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.
CREEdence Clearwater
CREE announced a nearly 200% gain in profits, but its stock is getting fire-bombed after-hours due to a “cautious outlook” – pretty spiffy double-top is in place……..and I’ve tinted where prices are trading after-hours, down about 16%. (more…)
The Easiest Way to Make Money
(a) Buy a ton of stock – in this case, AAPL
(b) Have a conversation with the CEO of the company;
(c) Tweet that you have done so (specifically, “Had a nice conversation with Tim Cook today. Discussed my opinion that a larger buyback should be done now. We plan to speak again shortly.”)
(d) Watch your holdings zoom higher in value (more…)
ANR Trade Setup
ANR will trigger a long entry on a break above the downtrend line on the daily chart below. When trading breakouts of price patterns, waiting for confirmation of a closing print on the time frame of the chart that you are trading will help minimize getting sucked into buying (or shorting) a false breakout (or breakdown). e.g.- If trading off a pattern on a weekly chart, (more…)
Bullish on OPEN
Unlike Priceline, which I’ve tried to use many times and find bewilderingly useless, OpenTable is a web-based service I’ve used many times successfully. It’s useful, and its chart has based nicely on a solid pick-up in volume. I personally wouldn’t be running around buying Internet stocks right now, but I at least wanted to point out that this, like Pandora, is looking bullishly-configured. (more…)
