Retail investors bought the dip before Thursday's close, Vanda says
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Retail capitulation never arrived in the AI-led wreck: Vanda pegs net selling at $151 million, less than a third of the $502 million pandemic record, with buyers stepping back in before the close.
RETAIL INVESTORS BOUGHT THE DIP IN FINAL MINUTES OF MARKET ROUT US retail investors staged a dramatic buying reversal late Thursday, according to Vanda Research. 🔸 Net retail selling: $151 million by the close 🔸 2020 pandemic record: $502 million in net selling 🔸 Final 10
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US retail investors reversed course in the final minutes of Thursday's selloff, ending the session as net buyers after spending most of the day on the sell side, according to Vanda Research.
Net retail selling settled at just $151 million by the close, far below the record set during the 2020 pandemic rout, so the capitulation many traders feared never materialised.
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Buyers stepping back in during the final minutes of a market rout signals that at least some retail participants viewed the drawdown as an opportunity.
Vanda Research tracks retail order flow in near real time, making its data one of the more reliable early reads on small investor sentiment. Whether Thursday's dip-buying holds or unwinds in subsequent sessions will tell investors a great deal about how durable that conviction actually is.