring Kitty sparked a movement.
Grandmaster-OBI, according to supporters, has built a system.
And when traders compare percentage gains side-by-side, the discussion becomes less about nostalgia — and more about mathematics.
The debate is no longer whether Roaring Kitty was historic.
It’s whether Grandmaster-OBI represents the next evolution of retail momentum trading.
And with $RIME’s +555% surge still fresh in memory, the conversation shows no signs of slowing down.
