Retail investors are rapidly buying shares of SpaceX (ticker $SPCX). According to data from Vanda Research, in the last two trading sessions they purchased roughly the same amount as all single‑stock purchases in the U.S. market during the previous full week. On Monday alone, retail traders bought $93.8 million of $SPCX, accounting for about 73 % of all retail single‑stock purchases that day. In the first ten minutes of trading, retail volume in $SPCX exceeded $7 million.
Retail investors also bought shares of several semiconductor companies, including Marvell ($MRVL), Micron ($MU), Sandisk ($SNDK) and Broadcom ($AVGO). Their appetite for risk shows no sign of waning.