Looks like the weekend wipe-out in crypto is affecting assets in general. It’ll be interesting to see if it sticks or not.
Feeling Crypto Heat
Slope of Hope Blog Posts
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Eldar Bob’s Soft Stops
Contributed by Sloper Eldar Bob: This soft stop method is probably not great for an account that is subject to the Wash Sale Rule.
Stops have frustrated me time and again.
Each morning, I start off with a list of positions and their dollar value. There is a list of short term long positions. Among those positions, I have used a different colored pen and put a box around those symbols which might turn against me. Likewise, I have put a box around the dollar size of the holdings which have a nominal value which is greater than my ideal position limit. I have also put a box around the nominal values of names to which I might want to add.
(more…)The $10,000 Surprise
Waxing Poetic
Some of you know that, besides humans at my house, I’ve got dogs, chickens, fish, and honeybees (you can even see my live BeeCam here). Only about ten days ago, I added another hive to my backyard. The inside of a hive (one that humans manage, anyway) is a neat, tidy affair, made up of tightly-packed frames that are spaced apart by identical, precise amounts.
