Retail investors' frenzy continues

Mom-and-pop investors are speculating as never before

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Penny stocks, a proxy for retail activity (most institutional investors are prohibited from trading penny stocks), accounted for 47.4% of the total market volume on Thursday, an all-time high, according to Goldman Sachs analysis.

That's more than twice as high as during the 2020-2021 meme stock frenzy.

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~20% of the trading volume of these stocks took place during pre-market hours.

Meanwhile, individual investors' share in the options market hit ~18.5% last week, one of the highest readings on record, according to JPMorgan.

All while 0DTE “zero days to expiry” options volume hit a record 61% of total S&P 500 options volume in May, up from 20% in 2022.

This coincides with the CBOE expanding its S&P 500 weekly options to include Tuesday and Thursday expiries in April 2022, making $SPX options expirable every trading day.

Retail traders' share of S&P 500 0DTE volume hit 54%, while institutional share was 46%.

Retail traders' risk appetite has never been greater. This will likely not end well.

🚨Is the US stock market headed for a prolonged bear market?

Time to revisit the US stock market valuation and concentration metrics

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/is-the-us-stock-market-headed-for-a-prolonged-bear-market

🚨Institutional investors continue to dump US stocks

On the other hand, retail investors keep up with buying

globalmarketsinvestor.beehiiv.com/p/institutional-investors-continue-to-dump-us-stocks

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