This is incredible: Retail investors have bought over $5 bil...

This is incredible:
Retail investors have bought over $5 billion of leveraged equity ETFs in the last 12 months, the most since 2022.
This marks a $3 billion increase on a 1-month rolling sum basis in just a few months.
Since the October 2023 low, retail investors have been piling into leveraged ETFs.
However, a similar pattern was seen in 2021 and early 2022 after which retail experienced significant losses.
The average retail investor portfolio drawdown from the 2022 peak was 35% and took 1.5 years to recover.
Retail risk appetite is near record highs.