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by vmception 2158 days ago
All additional participants to the options market makes options more liquid.

No, I am not quantifying Robinhood users, only elated to see one chisel helping narrow the bid and ask spreads across expiration dates.

Shouldn't bother you that much.

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I don't know... that's certainly what I thought you were saying, and I don't like being misled.
I read it as: regardless of Robinhood's volume, their popularity has caused other organizations to restructure their investment opportunities, and that has benefited all users.

It's the same as Tesla making electric cars popular. They don't sell the most cars, but you'd have a hard time arguing they haven't moved electric vehicles forward.