Tariffs, market volatility and war in the Middle East couldn’t slow down the buying spree by individual investors, as they traded a record amount of stocks in the first half of the year.

Retail investors cumulatively bought around $3.4 trillion worth of equities over the first half of 2025, according to data from Nasdaq. At the same time, they sold about $3.2 trillion worth — bringing the total traded to over $6.6 trillion.