According to Foresight News, The Kobeissi Letter published an article stating that the proportion of retail investors in options trading has just hit an all-time high of 18%, which is even higher than during the Meme coin craze in 2021.

This year, average daily options volume has hit a record 47 million, according to Options Clearing Corp. That means individual investors are now trading 8.5 million options contracts a day.