Markets and Investing
Retail investors and options
retail flows, zero-day options, meme stocks
- Episodes
- 16
- Share
- 1.7%
- Shows
- 12
- Net sentiment
- −0.33
Down from 2.2% of episodes in the weeks before; net sentiment was −0.20.
Bullish 1Mixed 2Neutral 10Bearish 3
5 weeks
Share of each week's episodes, and net sentiment.
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Net sentiment
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The episodes behind it
Why each one was bullish, bearish or in between. Most time on the theme first.
Bearish 3
- A retail trader's Moderna call-to-put flip shows speculative, vibes-driven bets with high risk.Why Moderna Tanked, MSG Employees Duped By Their Boss, The Mansion Section | Diet TBPN · TBPN · Oct 23
- Retail trading success rates are very low and influencers sell unrealistic expectations of easy profits.#159: Market Wizard Lance Breitstein: Not Impossible, Just Improbable · The AlphaMind Podcast · Oct 20
- Speakers call the current market an orgy of speculation and warn about crypto and retail fantasy betting."Set It and Forget It" Is Costing You Your Retirement · A Swift Kick In The Ass: Personal Growth & Resilience Podcast · Oct 23
Mixed 2
- Founder argues prediction markets level the playing field for retail traders versus hedge funds, while noting addiction risks.Is Kalshi Gambling? The Billionaire Founder Answers | Fortune Daily · Fortune Daily · Oct 20
- Retail access to private markets is framed as both an opportunity and a regulatory question on accredited investor limits.E445: AngelList: Why Picking Winners Is the Wrong Way to Invest in Startups · How I Invest with David Weisburd · Oct 21
Neutral 10
- Episode is a rundown of options volume, contract flow and the most active strikes each day.The Hot Options Report: 10-19-2026 · The Options Insider Radio Network · Oct 20
- The episode is built around the most active single-stock options contracts and how traders are positioned.The Hot Options Report: 10-20-2026 · The Options Insider Radio Network · Oct 20
- Discussion explains a product for retail traders and compares it to options and levered ETFs, mostly factually.Talk Your Book: Investing in Single Stock Futures · Animal Spirits · Oct 24
- Hosts dissect heavy options flow in SPX, SPY, QQQ, and single names, reading it as active speculative positioning.The Option Block 1509: Race Cars, Top Hats and Cleveland Cliffs..Oh My! · The Options Insider Radio Network · Oct 19
- Most of the show walks through the most active contracts and whether buyers or sellers were winning.The Hot Options Report: 10-21-2026 · The Options Insider Radio Network · Oct 22
- Togi's options trading and dream-driven bets on Moderna illustrate retail speculation.Moderna Drama, WSJ Mansion Section, Genetically Engineered Military Dogs | Thomas Wright, Kyle Schiller, Steven Schwartz · TBPN · Oct 23
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- Short interest levels and short squeeze dynamics explained for listeners evaluating stocks.Tax Loss Harvesting Explained: How Wealthy Investors Cut Tax Bills (And How You Can Too) · InvestTalk · Oct 20
- Discussion of how ordinary investors can buy physical gold, dealers, vaults and gold ETFs.Felix Nikolas Prehn: Why Central Banks Keep Buying Gold As Prices Fall · Felix Nikolas Prehn's Podcast · Oct 22
- Touches on emotional, FOMO-driven trading by individual investors.How Market Wizard Caps Risk And Neutralizes Drawdowns · Investing With IBD · Oct 21
- Discussed as dealer options activity dampening volatility, without a clear investing lean.Bitcoin's Biggest ETF Just Took In $665 MILLION. So Who's Still Selling? | Alex Thorn · The Wolf Of All Streets · Oct 20
Around it
Companies named
Shows that covered it most
- The Options Insider Radio Network4
- TBPN2
- Stock Market Today With IBD1
- Fortune Daily1
- InvestTalk1
- The AlphaMind Podcast1
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