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Retail investors lose big in options markets, research shows | MIT Sloan

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Retail investors are playing an outsized role in options markets. New research sheds light on how their behavior affects prices — and how much investors stand to lose.

During the pandemic, people turned to the stock market and options markets, sending trading to all-time highs . Work smart with our Thinking Forward newsletter Insights from MIT experts, delivered every Tuesday morning. Yes, I’d also like to subscribe to the AI at Work newsletter Email: Leave this field blank “Folks were home and bored and looking for something to do,” said Eric So, a professor of accounting and finance at MIT Sloan. Retail trading platforms — like Fidelity and eToro — fueled this momentum with zero commission fees, making it “free to trade.” “Many people who would normally ga

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