They know. Maybe not individual positions, but aggregate retail positions as a whole on slow nights, long and short, are certainly gamed by the algo's. And speaking of "barn burner".... where's our fearless leader been? Hopefully B1 didn't come down with Covid.... or get arrested for being stupid stubborn and refusing to wear a mask into WMT.
The algos do a phenomenal job of creating these sharp PB's and HWB Retracements.......just to shake you out of the market and take-out your stops.
The algo's are hell on those who don't know what they are doing, so is everything else for that matter.
The algos want 3400. LOL. At the very least we should close above 3375 today. The less common pattern would be that we roll over and print 3330 going into the Close. But I think that's unlikely.