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US Equities Intraday Retail Flow

Near real-time retail investor turnover across US-listed equities derived from Vanda’s proprietary retail flow methodology.

This dataset provides intraday estimates of retail buying, selling, net turnover, and total turnover throughout the US trading session.


Coverage

  • US-listed equities
  • Intraday frequency
  • Updated every 10 minutes during US market hours
  • 6B+ observations
  • 27K+ symbols
  • USD-denominated turnover metrics

Core Metrics

MetricDescription
retail_buy_turnoverEstimated retail buy turnover in USD
retail_sell_turnoverEstimated retail sell turnover in USD
retail_net_turnoverEstimated net retail turnover in USD
retail_total_turnoverEstimated total retail turnover in USD

Common Institutional Workflows

Intraday Retail Positioning

Monitor evolving retail participation dynamics throughout the trading session.

Retail Momentum Detection

Identify accelerating retail demand and intraday speculative participation.

Retail-Driven Price Monitoring

Analyze equities experiencing elevated retail participation alongside abnormal price activity.

Crowd Risk Monitoring

Track concentrated intraday retail positioning and potential squeeze dynamics.

Event-Driven Retail Analysis

Measure retail participation during earnings releases, macro events, and thematic volatility.


Interpretation Notes

Intraday retail turnover provides a real-time view of changing retail participation across the market.

Rapid increases in retail buy turnover may indicate:

  • speculative participation surges
  • momentum chasing
  • thematic retail rotation
  • crowding acceleration

Sharp reversals in intraday retail positioning may indicate:

  • retail profit taking
  • sentiment reversal
  • positioning unwind
  • volatility-driven retail de-risking

Example Workflows

Intraday Retail Flow — Single Stock

SELECT
    ts,
    symbol,
    retail_net_turnover
FROM PUBLIC.EQUITY_10MIN_PUBLIC
WHERE symbol = 'NVDA'
ORDER BY ts;

Largest Intraday Retail Buyers

SELECT
    symbol,
    retail_buy_turnover
FROM PUBLIC.EQUITY_10MIN_PUBLIC
WHERE ts >= DATEADD(hour, -1, CURRENT_TIMESTAMP)
ORDER BY retail_buy_turnover DESC
LIMIT 20;

Intraday Retail Momentum

SELECT
    symbol,
    ts,
    SUM(retail_net_turnover) OVER (
        PARTITION BY symbol
        ORDER BY ts
        ROWS BETWEEN 5 PRECEDING AND CURRENT ROW
    ) AS rolling_intraday_flow
FROM PUBLIC.EQUITY_10MIN_PUBLIC;

Aggregate Intraday Retail Positioning

SELECT
    ts,
    SUM(retail_net_turnover) AS market_net_flow
FROM PUBLIC.EQUITY_10MIN_PUBLIC
GROUP BY ts
ORDER BY ts;

Methodology Overview

Vanda intraday retail flow datasets are generated using proprietary behavioral modeling and aggregation techniques designed to estimate evolving retail participation across US-listed equities throughout the trading session.

Metrics are intended for institutional monitoring and research workflows and should be interpreted as modeled institutional-grade estimates.


Integration

The dataset is designed for integration into:

  • intraday research systems
  • quantitative trading infrastructure
  • execution analytics
  • systematic monitoring dashboards
  • Python workflows
  • Snowflake notebooks

Marketplace Listing

Access the dataset directly through Snowflake Marketplace.