Meme stocks like AMC and GameStop get their price spikes from strong buying interest. GameStop jumped Thursday morning after meme investor Keith Gill, a.k.a. "Roaring Kitty," posted the image of a gift on Twitter/X on Wednesday.

Given its past, GME is highly sensitive to speculation, especially as it's still heavily shorted. Short interest makes up 7.6% of the stock's available float, and would take shorts three days to cover, at the stock's average pace of trading.

GameStop (GME) shares are rallying Thursday afternoon following a new social media post from meme stock figure Keith Gill, also known as 'Roaring Kitty.' The influential trader shared a post on X (formerly Twitter) on Christmas morning featuring a green and red Christmas gift box.

Bloomberg / Contributor / Getty Images Did Roaring Kitty give meme-stock traders a Christmas present? While that isn’t presently clear, GameStop (GME) fans are doing a little shopping of their own this morning. Shares of the retailer associated with ...

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There's nothing too unusual about seeing a gift box emoji or graphic on social media around the holidays. Roaring Kitty's Christmas morning post, however, showing off a simple red, green, and gold-wrapped package,

A new Roaring Kitty’s post on X fueled GameStop stock price. It’s not the first time Keith Gill has boosted the sentiment over GME stock