CHICHARRITAS 1 . supporters of Chicharro. 2 . Followers of José López Chicharro and his Clinical Exercise Physiology. 3 . People who are fans of horse mackerel, also called chicharro (trachurus trachurus). 4 . In Spain: Stock market speculators A chicharro, in Spanish stock market slang, is a security with a low capitalization and a very high risk. It comes from horse mackerel or chicharro, cheap fish supposedly consumed by the lower classes. They are very speculative investments because they suffer large oscillations in their price. They are easily manipulated, and victims of rumors.
