Retail investors were not sitting idle during the recession. Dow’s worst dayThe year.

Fears about the new administration prompted stock markets to drop sharply on Friday Covid-19Variant omicron, causing a period of volatility stretched into Tuesday.

CNBC’s Anthony Denier, CEO of Webull, said that index-based exchange traded funds were popular among retail investors in the wake Friday’s sell-off. “ETF Edge”Tomorrow is Monday.

Denier’s online trading platform has 7 million accounts, with the same demographics of larger rivals RobinhoodThe average user is 30 years old and the average account size is $4,000.

Denier stated that “the retail investor is very bullish about this market overall.” “It was fantastic to see such strong buying demand.”

Even though only 6.2% users have ETFs on Webull, Denier explained that most of them purchased some top-held funds for a reduced price during Friday’s volatility.

These include: Vanguard S&P 500 ETF(VOO) SPDR S&P 500 ETF TrustArk Invest has popular ETFs.

The leveraged ETFs used by Momentum traders include the ProShares UltraPro QQQ(TQQQQ), ProShares Ultra VIX Short-Term Futures ETF(UVXY and the Global X Nasdaq 100 Covered Call ETFDenier suggested that the QYLD (Quicky Liquid) be used to benefit from swings.

Even though the trading sessions were shorter, volume was impressive, Harry Whitton from Old Mission, head of ETF sales trading said in that interview.

Whitton stated that Friday saw more trading than on any other day, and there was a lot selling high yield securities, as well as activity in emerging markets, international, and global space. It was just lots of buying late in the day, going into the close. This Friday was at 1 o’clock.

Andrew McOrmond, WallachBeth’s managing director, said that there was an important difference in how younger and older investors approach the downdraft.

McOrmond stated that there were also high yield sellers and that they are cautious. They might be able to wait for a few days before jumping back in. This younger generation is… Never have I seen such a resilient generation.”

This group was the newest and most risk-tolerant, which managed to extinguish short sellers. GameStop and AMCMcOrmond explained that while the year ended without a major loss earlier in the year, they have so far been considered buying opportunities.

They are buying dips like strong hedge funds, which is very different from a retail audience. “You don’t really see panic,” he stated. “Ofcourse, this is the trend. The one- to two-day selloff, then it comes back up.