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.

Index Check-In

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I keep looping back to the word “annoying” to describe the market, and that still seems to fit. The goddamned thing just won’t go into a freefall. To be clear, I had a good week, but good God almighty, it’s way too much work. Market Gods, throw me a bone here! Give me a morning where the ES is down 50! Do it for the Timster.

Anyway, one big theme all year long has been the US dollar’s steady progression from (1) mega-powerful currency to (2) quilted toilet paper. I suspect this trend will continue as Trump continues to bungle his way through his only term.

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Pop Chick-a-Pop These Cops

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Well, it’s the same thing for my trading today – – “profitable yet annoying.” I guess it beats “losing and soothing.”

Some of my strength is coming from semiconductor shorts. Let’s face it, most semi strength lately has come from the totally retarded ascent of cryptocurrency, which seems to be kind of hitting some rough patches, after hitting the laughable $5,000/bitcoin level.

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