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 New Kind of Cash

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When I finally gave in and bought Ethereum back in the middle of November, I was naturally concerned about creating some kind of Top Tick Tim effect. How relieved I am that, three months later, $ETH is up about 250% from when I first made my nervous little announcement, and I’d like to step on the same limb today with respect to something different: Bitcoin Cash.

This creature, which is accessible in SlopeCharts by way of the not-very-polite-sounding symbol $BCH, looks like this at the moment:

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NEW – Chart Alerts

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Late last year, I surveyed Slopers to see what they wanted most on the site. The results were extremely helpful, and far and away the most popular request was to create chart-based alerts in SlopeCharts. I am delighted to report we have made our first baby step in that direction, and it is available to you right now.

Our first chart object that will use this feature is the simplest one, which is the horizontal line. This line is crucial for, naturally, price breaks above a certain level (bullish) or below a certain level (bearish).

Using it could not be simpler. When you right-click on a horizontal line, you will see a new choice called Create Chart Alert:

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