A Bit of Actual Data-Driven Selling Thanks to Jobless Claims and Wonky Seasonal Adjustments

Human traders may be extremely underrepresented on today's half-day trading session, but the robots/algos know what to do with a sub-200k Jobless Claims print. Robots are also not smart enough to know that the sub-200k print is likely distorted...

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