{"id":50128,"date":"2020-06-24T12:26:00","date_gmt":"2020-06-24T16:26:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/ibkrcampus.com\/?p=50128"},"modified":"2023-02-10T13:33:58","modified_gmt":"2023-02-10T18:33:58","slug":"not-a-pretty-day","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.interactivebrokers.com\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/macro\/not-a-pretty-day\/","title":{"rendered":"Not a Pretty Day"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed-youtube wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-embed-aspect-4-3 wp-has-aspect-ratio\"><div class=\"wp-block-embed__wrapper\"><div class=\"videoWrapper\">\r\n            <div data-youtube-id=\"2zCZUrzMBI0\" class=\"yt-video-blocked video-overlay lazyload\"\r\n                 style=\"background-image:inherit;\" data-bg-image=\"url(&#039;https:\/\/img.youtube.com\/vi\/2zCZUrzMBI0\/hqdefault.jpg&#039;)\">\r\n                <div>\r\n                    <p class=\"text-large mb-4\">\r\n                        To watch this video you must accept functional cookies.\r\n                    <\/p>\r\n                    <button class=\"btn btn-primary w-50 manage-cookies\">\r\n                        Manage Cookies\r\n                    <\/button>\r\n                <\/div>\r\n            <\/div>\r\n        <\/div><\/div><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers\u2019 chief strategist, discusses today&#8217;s market activity. Some very crowded trades are showing parabolic activity.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Produced on June 24, 2020<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Read Steve\u2019s referenced post here:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><strong><a href=\"\/campus\/traders-insight\/securities\/stocks\/does-this-look-like-the-chart-of-a-safe-haven-to-you\/\">Does This Look Like the Chart of a Safe Haven to You?<\/a><\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Steve Sosnick, Interactive Brokers\u2019 chief strategist, discusses today&#8217;s market activity. 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