Are meme stocks back? - Understanding herding mentality in trading

IGTV’s Daniela Sabin Hathorn is joined by Nick Battista from tastytrade, an IG-owned company, to delve a little deeper into the psychology of trading. With GameStop and AMC Entertainment picking up volatility once again, many believe we are in the wake of a new meme stock frenzy.Nick makes some good points about the natural existence of herding in financial markets, pointing out that it has always happened in some form or another, and he gives traders some good tips on how to trade volatility.  Any opinion, news, research, analysis, or other information does not constitute investment or trading advice.  Follow us on Twitter (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Ftwitter.com%2FIGcom&data=05%7C01%7CLeanne.Kunz%40ig.com%7C561aa46ba415435dc99708da7b9d4fbd%7C4b4cca9cedaf42f38e219070c5d9d76b%7C0%7C0%7C637958212981394173%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=sz%2BznupwrOqQWZ5G1maBTK5i%2BQ3uIPMZ5cp07t2Ezbs%3D&reserved=0), Instagram (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.instagram.com%2Figcom_official%2F&data=05%7C01%7CLeanne.Kunz%40ig.com%7C561aa46ba415435dc99708da7b9d4fbd%7C4b4cca9cedaf42f38e219070c5d9d76b%7C0%7C0%7C637958212981394173%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=tBi%2F5eFGQFDblUyfJQLi2mV9F%2Fe0H90QJjJVU7PRRcw%3D&reserved=0) and YouTube (https://eur01.safelinks.protection.outlook.com/?url=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.youtube.com%2FIGcom%2Ffeatured&data=05%7C01%7CLeanne.Kunz%40ig.com%7C561aa46ba415435dc99708da7b9d4fbd%7C4b4cca9cedaf42f38e219070c5d9d76b%7C0%7C0%7C637958212981394173%7CUnknown%7CTWFpbGZsb3d8eyJWIjoiMC4wLjAwMDAiLCJQIjoiV2luMzIiLCJBTiI6Ik1haWwiLCJXVCI6Mn0%3D%7C3000%7C%7C%7C&sdata=Iz%2BD9yDRXwJJvWdFQx5KXNG6QtPXZW%2Bj6EV4oKELYbg%3D&reserved=0)