Analysis: Retail Investors are currently dominating the US Stock Options Market, with a large-scale buying on the dip seen last week.
BlockBeats News, November 13th, KobeissiLetter released an analysis of the US stock market. In the third quarter of 2025, the total quarterly options trading volume exceeded 3.5 billion contracts for the first time, doubling the total options contract trading volume in the past 5 years. Previously, the participation rate of retail investors in the US stock market reached a record high of 55% in the previous quarter, meaning that retail investors now account for the majority of market trading. Since 2023, this percentage has increased by 10 percentage points, compared to a 5-year average of about 49%.
At the same time, during last week's market pullback, retail investor fund flows witnessed one of the largest buy-the-dip events ever seen, with retail investors dominating the US stock options market.
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