The Kobeissi Letter: Retail investors’ share of options trading just hit an all-time high of 18%

Golden Finance reported that The Kobeissi Letter posted on social media that the proportion of retail investors in options trading has just hit a record high of 18%. This proportion is even higher than during the meme coin boom in 2021. At the same time, according to data from Options Clearing Corp., the average daily options trading volume this year has reached a record 47 million. This means that individual investors now trade 8.5 million options contracts every day. The rise of Gamestop, GME and other memes is also one of the reasons for the recent surge in options trading. Retail risk appetite has hit an all-time high.