“We’ve seen this before with other lockups. People sell them leading up to the lockup period expiring, and then they have a bit of a relief rally,” said Ryan Jacob, chief executive of the Jacob Funds, which does not own Facebook shares.
In August, shares of the online reviews website Yelp Inc surged by more than 20 percent on the day that insider trading restrictions expired. That stock’s rally was boosted as short-sellers scrambled to cover their positions when the expected flood of selling failed to materialize, say analysts. - Reuters, on Facebook lockup expiration
At last, the end game has arrived for Palantir.
I have been working on this trade since before my Jan.8 Idea, and now it all comes to fruition!
As of today, lockup expiration is over, and short sellers are hoping that insiders sell, with a 70%+ borrow fee, and no more shares available.
We have seen the massive institutional demand at 25, with 300M volume (4x avg volume), and this floor seems unbreakable.
Cathie Wood herself went on CNBC to speak about Palantir... "Palantir is the future", were her words.
With no more negative catalysts, and the greenlight from the big banks, there is only one direction left for Palantir Technologies.
Palantir is one of a kind... Unrivalled.