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Created: 2025-07-18 13:13:07 UTC

📈 Small-caps are finally pulling their weight

$SPY and $QQQ keep printing highs, but the rally gets real only when $IWM (Russell 2000) joins the party:

Rising channel intact – five straight higher lows since May

Back above the 200-DMA (yellow) after last week’s shake-out

Room to run: old highs still sit ~9 % overhead ➡️ plenty of “catch-up” fuel

Broad-based strength like this is what sustains a bull, not just mega-cap muscle. If small-caps break out next, breadth could kick this move into overdrive.

Your call: Does $IWM clear XXX before Labor Day…or stall again?👇 (Not advice)

#IWM #Russell2000 #SmallCaps #MarketBreadth #BullMarket #SPY #QQQ #StockMarket

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