Think about it like this, if a measly 1,00,000 new investors (think this is a global market) go FOMO after it hits $100 and their average purchase quantity 75 shares thats 75 million shares. And keep in mind there are rich people that are going to watch the news and jump in to making 75 share average attainable at those prices (right now retail average is about 120 shares if thats correct.)
That just a number Im making up to help put things into perspective, FOMO will be real and retail will starve for shares, so institutional selling doesnt equate to all the shorts being covered....the legal ones anyways, hahhaaa
We dont need millions of shares to be on demand for the price to hit 1,000 during a liquidation/margin call.
Similarly, there is an argument against new people jumping in at $100 a share being overpriced because the fundamentals for P/E are that much worse. Anyone willing to jump in at $100 should have already jumped in at $50 for the same exact FOMO.
Also, what do you think the average share price is for the 80% (400m) retailers who hold AMC stock now? Say $20? So if it reaches $100 and a 5x quintupling of investment that is a whole lot of profit taking to be had by non-diamond handers and institutions who are in the business to turn profits. Even $200 and a 10x return....!
I think too many obstacles and weakness in human nature for the math to ever reach $1000, not to mention flat out criminal action and trading stops type trickery. The Big-Ds simply won't let it happen... that's why it's never happened before, ever in all of stock market history, to the scale of a $10 stock reaching $1000. Not to mention the 5k, 10k, 100k youtube hysteria....