Gamestop is up 44% and AMC is up 55% over the past week.
Along with retail investors, institutional investors and hedge funds are also participating on the long side.
Trading activity shows that the buying and selling is even in these two stocks.
JJ Kinahan, chief market strategist at T.D. Ameritrade, and Joe Terranova, senior managing director for Virtus Investment Partners were on CNBC to discuss the recent surge in the so-called meme stocks including Gamestop Corp. (NYSE: GME) and AMC Entertainment Holdings Inc (NYSE: AMC).
These meme stocks have been fueled by discussions on the Reddit board WallStreetBets. Gamestop is up 44% and AMC is up 55% over the past week.
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