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May 26, 2026

US Retail Sentiment and Flows

Weekly UpdateEquitiesDerivativesMacro Economic IndicatorsInformation TechnologyConsumer Discretionary

Retail sentiment has dropped to the 7th percentile over the past year, though actual retail flows remain high in the 85th-91st percentile since 2018. Top discussed stocks include NVDA, TSLA, and COIN.

Key Takeaways

  • 1.Social media sentiment for retail sectors is currently at the 7th percentile over the last year, indicating very low relative optimism.
  • 2.Retail trading activity remains robust with gross flows in the 91st percentile and net flows in the 85th percentile since Jan 2018.
  • 3.Nvidia (NVDA) and Tesla (TSLA) continue to dominate retail social media volume with extremely high sentiment scores despite NVDA's negative weekly return.

Table of Contents

  • Social Media Sentiment
  • Social Media Monitor (Single Stocks)
  • Retail Flows (Options Only)
  • Retail Flows (Linear Only)
  • Thematic net flows split as follows...
  • ... with further sector flows below
  • Stock vs ETF average net flows on monthly rolling basis
  • Performance
  • Our data toolkit

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Authors

Eloise GoulderAndrew Tyler

Securities

NVDATSLACOINQQQIJPXNSPX

Themes

Retail Sentiment vs. Flow DivergenceAI Infrastructure and Memory SupplyThematic ETF Rotation

Regions

North AmericaUnited StatesChina