Retail investors are buying Nvidia at a record pace: Individual investors bought ~$360 million of Nvidia shares in the first 80 minutes of Thursday’s trading session, the most for any session opening on record. By comparison, the daily average over the prior 5 trading sessions was ~$94 million. This comes after Nvidia crushed its Q4 earnings expectations and issued strong guidance for Q1. Nvidia has been a top stock for retail investors since 2023. Despite the strong results and retail buying, NVDA stock ended the session -5.5% lower. Retail investors are still buying Nvidia.