IWM - Do the shorts hold or cover?

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- For seven and a half months now, the small cap index has been rangebound between 2350s and 2080s
- In the futures market, non-commercials are heavily net short Russell 2000 mini-index futures. As of last Tuesday, they were sitting on 54,431 net shorts
- If small-cap bulls manage a breakout, the likelihood of non-commercials covering their shorts is decent – particularly considering the seasonality factor. The only thing is, there is still two months left before the year is out. So, it is equally possible stocks take a breather, suffer a mild selloff, hold support and then take off for a year-end rally. In this scenario, how far the rally goes will have a lot to do with if shorts give up or stay put
- Dow Jones Transport is breaking out today up nearly 11% at the time of publish, Small Caps often follow Transports.

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