Speculative trades all unwinding together | 06 Feb 2026 | Quick Quant Charts | Societe Generale

> Highly speculative trading has dominated the investment landscape over the last six months, with investors attracted by the strong momentum in often highly volatile assets. > We highlighted in November, the explosion in option volumes in US small caps and how it was focused mainly on the most volatile names, which in turn tended to be also some of the lowest quality names in the index. This dynamic was painful…