{"id":109033,"date":"2021-10-28T10:45:00","date_gmt":"2021-10-28T14:45:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=109033"},"modified":"2022-11-21T09:48:49","modified_gmt":"2022-11-21T14:48:49","slug":"time-to-hedge","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/stocks\/time-to-hedge\/","title":{"rendered":"Time to Hedge?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>In the short-term, the market is now overbought. This chart, the Short-Term Composite, courtesy of Investors Intelligence, represents a composite of dozens of other indicators.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Right now, it\u2019s reaching an extreme level on the upside.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"575\" height=\"480\" src=\"\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/lmtr_10-28-21_1.bmp\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-109035\" srcset=\"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/lmtr_10-28-21_1.bmp 575w, https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/campus\/wp-content\/uploads\/sites\/2\/2021\/10\/lmtr_10-28-21_1-300x250.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 575px) 100vw, 575px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>While the current reading of 75 doesn\u2019t indicate a crash is imminent, it does mean the easy money has been made from the extreme oversold reading in September. 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