Retail Investors

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) debuted in the stock market last Friday and in two trading days, it added roughly $800 billion in market cap. Retail traders were a major force behind it, flooding options desks and lighting up message boards within minutes of the open. SPCX stock...

Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (NASDAQ:SPCX) went public last Friday and it set new records for retail investor demand in a single session. SPCX stock is moving. See the chart and price action here. Leif Abraham, co-CEO of financial platform Public, told CNBC on Monday that SpaceX’s...

Robinhood Markets Inc. (NASDAQ:HOOD) CEO Vlad Tenev believes more people should own a stake in the economy, arguing that broader participation in equity markets could help create a more stable and economically resilient society. “Make everyone an owner,” Tenev said in a post on X Sunday...

Retail investors are liquidating some of the biggest winners in the AI trade to raise cash for Friday’s SpaceX (SPCX) IPO, and the selling pressure is landing hardest on semiconductors. MU stock is moving. See the chart and price action here.  Data from Vanda Research shows individual...

When the Nasdaq shed more than 1,100 points on Friday — its worst single-day drop in over a year — the instinct for retail traders was to buy the dip.  AAPL stock is down. See the chart and price action here. A hotter-than-expected May jobs report spooked the market into rate-hike mode,...

Thursday marks the first day that the Pattern Day Trader rule no longer applies to accounts under $25,000 — the most significant change to retail trading access in a generation, and a potential windfall for three publicly traded brokerages. HOOD stock is climbing. See the chart and price action...

Retail investors are broadening their exposure to the artificial intelligence trade, moving beyond the biggest chip stocks like Nvidia Corp. (NASDAQ:NVDA) and into the wider infrastructure powering the AI boom, according to Webull Corp. (NASDAQ:BULL) CEO Anthony Denier. BULL stock is moving after...

Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (April 6 to April 10) on X and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, Iran war, earnings, AI buzz, and corporate news flow. Amazon.com Inc. (NASDAQ:AMZN), Meta Platforms Inc. (NASDAQ:META), Levi Strauss & Co. (NYSE:LEVI), Palantir...

Retail investors talked up five hot stocks this week (March 2 to March 6) on X and Reddit's r/WallStreetBets, driven by retail hype, earnings, AI buzz, and corporate news flow. Oracle Corp. (NYSE:ORCL), Webull Corp. (NASDAQ:BULL), SanDisk Corp. (NASDAQ:SNDK), Palantir Technologies Inc. (NASDAQ:PLTR...

The rising volume of options, including zero-day-to-expiration (0DTE) options, was one of the many topics discussed at the Benzinga Fintech Day & Awards 2025 in New York on Nov. 10, 2025. Options experts shared how retail investors are becoming more educated and why it's essential to keep an...

Known to some as the "SPAC King," Chamath Palihapitiya once had plans to launch SPACs with tickers IPOA through IPOZ. Those initial dreams failed, as several SPACs were liquidated without merger targets, and the SPAC market lost favor with retail investors. Palihapitiya is back with a new SPAC, but...

A prominent cryptocurrency analytics firm highlighted XRP’s (CRYPTO: XRP) growing popularity among retail investors on Thursday, contrasting it with Bitcoin’s (CRYPTO: BTC) more institutionally driven rally. What Happened: In an X post, Glassnode pointed out a significant...

Editor’s note: The headline of this story has been updated to clarify that Bitcoin is the top recurring investment on the Robinhood platform, not the most traded asset, and the story has been updated with more detail. Trading platform Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) has grown from a strong...

CBOE (BATS:CBOE) CEO Fred Tomczyk shared his excitement for upcoming product from Robinhood Markets (NASDAQ:HOOD) and put an emphasis on retail investors during an exclusive interview Thursday with Benzinga. Robinhood Growth: Since taking over the role of CEO of Cboe in September 2023, Tomczyk said...

Shares of GameStop Corporation (NYSE:GME) options owned by Keith Gill, aka Roaring Kitty, are set to expire in the coming weeks. What Happened: Gill’s return to social media reignited a surge in meme stocks like GameStop reminiscent of the 2021 short squeeze that saw retail investors take on...