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.

A Market Festivus

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They say that Festivus is the “anti-Christmas”, but in this case we are going to call it the anti-Christmas Eve as the markets close out 2018’s Christmas Eve massacre.

“Many Christmases ago I went to buy a doll for my son. I reached for the last one they had, but so did another man. As I rained blows upon him I realized there had to be another way!”

This year markets are going another way.

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2020 Vision (T-6 Days)

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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:

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Psychology of Trading, Part 1

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Editor’s Note: TnRevolution has been a loyal and generous Sloper for many years. He has put together a series of essays for the site that I am very pleased to share. Thank you, TNR!

Decisions & Emotion

Merry Christmas and Happy New Year to my Slope family!  I am excited to announce I will be publishing a new series on the Psychology of Trading, beginning with our first chapter on “Decisions & Emotion”.  The series will include scientific and theoretical research, trading techniques, psychological study, practical applications, as well as some of my own personal experiences.  I hope you enjoy it, and get some golden nuggets from the work.

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