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.
China’s Shanghai Index (SSEC) heats up in anticipation of the signing of the new U.S./China Phase I Trade Deal, expected on January 15, 2020.
The monthly chart of the SSEC shows price has just broken above a downtrend line that began at the highs of June 2015.
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LAST ONE! Preface to all parts: 2019 was a great year for the Slope of Hope, with a much wider array of tools and a record number of premium subscribers. I have extracted what I consider the best posts from the year and, for the sake of everyone’s sanity, arranged links to them in a set of ten short posts. For those who want to support the site (as this is my full time job, 365 days a year), I encourage you to open up a brokerage account at tastyworks, try out TradeMachine Pro, or subscribe to a Slope premium membership, which opens up a tremendous array of features for you and your trading. Here, then, are the posts for this segment:
(more…)Courtesy of my colleagues at tastytrade, here’s a month-by-month, and year-by-year, breakdown of the past three years in equities. Click for better readability.
Understanding Neurotransmitters
How are emotion and mood developed and affected in the brain? Science has made much progress in recent decades on the study of the human brain, but much is left to be discovered. In this article we’ll take a look at a small piece of what we do know, and set the stage for some practical applications that we can use to increase performance.
Excerpts in this article will be taken from the book “Brain and Behavior” by Bob Garrett and Gerald Hough. This is an excellent textbook used in the study of neuroscience and behavioral psychology. I highly recommend picking up a copy if you have an interest.
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