A source-backed Rankhog guide to r/stocks: public rules, community context, posting fit, and startup-promotion risk before you publish.
By Anthony Riera, founder and operator of Rankhog.
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This community is for serious stock discussion. The description says it is the most serious place on Reddit for stock related discussions, and it welcomes talk about tickers, market news, and financial education. The rules make clear it covers almost any post related to stocks and investment, including pre IPO news, futures and forex related to stocks, and geopolitical or corporate events that indicate risks. People who post here are expected to bring real context and effort, not just drop a link or a ticker.
The rule that matters most for anyone doing marketing adjacent work is "No spam or self-promotion". It bans spam, ads, solicitations, referral links, market research for app development, and self promotion posts or comments. The moderators say these will be removed and you might get banned, and they point you to Reddit ads instead. The next rule that decides survival is "Context and Effort". Empty posts or empty posts with links are automatically removed, and low effort mentions for meme stocks are removed too. The "Disclose related positions" rule also matters, because if you discuss a specific stock or financial instrument you must disclose any related open positions. The "No penny stock or OTC discussions" rule removes talk of penny stocks, OTC, microcaps, pump and dumps, low volume pumps, and SPACs. The "No cryptocoin discussions unrelated to stocks" rule sends crypto talk elsewhere unless it ties directly to a stock. The "No Robinhood posts" rule sends Robinhood app discussion to r/Robinhood and removes posts automatically.
If you are a founder or marketer, the only safe path is to participate as a genuine member of the community first. You cannot promote your product, app, or service here, and you cannot use this subreddit for market research. A good post is a detailed analysis of a major stock or a market event, written with real context and effort, and it discloses your open positions if you mention a specific ticker. You could share financial education that helps people understand investing concepts, as long as it is not a wrapper for your product. If you want to talk about a company, focus on the business fundamentals, the risks, and the numbers, not on your tool. The goal is to earn trust by showing you understand the market, not to drive traffic.
Avoid any form of self promotion, ads, solicitations, referral links, or market research for app development, because the "No spam or self-promotion" rule says these will be removed and you might get banned. Do not post empty links or low effort meme stock mentions, because the "Context and Effort" rule removes them. Do not discuss penny stocks, OTC, microcaps, pump and dumps, low volume pumps, or SPACs, because the "No penny stock or OTC discussions" rule bans them. Do not start Robinhood app discussions, because the "No Robinhood posts" rule removes them automatically. Do not post crypto talk unless it directly relates to a stock, because the "No cryptocoin discussions unrelated to stocks" rule sends it to r/CryptoCurrency. Do not troll, insult, or harass, especially in posts that ask for advice, because the "No trolling, insulting, or harassing" rule removes that and points you to r/wallstreetbets instead. Do not forget to disclose your open positions when you discuss a specific stock, because the "Disclose related positions" rule requires it.
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No. The "No spam or self-promotion" rule bans spam, ads, solicitations, market research for app development, and self promotion posts or comments, and says you might get banned. The rule points you to Reddit ads instead.
Yes. The "Disclose related positions" rule requires you to disclose any related open positions when you discuss a particular stock or financial instrument.
No. The "No cryptocoin discussions unrelated to stocks" rule sends crypto talk to r/CryptoCurrency, unless the discussion is about how a company like Coinbase profits from crypto.
No. The "No Robinhood posts" rule says to use r/Robinhood for that, though you can suggest Robinhood as a broker in comments if you do not share referral links.
The "Context and Effort" rule means empty posts or empty posts with links get automatically removed, and low effort mentions of meme stocks are removed too. You need to write a detailed post that explains your thinking.
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