Slope of Hope Blog Posts

Slope initially began as a blog, so this is where most of the website’s content resides. Here we have tens of thousands of posts dating back over a decade. These are listed in reverse chronological order. Click on any category icon below to see posts tagged with that particular subject, or click on a word in the category cloud on the right side of the screen for more specific choices.

Stuck Inside of Mobile

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I've experienced a real time-shift doing this blog. Way back in the ancient times, I'd do a single post a few hours after the market closed. I then worked my way up to two or three posts a day. Then, this Autumn, as things got out of control, I'd be doing a dozen posts a day. And it's reached the point now where I'm doing my first post at 5 a.m. and by the time I used to do my once-a-day- post I have nothing left to say.

That's kind of where I'm at right at the moment. Spent! In fact, I think the whole market is in a state of neutral right now, not knowing what to do. The @NQ0812 is up 0.25 at the moment. In other words, basically unchanged. I was actually worried our data platform had stopped working, because none of the markets are moving at all.

The irony of me having nothing to say (said the man who kept typing………) is that it was a really dynamite day. The beauty of this community is that we've gathered a critical mass of good information for our favorite recipe – – a little moo here, a little Evil Speculator there, a dash of 2sweeties, a tablespoon of MoonTrader – – and we've got Cash Surprise. I'm just trying to be a decent host by providing a place to eat.

Maybe I'll have more to say later. Editorially speaking, today is a low point for Slope. But I think those of us who frequent this place made a lot of cash today, so we'll share forgiveness among each other, yes?

Heavy Metal

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I have been using a sliver of my profits from 2008 so far to acquire gold and silver bullion. I just took delivery of these two items – a kilogram bar of gold and a ridiculously heavy 1000 ounce brick of silver.

If Armageddon comes, this probably isn't a very practical currency (the brick practically takes a wheelbarrow). But at least it provides some sort of psychic relief.

Flat

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Every single thing I've done today has made money.

I am not pressing my luck with the trading gods. I have no big positions at all now. Enough. As for big positions, I am flat.

Do you realize today's date, 1111, is 15 in binary? There are 10 different kinds of people in the world. Those that understand binary, and those that don't.