Investing.com — Retail investors are growing more sophisticated, more disciplined, and increasingly hungry for unified platforms that span stocks, options, and crypto, according to executives at Moomoo U.S., who spoke exclusively with Investing.com.

Neil McDonald, CEO of Moomoo U.S., said the platform’s 30 million retail clients are moving beyond speculative trades toward more structured strategies.

“We are seeing users pay closer attention to macro signals, interest rates, inflation, geopolitics and how those factors affect risk assets across equities, options and crypto,” McDonald said.

Options activity surged throughout 2025 and has continued to climb this year, he added, with users increasingly employing covered…