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Small Caps Are Struggling: Check Out This Technical Analysis

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July 14, 2021

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The S&P 500 keeps hitting new highs, but the Russell 2000 small cap index hasn’t been so fortunate.

RUT has gone almost four months without a new record level. In contrast, the Dow Jones Industrial Average and Transports haven’t hit a new high in over two months. The S&P 500 and Nasdaq-100 hit new highs this week.

A few bearish patterns stand out on the small cap chart. First…

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Russell 2000 Small Cap Index, daily chart with selected patterns, courtesy of TradingView.

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