No surprise here but retail investors’ equity purchases have picked up substantially post-pandemic The Wall Street Journal VandaTrack

Tons of call options trading in Moderna, Pfizer and other vaccine manufacturers this week---surpassing levels from when clinical trials were released last year VandaTrack $MRNA $PFE

"Chinese tech ADRs recorded the largest retail purchases in five years, exceeding US$ 400 mln in net purchases." Via VandaTrack

Vanda Research estimates that yesterday was the FIRST time since February that individual investors were net sellers of AMC VandaTrack

Retail investors less aggressive buyers of U.S. equity ETFs during recent market dip relative to prior 3 dips Vanda Research Bloomberg

Yesterday Retail Investors recorded the 4th largest net buying day of US-listed stocks and ETFs totalling just under US$2bn. To see the breakdown of what they bought get in touch by emailing [email protected]. #equities

'Buy the pill, sell the vax': Retail investors are scooping up shares of antiviral pill maker Merck $MRK and selling COVID vaccine makers, says VandaTrack markets.businessinsider.com/news/stocks/me…

Highly requested new feature released yesterday for VandaTrack clients, showing total turnover alongside retail investor only net purchases, for all US-listed stocks / ETFs. Email [email protected] for more information. #equities

$BITO was heavily traded, but not really by retail investors, according to VandaTrack Vanda estimates retail traders bought ~$8 million worth of the shares, compared to $57 mln for the COIN IPO in March

Pandemic/stimulus unleashed cult of equities VandaTrack

🟣 Friday's 'Omicron' sell-off saw the second biggest day of net retail buying of US stocks on record ($2.04bn). Similar to what we saw after the Delta sell-off in July where the retail crowd also looked to snap up some bargains. Positive sign for US equity bulls VandaTrack $SPX

Retail investors not yet disturbed by recent market weakness ... when #omicron caused volatility to spike, retail net stock purchases spiked to highest on record last week ⁦Financial Times⁩ ⁦Refinitiv, an LSEG business⁩ ⁦VandaTrack⁩

🟣 Retail investors trying their best to offset the broken Powell put but the level of buying in recent days has been a fraction of what we saw earlier in the year (Jan '21) or after Omicron sell-off in late Nov '21. US equity market skating on thin ice $SPX VandaTrack

Day traders as "dumb money"? Not anymore. Some 85% of hedge funds and 42% of asset managers are now tracking retail-trading message boards, according to a survey by Bloomberg Intelligence. My latest: on.wsj.com/3GClY5f

A few interesting findings as I reported this: Retail investors have shown a strong stomach for bumpy days. Last year, the group’s eight largest buying days occurred when the S&P 500 sank 1.3% or more, according to VandaTrack data.

Call options chatter on WSB is on the decline -VandaTrack

Retail traders scooped up just $387 million worth of U.S.-listed stocks and ETFs on Tuesday (after NASDAQ 100 closed in bear market territory on Monday) … lowest total since late-2020 per ⁦VandaTrack⁩

Digging deeper into the anatomy of the recent rally, we see that heavily shorted stocks have led the rebound #ShortInterest #USequities source: VandaTrack

"Even among trading platforms often associated with more conservative retail investor bases...such as Charles Schwab or TD-Ameritrade, 25% of the trades placed reflect buying of options" - VandaTrack Vanda estimates options trading at Schwab hit a **high** in Feb 22

NEW: Many individual investors stormed the market this year to buy the dip They're facing one of the biggest tests yet-in one of the WORST years for buying the dip since 1970s My latest w Caitlin McCabe wsj.com/articles/buy-t… John B. Case SentimenTrader Jason Goepfert