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Wall Street Shockwave: Retail Traders Unload $257 Million in Historic Liquidation Event

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NEW YORK — In a sudden and aggressive reversal of risk appetite, individual investors unloaded a staggering $257 million in equities during a single trading session, marking the fifth-largest retail selling onslaught recorded since the unprecedented market volatility of 2020. This capitulation event, captured by proprietary order-flow analytics and institutional clearinghouse data, shatters the prevailing narrative of resilient retail "buy-the-dip" momentum. As valuation multiples compress and macroeconomic headwinds intensify, institutional desks and market-

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David Chen

David Chen leads Prime Media's global business, monetary policy, and fintech reporting. With a decade of prior experience as an equity research strategist and quantitative macro analyst in New York and London, David specializes in central bank liquidity flows, sovereign debt markets, foreign exchange dynamics, and emerging digital assets. He holds an M.Sc. in Quantitative Finance from the London School of Economics and is a CFA charterholder.

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