Slope of Hope Blog Posts

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DFC Disaster Winner

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Before the market opens each weekday, the first thing I do is a “disaster check” – that is, I see if any of my short positions are suffering big double-digit percentage gains due to an earnings blowout, a takeover, or what-have-you. These are pretty rare, but on occasion the opposite happens too: I get a disaster delight, like DLLR this morning. I came into the day short, having opened the position due to a terrific gap-fill, and it’s down 25% today. I covered and chalked up another victory to gap-fill trades. (more…)

Rally Setup Forming

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SPX made a short term higher high yesterday just above the possible IHS neckline that I have been watching and if we are to see this rally play out then we will either retrace to form the right shoulder of an IHS today or just break up on an already valid double bottom setup. The target in both cases would be the 1680 area, with declining resistance from the high currently in the 1683 area. This is obviously a counter-trend play, but the technical setup is excellent and I think we have a high chance of seeing this play out. SPX 60min chart: (more…)