That bounce comes after stock plunged 17% on Monday and slashed more than $595 billion from the company's valuation, the biggest single-day market cap decline on record. But retail investors bought the dip at a record level, even as the sell-off gripped Wall Street, according to Vanda Research.

Nvidia stock (NVDA) rose modestly early Tuesday. That put the shares on course to recoup a little bit of the ground lost in the previous session's 17% crash, which was fueled by concerns about China's DeepSeek.

After plunging 17% on Monday, Nvidia climbed almost 9% as investors rushed in to buy this historic dip in shares of the top chip maker.