Retail options and leveraged ETF flows. Leveraged products must rebalance daily in the direction of the move; they amplify both rallies and crashes in the names they track.
What to watch: Single-stock leveraged ETF AUM; retail call volume. It arrives weekly, and the effect typically lasts days.
It sits in tier 3 — Flows and mechanics: Moves prices without changing anything fundamental, on horizons from hours to weeks. Who is forced to buy or sell, and when. Ignore this tier and market moves will regularly look inexplicable.
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