...the strong start to August has already been met with significant retail monetization across cash equities and options.
PremiumAuthored by Allie Becher and Jory Weiss, Citadel Securities,After the first half of 2026 marked another breakout for retail options trading, July represented a notable shift in investor behavior as retail traders became increasingly defensive.Retail Put Activity Reaches Record Levels
“The 2026 retail investor is very different to anything we’ve really seen in the post-COVID years...”
Retail-favorite stocks plunge 25% since June as momentum trades unwind, hitting YOLO traders with the worst drawdown since 2022…
Cash market turnover soars to a 22-month high as retail investors embrace equity investments amid market volatility and FOMO.
Retail traders are buying calls in Cboe's "Mag 10" stocks – the big seven plus AMD, Palantir and Broadcom – at the heaviest…
Even Goldman is starting to wonder if the great momentum meltdown may be the start of something much bigger
Under-invested traders continue to get swayed into participating in the market by the fear of missing out, according to Citadel.
