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The Astonishing Small Caps

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If there's one chart that illustrates the strangehold the bulls have on the bears, it's the one below. The Russell 2000 is at a never-before-seen-in-history high. Higher than the NASDAQ bubble. Higher than the housing/credit bubble. Never. Ever. Higher.

I had hoped that the break of the extraordinary wedge pattern (highlighted in teal) would be similar in follow-up to what happened with the prior instance that I've shaded in green. Instead, the fall terminated abruptedly on October 4, 2011 and has been more or less pushing higher ever since.

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AAPL Update (by Springheel Jack)

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The retracement that I was talking about as likely yesterday morning seems to have started now, with ES at 1457.5 as I write. Daily middle bollinger band support on SPX is at 1443 now, but it's worth bearing in mind that the channel support trendline on the current SPX rising channel is currently in the 1415 area. As this retracement develops I'll be looking for a declining resistance trendline to form to help identify when the retracement finishes. Short term there is a double-top target on ES at 1453 and here is the updated rising channel on the SPX 60min chart:

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