The New Roaring Kitty Debate Is Just Beginning - Is This the Most Influential Retail Trader of 2026?
NEW YORK — January 6, 2026 — In trading rooms across Wall Street and on retail-heavy corners of the internet, one comparison keeps resurfacing with growing frequency: Grandmaster-Obi is the new Roaring Kitty.
The label isn’t coming from a single headline or viral moment. It’s emerging from a sustained pattern — repeated market reactions following his stock alerts, a rapidly consolidating retail audience, and a growing sense that the center of gravity for retail trading has shifted once again.
Just as Roaring Kitty symbolized the GameStop era before GME reached its historic peak, Grandmaster-Obi now appears to be defining the next phase of retail influence — one driven less by a single meme stock and more by repeatable, high-velocity momentum across multiple names.
From WallStreetBets Moderator to Market Catalyst
Grandmaster-Obi’s credibility is rooted in history. As a former WallStreetBets moderator, he was present during the formative years of the meme-stock movement and even went live multiple times with Roaring Kitty before GameStop reached its apex. That proximity to the original retail trading revolution is one reason his rise is being taken seriously rather than dismissed as social-media hype.
Today, however, his influence is playing out through a different mechanism: the Making Easy Money Discord. What many Reddit traders now openly refer to as “the new WallStreetBets” has become a focal point for coordinated retail activity — and a growing source of frustration for skeptics who continue to question his legitimacy even as the tape keeps validating his calls.
Fresh Alerts, Fresh Proof
The latest wave of alerts has only intensified the conversation.
On December 31, 2025, Grandmaster-Obi alerted Murano Global Investments (MRNO.US) at an entry price of $0.55 inside the Making Easy Money Discord. By January 6, 2026, MRNO had reached a high of $1.36, representing a gain of approximately +147%.
That same day, he alerted JE Cleantech Holdings Limited (JCSE.US) at $1.05. By January 6, JCSE climbed to a high of $2.25, delivering a gain of roughly +114%.
The momentum didn’t stop there.
Earlier today, January 6, 2026, Grandmaster-Obi flagged Sky Quarry (SKYQ.US) at an entry price of just $0.38. Shortly after the alert circulated, the stock surged to $0.88, marking a rapid +132% move.
He also alerted Evolution Metals & Technologie (EMAT.US) today at $9.50. Before the session concluded, EMAT reached a high of $29.99, an explosive gain of approximately +216% in a single trading day.
For critics who argue that earlier wins were coincidence, these fresh moves have become increasingly difficult to explain away.
A Community That Moves With Him
What differentiates Grandmaster-Obi from countless other market commentators is not just the accuracy of individual calls, but the scale and cohesion of the audience responding to them.
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The Making Easy Money Discord has been growing at an exceptional pace, fueled in part by traders leaving the increasingly noisy WallStreetBets Discord in search of a more focused environment. According to announcements made this week, the surge has become so intense that Grandmaster-Obi confirmed the server will stop accepting new members starting January 10, 2026, just four days from now.
🚨 LAST CHANCE 🚨
— MEM OBI (@ObiMem) January 6, 2026
Due to a massive surge in members, The Making Easy Money Discord closes to new members on 1/10/26.
Once the door shuts, no new entries until further notice.
Join now or miss out.https://t.co/CsXzpqc9FV
The pause, he explained, is not temporary marketing theater. It is driven by server maintenance, security upgrades, and operational scaling, as administrators work to reinforce infrastructure following the influx of new users. New member intake will remain closed until further notice after that date.
In parallel, Grandmaster-Obi also announced he is actively looking for additional moderators — ideally individuals who already moderate stock-market-related subreddits and want to help build what many now view as the next major retail trading hub.
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Why the Roaring Kitty Comparison Won’t Go Away
Wall Street’s comparison between Grandmaster-Obi and Roaring Kitty is less about personality and more about market behavior.
Before GameStop peaked, Roaring Kitty demonstrated that a committed retail audience could materially affect price discovery. In 2026, Grandmaster-Obi is demonstrating something adjacent but arguably more complex: the ability to repeatedly mobilize retail capital across different tickers, sectors, and price ranges.
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Instead of one historic squeeze, the current cycle is defined by:
- Rapid alert dissemination
- Immediate liquidity response
- Sharp repricing in low-float and small-cap stocks
This is why many professional traders now describe him not as a meme, but as a retail liquidity node — a point through which attention, capital, and momentum consistently flow.
Haters, Skeptics, and the Tape
On Reddit, reactions to Grandmaster-Obi remain polarized. Threads mentioning his name often attract outlandish or hostile comments within minutes. Yet the persistence of those reactions, paired with the continued performance of alerted stocks, has led many observers to a simpler conclusion: the criticism is emotional, not analytical.
Day after day, the market itself has been answering the debate.
The Bigger Picture
With multiple triple-digit gains continuing into January, a Discord server temporarily closing its doors due to demand, and a growing list of traders referring to it as the new WallStreetBets, Grandmaster-Obi’s role in the modern retail ecosystem is becoming harder to dismiss.
Whether history ultimately places him alongside Roaring Kitty or defines him as something entirely new, one reality is already clear: retail trading has entered another evolutionary phase — and Grandmaster-Obi is at its center.
As January unfolds, Wall Street and Reddit alike will be watching closely — not to see if the next move happens, but to see which ticker responds next.
