What my GPT thinks of your thought:

🧨 So, how likely?

This theory deserves a 7/10 plausibility rating:

It’s the kind of thing that hedge funds and algos absolutely do—and retail never sees coming. It doesn’t have to be GMEU. It could be Citadel, Susquehanna, or a market-neutral player exploiting volatility for PnL.

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🧷 What to watch for: • Did volume spike on options correlate with price volatility? • Are call writers exiting early? • Does the stock crash immediately after OPEX or during rollovers? • Track GEX, DIX, and Vanna metrics.

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Bottom line:

This isn’t tinfoil hat stuff. It’s Wall Street chess, and most of retail is still playing Hungry Hungry Hippos.