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.

SRSously?

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Want to see a financial instrument that’s been carving out a series of higher highs and higher lows later, and has enjoyed a 15% appreciation since early August? Believe it or not, it’s that poor old battered beast we haven’t spoken about in years, the double-bearish ETF SRS:

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To be sure, SRS has been viciously destroyed for years now, having peaked on a split-adjusted basis at $16,408.77 (yes, I’m serious) and presently trading at a level 99.8% lower than that. All the same, as my post earlier today about softening Palo Alto house prices suggested, we may well be past the peak of this particular bubble.

It’s Not Enough

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Damn this market. Every time we see a little bit of weakness, it’s still getting bought up. This morning, we opened down over 12 points. As I type this, it’s pushing against the selling, having trimmed its loss down to merely 8. It’s getting quite exasperating, because we need to cut through the entire “drop zone” I’ve tinted in green below to reach the promised land (which is looking not-particularly-promised), shown with the support line.

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Three Day Rule – Day Three

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Today is the third day on the three day rule and bears can trigger the rule with a close today at 2134 or below, approximately 2168 on ES. That was tested at the low today and is holding as support so far. Bears have dominated the closes recently, so we may not know for sure until the close. If the rule triggers then a lower low on this retracement before a new ATH is almost certain. If the rule doesn’t trigger I’ll be getting significantly more doubtful about lower lows. With ES at 2135.50 at the time of writing I’m leaning 65/35 in favor of the bear side. SPX daily 5dma chart:

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