(Yahoo!Finance) - On Thursday the Nasdaq (NDAQ) announced the launch of a Trading Activity Tracker, which follows the trading activity of self-directed retail investors. The new tracker lists stocks and exchange traded funds (ETFs) traded by individuals, as well as buy/sell ratios per ticker.
A free version of the tracker lists the top 10 most traded stocks and ETFs by share of retail activity, highlighting the previous day's trading session.
The tracker uses data from the publicly available Securities Information Processor (SIP) delivered through Nasdaq Data Link, a cloud-based tech platform.
“Through the expansion of Nasdaq Data Link and its library of datasets, we aim to level the playing field and make data, and by extension, the financial markets, more transparent and accessible to all," said Oliver Albers, senior vice president and head of data.
The trading information dates back to 2016 and is available up to the present day. It only provides information on individual stocks and ETFs, not cryptocurrencies.
Individual investing has boomed during the pandemic, giving rise to new crop of retail investors participating in the public markets.
Time spent in front of a computer, large amounts of liquidity in the markets, and zero-commission trading has contributed to a new and young population of individual investors. A number of them began trading in the public markets in 2020.
By Ines Ferré·Markets Reporter
