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Peak multiple: highest print divided by the last close before the squeeze

Answered against 22 years of US equities and 12 years of US options data and published with the query that produced it. This result is stored as of 2026-09-12, from Biggest Short Squeezes in History, Ranked.

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Peak multiple: highest print divided by the last close before the squeeze — 5 rows by 4 columns, computed from US exchange, SIP and OPRA data.
episodepeak_multipleprice_pathsource
GameStop, Jan 202125.6$18.84 close Dec 31, 2020 to $483 high Jan 28, 2021NYSE prints
KaloBios, Nov 201521.7$2.07 close Nov 18 to $45 high Nov 23, 2015 (102x from the $0.44 low of Nov 16)Nasdaq prints
Northern Pacific, May 190110about $100 in early May to the $1,000 print of May 9, 1901NYSE record, contemporaneous press
Volkswagen, Oct 20084.8€211 close Oct 24 to €1,005 high Oct 28, 2008Xetra prints, FT and Reuters reporting
LME nickel, Mar 20223.5$29,000 a tonne close Mar 4 to $101,365 on Mar 8, 2022LME notices, Reuters reporting
Rows × columns
5 × 4
Computed
Completeness
No missing values
Source
US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data
Licence
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What each column holds

Column definitions for Peak multiple: highest print divided by the last close before the squeeze, derived from the stored result.
ColumnTypeRangeNotes
episode text 5 distinct values
peak_multiple number 3.5 to 25.6
price_path text 5 distinct values
source text 5 distinct values

Computed from Strasmore's warehouse of US exchange, SIP and OPRA market data. Equity prices are delayed; options greeks and implied volatility are end-of-day. This result is stored, not recomputed on load — it is exactly the numbers that were returned on , and the query below is what returned them.

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SELECT episode, peak_multiple, price_path, source
FROM (
    SELECT 'GameStop, Jan 2021' AS episode, 25.6 AS peak_multiple, '$18.84 close Dec 31, 2020 to $483 high Jan 28, 2021' AS price_path, 'NYSE prints' AS source
    UNION ALL
    SELECT 'KaloBios, Nov 2015', 21.7, '$2.07 close Nov 18 to $45 high Nov 23, 2015 (102x from the $0.44 low of Nov 16)', 'Nasdaq prints'
    UNION ALL
    SELECT 'Northern Pacific, May 1901', 10.0, 'about $100 in early May to the $1,000 print of May 9, 1901', 'NYSE record, contemporaneous press'
    UNION ALL
    SELECT 'Volkswagen, Oct 2008', 4.8, '€211 close Oct 24 to €1,005 high Oct 28, 2008', 'Xetra prints, FT and Reuters reporting'
    UNION ALL
    SELECT 'LME nickel, Mar 2022', 3.5, '$29,000 a tonne close Mar 4 to $101,365 on Mar 8, 2022', 'LME notices, Reuters reporting'
) AS ranked
ORDER BY peak_multiple DESC
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