Intraday Update

1:27 p.m. ET The tone of trade today is painfully dull as fewer and fewer traders are showing up in the midst of the holiday season. SP-500 +0.3%, Dow +0.55% (Transports -1%), NASDAQ-100 +0.05%, Small Caps +0.8% There are a few things to take note of, more from a conceptual viewpoint. SP-500 (5m) survives its…