Hello everybody, our guest today is Brian Lund, a fintech executive, investor, and writer with over 35 years of trading experience. Brian is the publisher of The Lund Loop, a weekly newsletter in which he writes about the intersection between markets, trading, and life. In this special live episode of Smarter Trading, host Evan Medeiros and special guest Brian Lund, are on camera, sharing their screens, chatting about the current market environment, trade opportunities, and the psychology of market sell offs. ----- This episode is sponsored by Investor’s Business Daily. IBD has helped investors navigate every market cycle with their time-tested methodology for over 35 years. Right now Smarter Trading podcast listeners can get their first 2 months of IBD Digital, a subscription service that gives you access to IBD’s proprietary market analysis and top trade ideas for only $20 by signing up at investors.com/evan.  ----- What you'll learn in this episode 0:00 Stream waiting0:39 Introduction3:40 Putting the current correction into context6:20 Diving into the technicals of the current market10:10 Measuring social sentiment15:00 Trading futures and balancing reward versus stress ratio18:50 Crypto trading, infrastructure risks, & risk management25:00 Pot stocks overview: charts, technicals, and industry34:30 Trading the defensive areas of the market36:50 Shorting the market and finding bearish bets44:50 Relief rally; what the Fed is doing; fundamental data49:40 Chart analysis: EEM, FXI, & PINS52:40 Distorted valuations and anchoring on prior price levels ----- Connect with Evan & Trade Risk Browse the entire Smarter Trading podcast catalog  Watch this episode in video on our YouTube channel Follow @evanmedeiros on Twitter Follow @TheTradeRisk on Twitter Join the Trade Risk's weekly newsletter ----- If you enjoyed this week's episode, we would really appreciate a rating and review on Apple Podcasts so that we can reach more traders and bring on more great guests.