
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.
Utter Crap
In the noise of our daily lives, it’s sometimes easy to miss the nonsense. But look at this story from CNBC yesterday, keeping in mind this is considered the leading media program for traders around the world.
December Begins
After the spike up at the start of the week I noted the clear break over the previous wedge resistance on SPX, and mentioned that the next decent candidate trendline was in the 2650 area. That was a slightly low estimate as that trendline was tested at the high yesterday at 2657.74, rather sooner than I was expected. At the first test SPX has rejected from it. SPX daily chart:
Norm’s Twelve Days of Christmas
Welcome to December! Time for a comment cleaner (and some comic relief):


