https://www.zerohedge.com/markets/c...-billions-using-biggest-gamma-squeeze-history
Not everyone buys into ZeroHedge articles, but a few facts look interesting:
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In the shares market, 2.3% of all volume is made up of trades for $2,000 or less. The increase in small trades has been even more notable in the options market, where 13% of all trades are for 1 contract.
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July single stock options volumes hit 114% of shares volumes.
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this option frenzy was a goldmine for retail brokerages such as Robinhood, Schwab and Etrade, which reported options trading activity surging 129% YTD (up 35% from June levels), which helped explain why various HFT outfits are paying so much to frontrun Robinhood option trades.
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Not everyone buys into ZeroHedge articles, but a few facts look interesting:
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In the shares market, 2.3% of all volume is made up of trades for $2,000 or less. The increase in small trades has been even more notable in the options market, where 13% of all trades are for 1 contract.
...
July single stock options volumes hit 114% of shares volumes.
...
this option frenzy was a goldmine for retail brokerages such as Robinhood, Schwab and Etrade, which reported options trading activity surging 129% YTD (up 35% from June levels), which helped explain why various HFT outfits are paying so much to frontrun Robinhood option trades.
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