{"id":65886,"date":"2025-12-11T02:00:34","date_gmt":"2025-12-11T07:00:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/?p=65886"},"modified":"2025-12-11T08:44:15","modified_gmt":"2025-12-11T13:44:15","slug":"market-trends-december-11","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.tradestation.com\/insights\/2025\/12\/11\/market-trends-december-11\/","title":{"rendered":"Fed Triggers Potential Small Cap Breakout"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Downloads are available\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/MT-Public-Materials-October-2025.zip?_gl=1*k1lnlz*_gcl_au*OTA0ODYwNzkwLjE3NTYxNTQ1MzY.\">here<\/a>. TradeStation\u2019s ideas on TradingView are\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.tradingview.com\/broker\/TradeStation\/publications-ideas\/\">available here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<h2 class=\"wp-block-heading\">Sizing Up the Market<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>S&amp;P 500 clears resistance at 6,852 from 10\/29 intraday low\n<ul>\n<li>Closes at highest level since late October<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Bullish outside day spans 4 previous sessions<\/li>\n<li>Rate of change stays positive, creating potential for acceleration<\/li>\n<li>MACD rising<\/li>\n<li>RSI bottoms above 50<\/li>\n<li>Intermarket analysis:\n<ul>\n<li>10-year Treasury yield stalled below 4.20%<\/li>\n<li>U.S. dollar index closes at lowest level since late October<\/li>\n<li>VIX remains below 18<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<div id=\"attachment_65902\" style=\"width: 1930px\" class=\"wp-caption aligncenter\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-65902\" class=\"size-full wp-image-65902\" src=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251210.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"1920\" height=\"918\" srcset=\"https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251210.jpg 1920w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251210-300x143.jpg 300w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251210-1024x490.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251210-768x367.jpg 768w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251210-1536x734.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/cdn.tradestation.com\/uploads\/sites\/2\/SPX_20251210-1080x516.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 1920px) 100vw, 1920px\" \/><p id=\"caption-attachment-65902\" class=\"wp-caption-text\"><em>S&amp;P 500, daily chart, with select patterns and indicators.<\/em><\/p><\/div>\n<h2>Small Cap Breakout?<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li>Russell 2000 small cap index closes at all-time high as other indexes remain below peaks<\/li>\n<li>KBW Bank Index closes at new all-time high<\/li>\n<li>Industrials Index has new all-time closing high<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<h2>Upcoming Events<\/h2>\n<ul>\n<li style=\"list-style-type: none;\">\n<ul>\n<li>Earnings tonight: <strong>*<em>AVGO*<\/em><\/strong> COST LULU RH<\/li>\n<li>Tue 12\/16: <em><strong>*Non-farm payrolls*<\/strong><\/em>, housing starts<\/li>\n<li>Wed 12\/17: Retail sales, crude-oil inventories\n<ul>\n<li>Earnings: MU JBL<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<li>Thu 12\/18: ECB rate decision, <em><strong>*CPI*<\/strong><\/em><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Russell 2000 index closed at an at all-time high yesterday as other indexes remained below their 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